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12th September 2017 Sol 1814 – Curiosity’s View Across Gale Crater
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/09/12/12th-september-2017-sol-1814-curiositys-view-across-gale-crater/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on September 12, 2017 View from Vera Rubin Ridge The Curiosity Rover has reached an elevation of 300 metres above our landing site.
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Sir David and Michael Attenborough officially open Centenary Square
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/november/14-sir-david-attenborough-officially-opens-centenary-square
On Sunday 11 November 2018, hundreds of students, staff, alumni and members of the community joined Sir David Attenborough and his nephew Michael Attenborough on campus to pay their respects to those from Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland who made sacrifices during the...
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Commissions to celebrate Adrian Moles' 50th birthday
https://le.ac.uk/new-writing/commissions/adrian-mole-birthday
Learn more about the writing commissioned by the centre to celebrate the 50th birthday of Adrian Mole. Read the summaries and the full entries of the three winners of the commissions.
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1st February 2018 Sol 1952 Vera Rubin Ridge and Scotland on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2018/02/01/1st-february-2018-sol-1952-vera-rubin-ridge-and-scotland-on-mars/
Mars Science Laboratory
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5th August 2017 Sol 1777 – 5 years on Mars
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2017/08/05/5th-august-2017-sol-1777-5-years-on-mars/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on August 5, 2017 The 5th August marks 5 Earth years since the successful landing of Mars Science Laboratory. During the landing I was at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
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New Directions in Drinking Studies Conference, 6-7 June 2015 – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/06/10/new-directions-in-drinking-studies-conference-6-7-june-2015/
Summary of panel on Alcohol and Authenticity at the New Directions in Drinking Studies conference, 6-7 June 2015, University of Leicester. Papers on craft cider in contemporary Wales, marketing of Siberian Crown Russian beer, and pulque in 19th century and present day Mexico.
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Observing Jupiter’s auroras with Hubble
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/leicester-to-jupiter/2016/06/30/observing-jupiters-auroras-with-hubble/
Posted by Jonathan Nichols in Leicester to Jupiter: The Juno Mission on June 30, 2016 Unfortunately, they don’t let you take observing trips to the Hubble Space Telescope; perhaps the only downside to using the veteran observatory.
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Authentic Recipes from Around the World – University of Leicester
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/08/19/authentic-recipes-from-around-the-world/
Project PI Deborah Toner reflects on how collaboration with non-academic partners is a major part of the project and how research impact is defined in academia
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Festival examines what the anti-apartheid picket can teach human rights defenders
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/december/festival-examines-what-the-anti-apartheid-picket-can-teach-human-rights-defenders
Dr Gavin Brown from the Department of Geography will be giving a talk on Tuesday 8 December at 6.
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Consuming Authenticities Collaborators’ Workshop at the National Library of Wales – University of Le
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/consumingauthenticities/2015/05/16/consuming-authenticities-collaborators-workshop-at-the-national-library-of-wales/
Description of Consuming Authenticities event for research participants, chefs, producers, food writers interested in authenticity