News

University announces honorary degrees 2016

Published
Friday 8th July, 2016
Categories
University

Twelve significant individuals from the disciplines of law, education, film, science and engineering will be presented with honorary degrees recognising their contribution to their fields and society.

A dead tree in the Amazon rainforest

Drought caused the Amazon to stop storing carbon

Published
Thursday 7th July, 2016
Categories
Environment

The most extensive land-based study of the effect of drought on Amazonian rainforests to date has shown that a recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin’s carbon sink.

Roundhay Park

What do the 'lungs of Leeds' mean to you?

Published
Tuesday 5th July, 2016
Categories
Society & Politics
News

From Golden Acre and Gotts to Roundhay and Rothwell, there are more than 60 parks to enjoy in Leeds.

Feasting monks and strange foods

Published
Friday 1st July, 2016
Categories
Arts & Culture

Jousting knights, feasting musicians, food demonstrators and artists will descend on Leeds from 3-7 July.

Vision for better living through robotics

Published
Friday 1st July, 2016
Categories
News
Technology

Robots rarely get a good press. They’re either turning rogue, trying to control the human race as in The Matrix, or wreaking a path of destruction to kill the hero in Will Smith’s I, Robot.

EU Referendum: Statement

Published
Friday 24th June, 2016
Categories
University

Statement from Vice-Chancellor, Sir Alan Langlands

A close up of an aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin.

Itchy inflammation of mosquito bites helps viruses replicate

Published
Tuesday 21st June, 2016
Categories
Health

The itchy swelling that appears at the site of a mosquito bite isn't just an irritating nuisance - it also makes viral infections spread by the insects far worse, new research has found.