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• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

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  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• Shaun Cowley

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  The academic profile of Professor Shaun Cowley, Professor of Molecular Biology at Â鶹ÊÓƵ

• A new union supports struggling artists in times of austerity

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  Latest Â鶹ÊÓƵ CAMEo Cuts edition exposes the dire working conditions of many artists and explains how Artists’ Union England, a new trade union for artists, campaigns for improvements

• Industry and academia partners to join European research initiative to fight Alzheimers dementia

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  An alliance of academia and industry, including the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, has announced the start of a novel collaboration, the European Prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia (EPAD) Initiative, to test innovative treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer’s dementia.

• New Year Honours for Â鶹ÊÓƵ Chancellor and Professor both leading the way in space science

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  A space scientist, whose influence has reached throughout the solar system, and the University’s Chancellor, who encourages students to ‘reach for the stars’, are among this year’s recipients of New Year’s Honours.

• Genetics PhD students photograph wins University competition

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  Shane Hussey, a PhD student in the Department of Genetics, has won the Graduate School’s second PhDepictions photography competition. The runner-up prize went to Joe Emmings of the Department of Geology.

• University remembers fallen soldier who played a part in its founding

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  The story of a brave Leicester officer during the First World War is being retold by our University on the anniversary of his death on 15 October.

• Study in Nature provides potential for cancer treatment targets

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  Researchers for our Department of Chemistry have been involved in new research, published in Nature, that provides potential for new targets for developing cancer treatments.

• Student of the Year nomination for Â鶹ÊÓƵ engineer

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  Third-year year Engineering student at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Samiksha Raviraja is one of five students shortlisted.

• Politicians and media fuel hate crime in Britain say experts

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  Professor Neil Chakraborti and Dr Stevie-Jade Hardy, from our Centre for Hate Studies, say the ‘toxic climate’ surrounding the EU referendum debate has helped to ‘embolden’ people to target those they regard as ‘different’ or ‘foreign’.