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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.
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New species of rare ancient worm discovered in fossil hotspot
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/august/new-species-of-rare-ancient-worm-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot
A team of researchers including Leicester’s Professor David Siveter have discovered a new species of lobopodian, an ancient relative of modern-day velvet worms, in 430 million-years-old Silurian rocks in Herefordshire, UK.
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New research network to address critical environmental challenges in India
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/new-research-network-to-address-critical-environmental-challenges-in-india
Researchers from our University's Department of Physics and Astronomy have been funded to set up a new international research network with the Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) to assess the impact of climate on agriculture in the Indo-Gangetic...
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New York Public Library Digital Collections enhanced access
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2016/01/29/new-york-public-library-digital-collections-enhanced-access/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 29, 2016 From January 2016 the New York Public library provides enhanced public domain access to its online collections which include thousands of stunning historical images.
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Watching Syria’s war: New York Times project
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2012/08/17/watching-syrias-war-new-york-times-project/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on August 17, 2012 http://projects.nytimes.com/watching-syrias-war is focusing on videos and films from Syria uploaded to the Internet during the conflict.
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Five potential new businesses as University commercialisation initiative draws to a close
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/november/ventureversity-final
VentureVersity Live on 27 November showcased 11 projects turning university intellectual property into commercially viable ventures, marking the culmination of a year-long collaboration between the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, and Loughborough University
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Literary Leicester festival celebrates tenth year with diverse new programme of events throughout the city
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/literary-leicester-celebrates-tenth-year-with-diverse-new-programme-of-events-throughout-the-city
Literary Leicester- our free international literature festival celebrating the written and spoken word- is taking place this week.
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Adrian Mole material exhibited alongside new musical adaptation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/adrian-mole-material-exhibited-alongside-new-musical-adaptation
The world premiere of Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ The Musical by Leicester’s Curve Theatre will be accompanied by an exhibition of previously unseen material from the University's Special Collections.
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New study of multicultural Leicester provides food for thought
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/new-study-of-multicultural-leicester-provides-food-for-thought
Master's students in the School of Modern Languages have conducted the first study in Leicester to investigate multiculturalism through where and what we eat - and have found that while dining experiences bring together people from different cultures, in many...
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New book breaks barrier between students and modern research in mathematics
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/29-garrett-book
In recent years mathematicians, armed with global internet (which simplifies collaboration), and powerful computers (used for numerical simulations, hypothesis testing, routine algebraic manipulations, etc.