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• World leaders announced in support for HeForShe

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/june/world-leaders-announced-in-support-for-heforshe

  World leaders and new universities and companies have now been announced – alongside the University of Leicester – for the UN’s HeForShe campaign.

• Talking points a range of topical issues tackled by academics 18 June 1 July

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/july/talking-points-a-range-of-topical-issues-tackled-by-academics-18-june-1-july

  Professor Philip Shaw from the School of English has written an opinion piece for The Conversation where, two centuries after Waterloo, he discusses the famous painting commissioned by the Duke of Wellington after he triumphed over Napoleon.

• Pick your poison study examines the use of plant poison on prehistoric weaponry

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/march/pick-your-poison-study-examines-the-use-of-plant-poison-on-prehistoric-weaponry

  Archaeologists have long believed that our ancestors used poisons extracted from plants such as foxgloves and hemlock to make their weapons more lethal and kill their prey more swiftly.

• Physics students calculate how to take the perfect set piece

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/october/back-of-the-net-physics-students-calculate-how-to-take-the-perfect-set-piece

  To mark World Maths Day, The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair is showcasing how relevant maths is by giving it real life application in advance of the resumption of Premier League fixtures, including the Champions’ trip to Chelsea (today).

• Festive stories from Leicesters past

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/festive-christmas-stories-from-leicesters-past

  Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat, so the popular rhyme goes - although for many it will be a plump turkey sitting upon the table during Christmas lunch.

• New Leicester study reveals hidden heart risks in women with Type 2 Diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/july/heart-women-diabetes-leicester

  Women with type 2 diabetes are nearly twice as likely as men to have hidden heart damage, according to a major new study by Leicester researchers.

• Study into common health condition compares surgery to less invasive treatment

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/october/dupuytrens

  Researchers from the University of Leicester have compared the effectiveness of surgery over a less invasive injection for the treatment of a common health condition

• NASA planetary research expert to deliver exclusive talk at Space Park Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/justin-filiberto

  ‘Assessing the Evidence for Active Basaltic Volcanism on Venus: Current Limitations and Future Prospects’ will take place at Space Park Leicester on 10 January at 2pm

• International studies confirm positive effects of weight loss medicine for people with obesity-related heart failure

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/obesity

  The results of two studies, led by Professor Melanie Davies, Director of the NIHR Leicester BRC and Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, using weight loss medication, semaglutide, have now been published

• Gardeners’ World presenter puts his roots down at University of Leicester’s city oasis

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/may/nick-bailey

  A face familiar to millions of BBC Gardeners’ World viewers will be bringing his expertise to the University of Leicester after being appointed director of its Botanic Garden.