Archive of UCL Global News
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30 May 2012: Better urban planning is essential to improve health
The
proportion of the world’s population that lives in cities has been steadily
rising, so that 3 in 5 of all people globally will live in a city by 2030. The
UCL-Lancet Commission
on Healthy Cities explores the many issues other than health services that
contribute to population health in a city environment.
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17 May 2012: Who stole my milk?: Exploring student homes in London
In the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, The Geffrye: Museum of the Home and MA students from UCL Institute of Archaeology are investigating shared and private spaces within London’s international student homes. More...
11 May 2012: UCL Engineering Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Funding
UCL
Engineering announced today that two members of staff will receive funding
through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables
individuals worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health
and development challenges.
Dr Tarit Mukhopadhyay and
Professor Clare Elwell will pursue their
innovative global health research projects, titled ‘Elimination
of the Cold Chain with Low-Cost Liquid Viral Vaccines’ and ‘Novel Biomarkers of Nutrition
Related Cognitive Development’.
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