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Author and Leeds alum Peter Robinson dies

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Alumni

The DCI Banks author leaves a lasting legacy through his best-selling novels, and a scholarship for less advantaged students.

Peter Robinson receives his Honorary Degree

Dynamic oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution 

Published
Friday 14th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

Oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere are likely to have “fluctuated wildly” one billion years ago, creating conditions that could have accelerated the development of early animals, say researchers.

Fossil records of the first animals to emerge.

Explaining inconsistencies in nutritional research

Published
Thursday 13th October, 2022
Categories
Science

People often wonder why one nutritional study tells them that eating too many eggs, for instance, will lead to heart disease and another tells them the opposite.

Two fried eggs on a plate

Lighting up campus: Light Night 2022

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Arts & Culture
Working with our region

The University of Leeds is hosting three spectacular art installations as part of Light Night 2022.

The Parkinson Building lit up pink as part of Light Night

Vulnerability and policing research centre launches

Published
Wednesday 12th October, 2022
Categories
Working with our region
Society & Politics

A ground-breaking new research centre aims to change how the police, public services and local government work together to help vulnerable people.

Two police officers, back to camera, walk down a crowded high street.

Leeds professor heads new HSE science group

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Business & Economy
Working with business
Technology
Science

A leading researcher who played an important role in Britain’s response to the pandemic has been appointed to chair a new science committee.

Professor Cath Noakes

Cost of living crisis highlights racial inequalities

Published
Tuesday 11th October, 2022
Categories
Society & Politics

Black and minority ethnic people are disproportionately falling faster and further below the poverty line amidst the cost of living crisis, according to a new report.

A couple sit on a sofa looking concerned as they read their bills.

Rethinking young women's working lives

Published
Thursday 6th October, 2022
Categories
Business and partnerships
Society & Politics

New research will examine how women’s early experiences of employment shape long-term career paths and reinforce inequalities in the labour market.

A young woman working as a barista makes coffee.

Calculating the carbon cost of food

Published
Tuesday 4th October, 2022
Categories
Science
Environment

A calculator which could reduce the level of carbon emissions generated by food production and consumption has been developed by data scientists at the University of Leeds.

A selection of healthy food, including chicken, fish and vegetables

Molecules could target cardio-metabolic diseases

Published
Friday 30th September, 2022
Categories
Health

Research over the past two decades has culminated in a “new and promising” approach to developing drugs to treat cardio-metabolic diseases.

Blue X-ray style image of a human torso, with the heart highlighted in red.