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Freedom of the Borough awards
https://le.ac.uk/centenary/events/freedom-of-the-borough
On Sunday 12 September 2021, the University of Leicester was conferred the Freedom of the Borough by Oadby and Wigston Borough Council (OWBC)
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Environment, Nature & Society A
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2024/gy1018
Module code: GY1018 Environmentalists are often accused of being unrealistic and demanding the impossible. Yet we ask ourselves the question ‘what kind of world would we like?’ too little.
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StreetDoctors run Leicesters Big 10K
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/april/streetdoctors-run-leicester2019s-big-10k
A group of medical students at the University will tackle the Big 10K in Abbey Park on Sunday 30 April to raise funds for the StreetDoctors charity.
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Brain Awareness Week 2019
https://le.ac.uk/dbs/outreach/brain-awareness-week-2019
The Division of Biomedical Services was proud to take part in the University of Leicester's Brain Awareness event in March 2019.
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Peace project
https://le.ac.uk/study/schools-and-colleges/peace-project
University of Leicester is giving local schools and the local community the opportunity to visit its historic campus and discover the history of the University.
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Finding Dolly Shepherd in Historical Directories
https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/specialcollections/2016/10/07/finding-dolly-shepherd-in-historical-directories/
Guest blog post on Edwardian Lady Parachutist Dolly Shepherd, by Debra Wallace
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Astronomers see “warm” glow of Uranus’s rings
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/june/21-uranus-rings-alma-vlt
The rings of Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977 — and they stand out as surprisingly bright in new heat images of the planet taken by two large telescopes in the high deserts of Chile.
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Leicester astronomers play key role in groundbreaking movie of the cosmos by new observatory
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/june/astronomers-groundbreaking-movie-cosmos-new-observatory
The decade-long wait for UK astronomers ends as the NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which University of Leicester space scientists have contributed to, reveals dazzling first images
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Messium graduates from ESA-BIC programme, pioneering hyperspectral innovation in agriculture
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/march/messium-esa-bic-programme-hyperspectral-innovation-agriculture
Company using cutting-edge hyperspectral satellite technology in agriculture has been part of prestigious business support programme at Space Park Leicester, the University of Leicester’s £100 million science and innovation park
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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.