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Issue
468, 4 June 2001
News
in brief
- Seeing
inside the body
New
advances in computer science are helping doctors see
‘inside’ the living human body, enabling clearer
diagnosis and more effective treatment..
- Dinosaur
Island
Fossil
plant expert Dr Jane Francis of earth sciences will
be taking part in an excavation of fossil dinosaur sites
on the Isle of Wight, to be broadcast live on BBC2.
- Irigaray
first at Leeds
The
first conference dedicated to the work of renowned French
philosopher, Luce Irigaray, will be held at the University
from June 22-24.
- Competition
success
Biomedical
sciences postgraduate Tom Claydon has won a Novartis-sponsored
competition within his faculty, enabling him to present
his research to the Biophysical Society’s 45th
Annual Meeting in Boston, USA.
- Medieval
gathering
Each
summer the University of Leeds hosts the largest gathering
of medievalists in Europe, organised by the International
Medieval Institute.
- Scholarly
success
Forty
schoolchildren have been selected to receive Robert
Ogden scholarships for 2001, following a record number
of applications to the scheme.
- Transparently
so
Preparation
of the 1999/2000 results of the transparency review
is well under way for submission to the HEFCE by 31
July.
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