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Wendy Hickling OBE, JP, DL (1936-2017)
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/inspirational-women/wendy-hickling
“In our rooms, with outstretched arms you could touch each wall. You were allowed five items on your dressing table and nothing on the radiator. If you contravened this rule your surplus items were confiscated and you had to pay to get them back.
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CuppaScience and the James Webb Space Telescope
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/07/21/201/
Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 21 July 2020 We highlight Leicester’s involvement in the James Webb Space Telescope, the ambitious new infrared telescope launching in 2021 – with the #CuppaScience Podcast with Naomi Rowe-Gurney.
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Leicester plays key role in BBC Secret Life of Sue Townsend Aged 68 programme
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/the-secret-life-of-sue-townsend-aged-68-3-4
Our University has played a key role in a new BBC programme on honorary graduate and Distinguished Honorary Fellow Sue Townsend, who died in 2014.
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Urgent action required to protect world’s coral reefs from disappearing within three decades, warn experts
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/april/coral-reefs
In 2018 the Vibrant Oceans group identified 50 reefs that are most likely to resist and survive climate change. The habitats are located largely in the Pacific and Indian oceans, with further reefs in the Caribbean and east of Africa.
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Library of Congress digitises more early Presidential Papers
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/01/11/library-of-congress-digitises-more-early-presidential-papers/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on January 11, 2021 Recently added are: Papers of President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) Papers of President William Howard Taft (1857-1930) Papers of President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) Papers...
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Pick up the pace! New study finds slow walkers four times more likely to die from Covid-19
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/slow-walk-covid
Slow walkers are almost four times more likely to die from COVID-19 and have over twice the risk of contracting a severe version of the virus, according to a team of researchers from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre led by...
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Astrophysics Seminar Wednesday 15th Dec, 3pm (POSTPONED from 8th Dec)
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2021/12/06/astrophysics-seminar-wednesday-8th-dec-3pm/
Posted by ab520 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 December 2021 This week’s seminar will be by Rowan Smith (Manchester), on “The Cloud Factory: resolving star formation in its galactic context” Abstract: I present suites of simulations that resolve individual molecular...
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New research highlights how environment plays key role in changing movement behaviour of animals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/new-research-highlights-how-environment-plays-key-role-in-changing-movement-behaviour-of-animals
Researchers from our Department of Mathematics have developed a theory which explains how small animals, such as bats, insects and birds, adjust their movement behaviour based on cues within their environment.
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Leicester up for two out of three awards in VisitEnglands Awards for Excellence
https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/february/leicester-up-for-two-out-of-three-awards-in-visitengland2019s-awards-for-excellence
VisitEngland, the national tourist board has announced the finalists for the Awards for Excellence 2016 with the University's Attenborough Arts Centre, The Dandelion Hideaway and King Richard III Partnership - including the University- representing Leicester and...
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ejb71: Page 2
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/author/emily_baldwin/page/2/
Conversations With… Dipali Thanki Posted by ejb71 in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 6 November 2020 Todays ‘Conversations With…’ article focuses on Dipali Thanki, a Laboratory Supervisor in the School of Physics and Astronomy.