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• Richard III Geneticist leads DNA search to identify the man who shaped early America

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/richard-iii-geneticist-leads-dna-search-to-identify-the-man-who-shaped-early-america

  The University of Leicester geneticist who led the DNA identification of the ‘The King under the car park’ –Richard III – has been called upon to help identify the headless remains believed to be those of a man ‘who shaped early America’.

• Leicester astronomers play key role in groundbreaking movie of the cosmos by new observatory

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/astronomers-groundbreaking-movie-cosmos-new-observatory

  The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which University of Leicester space scientists have contributed to, reveals dazzling first images

• PhD researcher developing technique to estimate biomass and carbon more efficiently

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/phd-researcher-to-further-develop-technique-to-estimate-biomass-and-carbon-more-efficiently

  With climate change a pressing issue, measuring carbon in forests and understanding how efficiently carbon is stored is increasingly vital.

• A Catalyst for Change: Transforming Responses to Harassment in Higher Education

  https://le.ac.uk/hate-studies/research/a-catalyst-of-change

  A major new nationwide study, led by the Centre for Hate Studies at the University of Leicester, will examine the complex landscape of harassment within higher education institutions.

• Ethnography Symposium

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/research-events/ethnography-symposium

  18th Annual Ethnography Symposium (online only), Living with failure all around: hope in the midst of despair? 27 — 29 August 2025 All around us, we find failure. Most immediately, higher education is in crisis.

• University of Leicester sets up pilot scheme to support students escaping war, disasters and persecution

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/displaced-students

  Medical students affected by war, natural disasters and persecution are now able to continue their education in safety as part of a University of Leicester pilot scheme.

• New investment in seismic monitoring facility at University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/seis-uk-nerc-funding

  Leicester-based SEIS-UK is to benefit from new funding from Natural Environmental Research Council, as will two facilities led by the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO), which is based at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s space hub

• Fossil fuel burning leaves its mark in Mediterranean corals

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/coral-pollutant

  New study involving the University of Leicester identifies carbon particles emitted by burning fossil fuels embedded in corals

• UK scientific expertise supports first high-resolution fossil coral record of environmental data off Hawai’i

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/february/hawaii-coral

  UK-based scientist from the University of St Andrews and scientific operators from the British Geological Survey and the University of Leicester among international team of scientists that collected and analysed 426 metres of cores from fossilised coral reefs of the coast of...

• Major step in UK contribution to space mission to study solar wind

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/october/smile-sxi-stm

  The SXI consortium is led by the University of Leicester in collaboration with UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (UCL MSSL), the Open University and European partners.