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Sami Zubaida
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/obituaries/2025/sami-zubaida
We have learned, with sadness, of the passing on 6 April 2025 of Sami Zubaida, an expert in Middle Eastern culture who taught Sociology at Leicester in the 1960s. Sami Zubaida was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1937.
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Alumnus shortlisted for top sci-fi writing prize
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/february/alumnus-shortlisted-for-top-sci-fi-writing-prize
An alumnus and former staff member at the University is on the shortlist for one of world's most prestigious sci-fi writing prizes, the Philip K Dick Award.
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Two different schools of thought discuss light
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/november/two-different-schools-of-thought-discuss-light
An event which examines the relationship between science and religion and their alternative views on the subject of light will take place on Wednesday 18 November at The Gatehouse Chaplaincy Centre, University Rd from 5.30pm – 8.00pm.
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Alumni
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/alumni
Graduation does not mark the end of your relationship with the University of Leicester School of Business and fellow former students, it is just the beginning of a lifelong relationship. Find out about how you can continue to enjoy the benefits of having studied with us.
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Most distant detection of a black hole swallowing a star
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/december/black-hole-swallowing-star
A University of Leicester astronomer has led an international team that determined the distance of the furthest black hole consuming a star detected to date.
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University records
https://le.ac.uk/about/history/records
Browse the officers of University College Leicester from its founding in 1921 (as Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland University College) through to its award of the Royal Charter in 1957.
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Evelyn Waugh, Cynic?
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/waughandwords/2016/01/27/evelyn-waugh-cynic/
A summary of Naomi Milthorpe's research in the Evelyn Waugh Collection at the Huntington Library.
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Women in Economics, Finance and Accounting (WEFA)
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/about/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/edi-networks/women-in-economics-finance-and-accounting
Women in Economics, Finance and Accounting (WEFA) is an outreach initiative aiming to encourage and inspire women to consider a career in Economics, Finance and Accounting (WEFA).
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New approach will help identify drugs that can ‘glue’ proteins together
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/july/glue-proteins
A new screening method that can test the effectiveness of therapeutic molecules designed to ‘glue’ proteins together in the body has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester.
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University of Leicester celebrates School of Education’s 75th anniversary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/education
University of Leicester’s School of Education has hit a landmark anniversary, celebrating its 75th year. The School was founded in 1946, welcoming its first group of 19 students, most of whom were ex-military personnel.