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• Digging for Britain: Leicester Archaeology projects to feature on BBC

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/digging-for-britain

  Host, Professor Alice Roberts, said: “What I love about Digging for Britain is that, when we set out to film the series, we have no idea what discoveries might come to light.

• Prison noise examined in new book from Leicester alumnus

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/january/prison-study

  A researcher has used her time spent behind bars while at the University of Leicester as the basis for a book on the effect of sound in prisons.

• The Story of Pulque Part 3: Ritual and Power in Aztec Mexico – University of Leicester

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/07/03/the-story-of-pulque-part-3-ritual-and-power-in-aztec-mexico/

  Project Principal Investigator Deborah Toner describes the importance of pulque in cultural, religious and political terms during the Aztec period in Mexico. Third part of the story of pulque

• The Criminal Corpse and the Competing Claims of Justice and Anatomy. By Richard Ward

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/crimcorpse/2015/12/21/richard-ward-the-criminal-corpse-and-the-competing-claims-of-justice-and-anatomy/

  Posted by Emma Battell Lowman in The Power of the Criminal Corpse on December 21, 2015 The later eighteenth century represents a particular moment when the competing claims of anatomy and criminal justice fought for supremacy over the criminal corpse.

• Climbing Mount Sharp: From Warm and Wet to Cold and Dry.

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2020/07/01/climbing-mount-sharp-from-warm-and-wet-to-cold-and-dry/

  Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on July 1, 2020 Climbing Mt. Sharp from ancient lake deposits at the the base, to more desiccated, sulphate-rich deposits higher up the mountain.

• Leicester scientists discover ‘Star Wars’ planet

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/september/leicester-scientists-discover-star-wars-planet

  Scientists from the University of Leicester has revealed for the first time that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disc, leaving it warped and with tilted rings - similar to the planet Tatooine in Star Wars.

• Millions of records from UK collections to be unlocked by new Museum Data Service

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/museums-data-service

  Three-way partnership between Art UK, Collections Trust and the University of Leicester will build real world digital infrastructure to transform the way museums share their object records and knowledge.

• How do we put the ‘Public Health’ into Violence Reduction?

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/criminology/2023/09/28/how-do-we-put-the-public-health-into-violence-reduction/

  Posted by ca270 in Soundings: criminology and sociology at the University of Leicester on September 28, 2023 Matt Hopkins – Associate Professor and Violence Hub Lead, Centre for Hate Studies Public health approaches to violence reduction are very much in vogue.

• Alumni stars are recognised at glittering awards night in London

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/alumni-stars-awards-night-london

  The University of Leicester recognised its inspiring alumni for their achievements at a special awards evening held in London.

• Where to dig

  https://le.ac.uk/richard-iii/discovery/where-to-dig

  We identified three potential areas of excavation – the Leicester City Council Social Services car park, the former Alderman Newton’s School playground and a private car park to the west of New Street.