Alumni News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/alumni/alumni-news1/rss admin 2009-08-07T10:10:42Z Class of 2013: Leaving UCL - now what? http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/23052013-Class-of-2013-Leaving-UCL-now-what UCL Careers Service will hold Class of 2013 Week between Tuesday 28 May and Friday 31 May. Dedicated to UCL's 2013 graduates, it will equip them with useful knowledge and practical guidance to help them on their way after graduation. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-23T15:10:50Z UCL Festival of Volunteering http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/200513-UCL-festival-of-volunteering Riding on the success of last year’s Festival, UCL and UCLU are running the two-week Festival of Volunteering this summer. Running 22nd May – 4th June, the Festival will include a variety of volunteering-related activities for the UCL community to get involved in. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-21T15:23:05Z Almost a quarter of jurors confused about rules on internet use during a trial http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/150513-jury-profect-internet-use-cheryl-thomas Almost a quarter of jurors (23 per cent) are unclear about the rules surrounding internet use during a trial, according to preliminary research led by Professor Cheryl Thomas (UCL Laws). RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-16T09:42:54Z Take part in the UCL Student Barometer http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/140513-UCL-student-barometer-2013 All UCL students are invited to give their views to a student survey and, in doing so, have the chance to win an iPad and £1,000 in cash. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-14T09:43:51Z Study finds brain system for emotional self-control http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/100513-study-finds-brain-system-for-emotional-self-control Different brain areas are activated when we choose for ourselves to suppress an emotion, compared to situations where we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-10T10:03:15Z UCL Bloomsbury Masterplan: new student hub http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/050513-Bloomsbury-masterplan-student-hub The JBS Haldane Student Hub opened in Anatomy at the start of the summer term in April 2013. This large space overlooks the South Quad and is based in the Anatomy Building extension. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T13:36:29Z Dig This! UCL masters students at the Geffrye Museum http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/050513-Dig-This-Geffrye-museum-garden Masters students from the UCL Institute of Archaeology are collaborating with the Geffrye Museum on an exciting project about gardening and happiness in the urban home. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-09T13:57:17Z Children with behavioural problems under-react to painful images http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/020513-children-with-behavioural-problems-under-react-to-painful-images When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains under-react, according to new research published today in Current Biology. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-05-02T16:08:22Z UCL University Challenge team fall at the final hurdle http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/010513-University-challenge-final UCL’s University Challenge team were narrowly beaten by the University of Manchester in the final of the popular BBC2 quiz show this week. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-05-01T15:05:39Z UCL University Challenge team prepares for final http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/26042013-university-challenge UCL’s University Challenge team have reached the final of the popular BBC2 quiz show, after producing a consistent winning streak this series. In the final the team will face current reigning champions the University of Manchester in a bid to win the competition for the first time. RSS Feed George Wigmore 2013-04-26T11:45:26Z UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants awarded to 22 new projects http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/26042013-grand-challenge_small-grants 22 new research projects have been awarded funding of up to £5,000 through the 2013 UCL Grand Challenges Small Grants Scheme. RSS Feed Liz Almond George Wigmore 2013-04-26T11:45:26Z Sounds of UCL: competition winners and panoramas http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/190413-sounds-of-ucl-winners-panoramas What sounds make up London’s global university? UCL Communications has announced the winners of its ‘Sounds of UCL’ competition, which invited staff and students to capture ambient audio clips that reflect the life of UCL. RSS Feed Lara J Carim 2013-04-19T07:48:00Z Star factory in the early Universe challenges galaxy evolution theory http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/180413-stars-galaxy-evolution-theory-space-universe A team including Dr Mat Page (UCL Space and Climate Physics) has discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky Way. Seen at a time when the Universe was less than a billion years old, its mere existence challenges our theories of galaxy evolution. The observations were carried out using the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Observatory. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-18T11:18:16Z Search for new antibiotics advanced by discovery of key processes within bacterial protein http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/120413-bacteria-hair-transport-antibiotics Scientists have discovered how bacteria transport the tiny hair-like strands, called pili, which cover their outer surface from the inside of the cell, where they are assembled, to the exterior. Pili are a key target for a new generation of antibiotics, as without them the bacteria are unable to group together and to stick to human cells causing infection. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-12T15:02:29Z Getting into Digital Humanities: A free afternoon workshop for undergraduates at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/070413-digital-humanities-free-workshop UCL undergraduates are invited to a free, half day workshop by the UCL Centre for Digital Humanities on Wednesday 24 April 2013. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-11T09:50:24Z Ancient pool of warm water questions current climate models http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0413/030413-climate-model-pliocene-pool-of-water A huge pool of warm water that stretched out from Indonesia over to Africa and South America four million years ago suggests climate models might be too conservative in forecasting tropical changes. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-04T08:53:24Z Easter Eggs Live http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/270313-CABI-Easter-Eggs-Live-channel-4-chick-MRI Researchers at the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI) have embarked on a rather unique Easter egg hunt and have been scanning chicken eggs for a new Channel 4 programme called Easter Eggs Live. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T16:40:49Z UCL PhD researcher strikes gold in Parliament http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/180313-UCL-PhD-students-present-science-at-Parliament Joanna Brunker, a PhD student in the UCL Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, struck Gold at a competition in the House of Commons, for the excellence of her Biology research, walking away with a £3,000 prize yesterday. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-04-16T14:34:26Z UCL Friends of MSF charity run http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/270313-MSF-Charity-run On Saturday 16th March 2013, over 300 individuals took to the paths of Regent's Park running either 5km or 10km in aid of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders). RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T14:47:28Z 10 Bursaries available for Cheltenham Science Festival http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/250313-cheltenham-science-festival-bursary The Graduate School is offering ten £600 bursaries for research or taught graduate students to attend The Times Cheltenham Science Festival in Cheltenham from Tuesday 4 th to Sunday 9 th June 2013. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T14:18:27Z Study finds strong genetic component to childhood obesity http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/260313-childhood-obesity-genetics-heritability Childhood body weight is strongly influenced by genes according to new research published today in the International Journal of Obesity . RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-27T13:32:57Z Cancer therapy research to benefit from supercomputer award http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/260313-supercomputer-cancer-therapy UCL researchers studying molecular cancer therapies are using top US supercomputers to accelerate their work. Following a grant from The National Institute of Health, via the US National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing, the team has been able to progress their work with the American supercomputer ANTON. RSS Feed Liz Almond 2013-03-26T13:04:29Z The Bartlett Postgraduate Open Day http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/190313-Batlett-post-graduate-open-day The Bartlett Postgraduate Open Day will be held on Wednesday 27 March in the South Cloisters and Garden Room. It is an opportunity for prospective students to meet course directors, faculty academics and current students to find out more about what it's like to study at The Bartlett.  RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-20T10:18:55Z Taking medicine to extreme heights http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/150313-xtremem A dedicated team of intensive care doctors, nurses and scientists are taking more than 200 people to the Himalayas to study how our bodies respond to low levels of oxygen. RSS Feed Rosie Waldron 2013-03-15T16:21:03Z UCL Neuroscience Symposium 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/UCL-Neuroscience-Symposium-2013 The 2013 UCL Neuroscience Symposium will take place on Friday 21 June at the Institute of Education. RSS Feed Neil D Rodger 2013-03-15T12:48:51Z