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• Chicxulub crater study suggests asteroid impacts could create habitats for life

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/chicxulub-crater-study-suggests-asteroid-impacts-could-create-habitats

  Scientists studying a 65-million-year old crater in the Gulf of Mexico, caused by an asteroid impact, claim it could have provided a habitat for early life to take hold on earth.

• Leicester team wins inaugural race in Formula 1 aerodynamics competition

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/january/leicester-team-wins-inaugural-race-in-formula-1-aerodynamics-competition

  A Leicester team has taken pride of place in an international Formula 1 aerodynamics competition.

• Leicester geologist contributes to major project examining the technosphere

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/november/leicester-geologist-contributes-to-major-project-examining-the-2018technosphere2019

  Professor Jan Zalasiewicz from our Department of Geology is working with artist Anne-Sophie Milon on a new project examining the ‘technosphere’ and what impact it will leave behind on the planet’s fossil record.

• Clearing out student accommodation reaps rich rewards for charity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/december/12-bhf-collection

  A charity scheme that encourages students to donate their unwanted items at the end of term instead of throwing them away, has saved an incredible 39 tonnes of items from being thrown away in Leicester.

• How medieval people named their animals is explored in new book 

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/medieval-animal-names-books

  The relationship between medieval people and their pets is the topic of the latest book by the University of Leicester’s Dr Ben Parsons. Introducing Medieval Animal Names explores what names medieval people gave to the animals with which they lived and worked.

• University statement on industrial action

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/september/statement-strike-action

  We are deeply disappointed that confirmed industrial action by members of the Leicester University and College Union (UCU) coincides with the start of the academic year.

• Study shows how to better prepare medical students to provide compassionate care

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/october/medical-students-stoneygate-empathy-centre

  A new study describes the creation of a curriculum which embeds empathic communication skills throughout undergraduate education for medical students.

• Dickens shorthand sleuths offer hope for 1861 Canadian murder

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/dickens-shorthand-sleuths-canada-murder

  A team of decoders are hoping to crack the case of a murder in 19th century British Columbia

• New study will reveal how a decade of disadvantage has affected lived experiences of hate crime

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/leverhulme-hate-crime-research

  Researchers at the University of Leicester will assess how major social, political and economic changes in Britain over the last decade have impacted upon communities who have experienced hate crime.

• UK’s first and only research Centre dedicated to placing empathy at the heart of healthcare

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/may/stoneygate-director

  The incoming director of a major new research and teaching Centre has described the urgent need to place empathy at the heart of healthcare.