UCL in the media
Why women with HIV are persistently invisible - and how we can challenge it
Visiting Professor Theo Gordon (UCL History of Art), writes that 'it was not until 1993 that AIDS, as defined by the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC), included opportunistic infections specific to womens' bodies.
Read: The ConversationWhy Putin is taking the chance to show his electoral muscle
Professor Pete Duncan (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) explains that Putin needs not just to win the election, as he will, but to make the population believe in the legitimacy of his election.
Read: The Times (£)Women's history month: The Slade's prize-winning women artists lost in the gaps of art history
A new exhibition at UCL Art Museum entitled Prize & Prejudice reveals how young female artists won all the prizes at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art in 1918 and curator Helen Downes explains why their work is worth celebrating.
Read: Evening Standard, More: UCL NewsEngland has one of the lowest levels of financial literacy
Professor John Jerrim (UCL Institute of Education), co-authored a working paper, which found that 1 in 3 adults in England cannot work out the correct change from a shopping trip.
Read: Daily Mail, More: Independent, BBC News, Metro, Daily Express, UCL News.Stephen Hawking's warnings: What he predicted for the future
Commenting on Stephen Hawking's predictions for the future, Professor Bradley Love (UCL Experimental Psychology) said that "clever AI will create tremendous wealth for society, but will leave many people without jobs."
Read: BBC News.Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time
Professor Jon Butterworth (UCL Physics & Astronomy) comments that the number of students who turn up and say Brief History was the moment that they realised physics was cool is still high."
Read: iNewsPutin to stoke patriotic fervour with Crimea rally
Professor Andrew Wilson (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) comments on the "political technologies" used to manipulate post-Soviet elections, noting that the vote was running to a Kremlin script. "Grudinin passed his screen test with flying colours for the role of populist while Sobchak is a bit harder to read," he said. "The degree of puppetry varies."
Read: The TimesSteve Bannon: 'Wear racist badge like a medal'
Philippe Marliere, a professor of French politics at University College London, said Mr Bannon's appearance was at odds with Ms Le Pen's efforts to rebrand the party. "She has said she doesn't want it to be seen as a far-right party, and she's serious about getting into power.
Read: The NationalNerve agent made by Russians in secret
Prof Andrea Sella, an inorganic chemistry expert at University College London, said Novichok was designed to be made active before use by mixing two less dangerous chemicals. The two stage process meant it was safer to prepare and deploy, but it also meant it could potentially be transported or smuggled more easily.
Read: Daily Telegraph (£), FT (£)Walking and mental health
Archaeologist, Charlotte Frearson (UCL Institute of Archaeology) featured in BBC Radio 4 'Ramblings' with Clare Balding, discussing how her new whippet and walk to work helped her to manage anxiety.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 (from the beginning).