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Professor Sir Geoff Palmer
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/professor-geoff-palmer
Sir Godfrey ‘Geoff’ Palmer OBE studied Botany at Leicester and graduated in 1964.
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Mary McIntosh (1936-2013)
https://le.ac.uk/about/campus-development/freemens/freemens-building-names/mary-mcintosh
Mary McIntosh, a lecturer and influential sociologist, was a founding member of the Leicester Campaign for Racial Equality and involved in setting up the Gay Liberation Front.
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University staff and students feature in FT testimonies
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/university-staff-and-students-feature-in-ft-testimonies
Staff and students from the University's School of Management feature in a new video series from the Financial Times.
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The Bulletin Leicester geology students discover LCFC earthquake
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/march/the-bulletin-leicester-geology-students-discover-lcfc-earthquake
In this episode of The Bulletin from the University of Leicester News Centre, you can hear how Leicester City are shaking up the Premier League; how a new target could help to reduce symptoms of asthma attacks and which new state-of-the-art teaching and research facility has...
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Study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-to-help-find-ways-to-prevent-kidney-damage
Leicestershire people set to undergo keyhole vascular surgery are being recruited for a new study to help find ways to prevent kidney damage which can sometimes occur afterwards.
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Video competition to help Brazil solve resources problems
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/leicester-involved-in-competition-to-help-brazil-solve-resources-problems
Children and young people can play their part in helping to secure future supplies of food, water and energy in Brazil with the launch of an exciting new global video competition.
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TV stardom for the worst singer on campus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/may/tv-stardom-for-the-worst-singer-on-campus
There are many talented singers at the University of Leicester, from LU Voices to the Chamber Choir to the Band and Gig Society – but Mike Simpson isn’t one of them.
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JWST
https://le.ac.uk/physics/research/projects/james-webb-space-telescope
University of Leicester scientists are involved in the James Webb Space Telescope mission, and the MIRI instrument.
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NASAs WISE finds universes most luminous galaxy to date
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/nasas-wise-finds-universes-most-luminous-galaxy-to-date
A remote galaxy shining brightly with infrared light equal to more than 300 trillion suns has been discovered using data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
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Scientists and engineers complete testing for space technology for the next decade
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/may/scientists-and-engineers-complete-testing-for-space-technology-for-the-next-decade
A UK team - including scientists from the University – has returned from a series of rigorous tests carried out on instrumentation for the premier space observatory of the next decade.