February
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University of Leicester launches new Centre for Hate Studies
- Leicester criminologist spearheads centre to help organisations respond to challenges posed by hate and prejudice
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Rat islands ‘a laboratory of future evolution’
- University of Leicester academic predicts rats will continue to grow and fill a ‘significant chunk’ of Earth’s emptying ecospace
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New King Richard III Website Launched
- Site outlines story of King Richard lll and his 500 year place in Leicester’s history
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Richard III archaeologist addresses business leaders
- Leader of Grey Friars project to speak about Richard III discovery at annual dinner of Leicestershire Business Voice
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Bluesky Begins Night Time Aerial Photo Mapping Trials
- World’s first integrated night mapping system developed by University of Leicester experts
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University to host 3,000 schoolchildren for spectacular chemistry show
- The University of Leicester is bringing the explosive Modern Alchemist show to the city on 14 March– with two lectures arranged especially for schools
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Indian delegation seeks to establish links with Leicester
- Three-day visit seeks to bolster ties with University of Leicester and with the city
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Leicester Cultural Quarter’s post-industrial past to be explored through creative writing
- University of Leicester is commissioning creative writers to work with archivists to explore local people’s personal connections with landmark post-industrial sites in the East Midlands
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Scrutinising the myth of social media ‘neutrality’
- University of Leicester academic Dr Ruth Page’s paper published on cultural differences in Wikipedia entries surrounding Meredith Kercher case
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Transportation innovation to be discussed at THE ISSUE Conference 2014
- University of Leicester academics to speak at networking conference between 11-12 February
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Exercise provides hope for kidney disease patients and their vulnerable hearts
- National award for new University of Leicester research into preventing heart disease in dialysis patients
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Refugees use creative writing to tell their stories
- University of Leicester students are helping asylum seekers express their troubled pasts through the New Voices Wagon Project
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Genomes of Richard III and his proven relative to be sequenced
- Project led by Dr Turi King of the University of Leicester
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Bees fight to a stalemate in the battle of the sexes according to new research from the University of Leicester
- New study sheds light on genomic conflict in bumblebees
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Stunning video of Saturn’s auroras from Leicester-led observations
- Spectacular display of Saturn’s northern lights made using observations led by University of Leicester space scientists, using NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope
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University of Leicester student leads school-building expedition to Ghana
- Student ambassador for national charity in call for volunteers
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New £28 million health improvement Initiative in East Midlands
- Professor Kamlesh Khunti leads collaboration
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Why did the orang-utan come down from the trees?
- New study reveals hitherto undocumented extent of orang-utan terrestriality
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"Sexy" underwear is not the only way to feel feminine on Valentine's Day, academic says
- Underwear consumption expert Dr Christiana Tsaousi says TV shows and glossy magazines give the false impression that only one type of underwear can make women feel feminine
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Academic receives international accolade for pioneering diabetes research
- University of Leicester academic Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded 8th Sardar Patel International Award
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Tinnitus study signals new advance in understanding link between exposure to loud sounds and hearing loss
- Leicester research reveals why hearing loss is correlated with auditory signals failing to get transmitted along the auditory nerve
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Leicester Exchanges debate to explore forgotten legacies of Great War
- Free public debate will highlight hidden and overlooked effects
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‘Funny Bones’ to explore the portrayal of disability in comedy
- Free public debate to take place at Embrace Arts, the University of Leicester’s arts centre on Sunday 23 February at 3pm
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Experts draw international audience to Richard III conference
- Places still available for University of Leicester conference from Friday 21- Sunday 23 February 2014
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University of Leicester signs historic partnership agreement with Soran University, Kurdistan, Iraq
- • Innovative new Natural Resources Research Centre opened during ceremony on 11 February • Partnership aims to improve sustainable resources expertise
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Mitigating the maladies of air quality and climate change
- University of Leicester academic Professor Paul Monks discussed global issues at the American Association for the Advance of Science on Sunday 16 February
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Prisons: do we still need them?
- Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform delivers latest Scarman Lecture at University of Leicester on 19 February 2014
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Launch of river restoration project in Market Harborough
- Ambitious scheme to ‘put nature back into river’
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Parents are not more likely to split up if mothers earn more than fathers
- New paper by University of Leicester management expert published in journal Sociology
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“Gravity”-style space debris threat from giant satellite explored in student paper
- University of Leicester students reveal the difficulties of de-orbiting the huge satellite Envisat, which lost contact with Earth in 2012
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1950s thriller ‘Eden’ to explore corruption in the time of dictatorship
- LUTheatre student play to premiere at University of Leicester 5-7 March
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Students celebrate ‘Good Deed Day’ by helping local communities
- University of Leicester to host plant pot event on Monday 24 February as part of Student Volunteering Week
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Traditional ragas and dazzling improvisation
- Darbar Unplugged comes to Embrace Arts
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Leicester expert on asbestos-related cancer to speak at the House of Lords
- University of Leicester mesothelioma expert Professor Dean Fennell will address the House of Lords in support of Lord Saatchi’s Medical Innovation Bill on Monday 24 February
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Graduates invited to attend national space industry careers event
- Careers in the Space Industry event hosted by University of Leicester’s G-STEP project to take place on Friday 28 February
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What does ‘going global’ mean for our record of the past?
- University of Leicester to co-host Gerald Aylmer Seminar 2014 in London on Friday 28 February 2014
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University of Leicester hosts international multiculturalism celebration
- University hosts end-of-project celebration by European Multicultural Foundation and schools across five countries
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CUBO appoints new Chair
- Frances Stone, Director of Residential and Commercial Services at the University of Leicester, has been appointed Chair of the College & University Business Officers (CUBO)
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University of Leicester graduate launches UK’s first university fitness competition
- ‘Mr University’ contest to take place on Sunday 16 March at University of Leicester
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Crocus blooming signals spring
- Weekend viewings of spring flowers at University of Leicester Botanic Garden on Sunday 2 and Sunday 9 March 2014
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Recognition for Leicester Renal Centre partnered with Nigeria
- Professor Nigel Brunskill helps Leicester's Hospitals receive international funding from International Society of Nephrology
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Scientists unlock a ‘microbial Pompeii’
- University of Leicester expertise plays part in discovery
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New video exposes the harms of hate crime
- Educational film from the University of Leicester reveals damaging impact of hate and prejudice
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How the space industry is embracing entrepreneurship
- Start-ups and small businesses invited to attend the 26th National Student Space Conference at the University of Leicester 1-2 March
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Improving Leicester city one hack at a time
- University of Leicester students to attend two-day Leicester Civic Hack event on 1-2 March
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Charities and public sector join forces to create a generation of young lifesavers
- University of Leicester involved in project
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New £28 million health improvement Initiative in East Midlands
- CLAHRC East Midlands News Release