News

Reporting from the epicentre of the story

Published
Tuesday 7th March, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Hind Hassan broadcasts from the most hostile environments in the world – from the conflict in Ukraine, to the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria – elevating the voices of those unheard.

Hind Hassan wearing a Press vest and helmet in Iraq

Charity gives unclaimed campus bikes new lease of life

Published
Tuesday 7th March, 2023
Categories
Working with our region

More than 300 bicycles abandoned on the University of Leeds campus are being donated to a charity which helps train people in prison to repair them. 

Mark Bownass, Steven Wall, Suzanne Bristow and Jon Warrick holding bikes on the University of Leeds campus.

Paolozzi sculpture arrives at University

Published
Monday 6th March, 2023
Categories
Alumni
University
Arts & Culture

A famous sculpture by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, donated by a Leeds alumnus, has joined a growing collection of public art on the University’s campus.

The bronze sculpture faces the camera head-on with campus in the background. The figure in the sculpture crouches over a compass. Its body is welded together, giving it a mechanical feel.

Mineral dust and Earth's oxygen levels

Published
Monday 6th March, 2023
Categories
Science
Environment

Mineral dust played a key role in raising oxygen levels in the Earth’s atmosphere billions of years ago, with major implications for the way intelligent life later evolved, say researchers.

Earth seen from space as the sun begins to emerge over the northern hemisphere

Fintech placements for students as new centre launches in Leeds

Published
Tuesday 28th February, 2023
Categories
Technology
Business & Economy

University of Leeds students will have the opportunity to take up placements in some of the UK’s leading fintech companies, in a fresh announcement confirmed at the launch of a new nationwide centre.

Guests seated in rows listen to speeches at the launch event of CFIT, in the atrium of Nexus

Satellites reveal speed-up of Antarctic glaciers

Published
Monday 27th February, 2023
Categories
Science
Environment

Glaciers along the Antarctic peninsula are flowing faster in the summer because of a combination of melting snow and warmer ocean waters, say researchers.

The Antarctic peninsula seen from an aircraft. Ice emerges from valleys and enters the sea.

A looming water crisis at the world’s highest glacier

Published
Monday 27th February, 2023
Categories
Alumni

Climate change is hitting the hardest in the world’s mountain ranges. We learn how Leeds glaciologist Professor Duncan Quincey is helping locals at the world's highest glacier.

Mountain view in Himalayas

Genes reveal kidney cancer’s risk of recurrence

Published
Thursday 23rd February, 2023
Categories
Science
Health

A decade-long international study into kidney cancer has shown that doctors can predict the likelihood of a patient’s disease returning by looking at DNA mutations in their tumours.

A scientist with long brown hair drops a solution from a pipette, in a laboratory.

Origins of mysterious patterns created by salt deserts 

Published
Thursday 23rd February, 2023
Categories
Science

The curious landscapes formed by dried out salt lakes are caused by the movement of fluids in the soil beneath the surface, according to new research published today. 

A dried-out salt lake in Death Valley, California at sunset, displaying the characteristic honeycomb-like patterns