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• Star Wars 50 Years: Pasts, Presents, and Futures

  https://le.ac.uk/media/research/star-wars-50-years

  Join the Star Wars 50 Years academic conference in Leicester (May 2027). Submit papers on film, fandom, media, and culture by 1 November 2026.

• Strawbs founder honoured by University of Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/january/david-cousins-honorary-degree

  The University of Leicester conferred an honorary Doctor of Music (DMus) degree on David Cousins, musician, songwriter and founder of UK rock group Strawbs, at its graduation ceremonies on Friday 20 January.

• The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement mission

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/physicsastronomy/2020/10/28/the-nasa-jaxa-global-precipitation-measurement-mission/

  Posted by Physics & Astronomy in Physics and Astronomy Blog on 28 October 2020 Leicester precipitation scientists Daniel Watters and Alessandro Battaglia outline how a NASA-JAXA mission addresses the challenge of global measurement of precipitation.

• I feel that the world is my oyster and I cannot wait to pursue my career as a solicitor

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/july/201ci-feel-that-the-world-is-my-oyster-and-i-cannot-wait-to-pursue-my-career-as-a-solicitor201d

  Finding time to build up your CV whilst at University can be a difficult task, but graduating student Chloe Birkett has gone above and beyond throughout the four years of her degree to immerse herself in the world of work, and develop her professional skills.

• Pterosaurs undergo dental examination to reveal clues about diets and lifestyles

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2020/october/pterosaur-ecology

  Microscopic analysis of the teeth of pterosaurs has revealed new insights into the diets and behaviours of Earth’s earliest flying reptiles.

• Leicester link to Nobel Prize winners

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/october/leicester-link-to-nobel-prize-winners

  In the latest announcement from the Nobel Prize committee, US academics Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash at Brandeis University, Boston and Mike Young at Rockefeller University, New York, have received the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of...

• Switching to renewable energy could save thousands of lives in Africa

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/november/21-africa-solar

  With renewable energy cheaper and more efficient than ever, countries in Africa have the unique opportunity to harness abundant renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal.

• ‘Fizzy pop’ process reveals copper-rich volcanoes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/volcano

  Identifying magmas that experience the same process that makes fizzy drinks ‘bubbly’ has been used by a team of University of Leicester geologists to predict whether a volcano’s magma is likely to be rich in copper.

• Posters

  https://le.ac.uk/cls/cls-equality/edi-in-practice/conferences-and-meetings/mrem-conference-2023/posters

  The following posters were displayed at the Midlands Racial Equality in Medicine Network Conference on 11th March: 1. An Extended Literature Review on the Racial Disparities that Exist in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in the UK.

• Digital, IT and Telecommunications, including Computer Science

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