1720 results for 'press statements'
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- 11 June 2019
- Categories
- University | Arts & Culture
Simon Armitage has performed one of his first official duties since becoming Poet Laureate, announcing the winner of the Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥â€™ new poetry prize.
- Published
- 10 June 2019
- Categories
- Arts & Culture
Why do arts and culture matter? What difference do they make to people’s lives? How do we know what difference they make to individuals and communities?
- Published
- 7 June 2019
- Categories
- Environment | Global
Seven areas of fast-flowing ice on the Antarctic Peninsula have been formally named after Earth observation satellites, following a request by a Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ scientist.
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- 7 June 2019
- Categories
- University
The University has appointed Professor Edmund Linfield as the first Director for the Bragg Centre for Materials Research.
- Published
- 29 May 2019
- Categories
- Science | Global
Scientists have identified a new internal regulator that helps control the body’s response to fight infection.
- Published
- 29 May 2019
- Categories
- Global | Environment
A new study has used partially fossilised plants and single-celled organisms to investigate the effects of climate change on the Canadian High Arctic wetlands and help predict their future.
- Published
- 22 May 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
Leeds scientists are leading a research network of northern universities to find new ways to rapidly decarbonise UK transport.
- Published
- 16 May 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
In only 25 years, ocean melting has caused ice thinning to spread across West Antarctica so rapidly that 24% of its glacier ice is now affected, according to a new study.
- Published
- 14 May 2019
- Categories
- University | Business and partnerships
Advanced data analytics is opening up a "new frontier" for business research and development (R&D), according to a new report from Nexus and the Confederation of British Industry.
- Published
- 10 May 2019
- Categories
- University | Arts & Culture
Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage has been appointed the UK’s new Poet Laureate.
- Published
- 8 May 2019
- Categories
- Health
A groundbreaking collaboration of health, care and university partners across the city of Leeds is helping to enhance the local workforce.
- Published
- 7 May 2019
- Categories
- University | Science
Three Ó³¿ÍÖ±²¥ researchers have received a prestigious fellowship aimed at tackling global challenges.
- Published
- 6 May 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
New research reveals clues to a crucial period of rapid evolution in complex animals that began roughly 540 million years ago.
- Published
- 1 May 2019
- Categories
- Science | Environment
Analysis of water samples from the UK’s Humber estuary revealed high levels of pharmaceuticals, with ibuprofen found at some of the highest concentrations ever reported across the globe.
- Published
- 1 May 2019
- Categories
- Global | Health
Scientists are attempting to tackle a virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, a skin cancer that is common amongst those with HIV.