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Prestigious award to School of Education academic working towards peace
https://le.ac.uk/education/news-events/education-news/peace-korea-award
The leading role played by a University of Leicester academic working towards peace in the Korean Peninsula has been recognised with a prestigious award.
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Monday 3rd December Sol 116
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/03/monday-3rd-december-sol-116/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 3, 2012 Some of the early results from Curiosity are being presented this week at the American Geophysical Union.
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Hive of activity how genes turn bees into workers and queens
https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/may/hive-of-activity-how-genes-turn-bees-into-workers-and-queens
Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the land of milk and honey by becoming a queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ‘turned on’ during its lifespan.
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/08/18/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on August 18, 2016 As I write this Olympics 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, are in their final days. Once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Close your eyes and pull like a dog.
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/pgrcareers/2016/09/22/close-your-eyes-and-pull-like-a-dog-2/
Posted by Martin Coffey in Postgraduate Researcher Careers on September 22, 2016 Now that the Olympics and Paralympics are all done, it appears that once again the four-yearly sports fest has produced a blend of the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Lost tombs and quarries rediscovered on British military base in Cyprus
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/cyprus-archaeology
University of Leicester Archaeological Services rediscovers 46 sites at the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekelia, Cyprus, working on behalf of the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
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Hello Leicester Hollywood star Alec Baldwin pays tribute to Joe Orton for University event
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/july/hello-leicester-hollywood-star-alec-baldwin-pays-tribute-to-joe-orton-for-university-event
Hollywood icon and 2017 Emmy Award nominee Alec Baldwin is playing a key role in a Leicester event celebrating the legacy of playwright Joe Orton.
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Conflict Trends Update and Global Peace Index Launch 2021
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2021/06/21/conflict-trends-update-and-global-peace-index-launch-2021/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 21, 2021 The latest report published annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). Find out which nation is graded as the most peaceful. Full methodology provided on the website.
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Women & Global Diplomacy: From Peace Movements to the UN
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/07/03/women-global-diplomacy-from-peace-movements-to-the-un/
Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on July 3, 2018 A new webguide from UN Archives Geneva combines primary and secondary sources from both the archives and library of the United Nations at Geneva.
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Thursday 6th December Sol 119
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/mars/2012/12/06/thursday-6th-december-sol-119/
Posted by jbridges in Mars Science Laboratory Blog on December 6, 2012 NASA HQ have announced that the mission lifetime of MSL has been extended indefinitely, beyond the current one martian year (2 terrestrial years).