UCL in the media
The world is getting noisier
Dr Francesco Aletta (UCL Bartlett School of Environment, Energy & Resources) says the world is getting noisier, and that creating a more positive sound environment would have positive implications for our health.
Listen: BBC Radio 4’s ‘Matthew Herbert’s World of Sound’ (from 11 mins 18 secs)
Stem cell treatments could revolutionise medicine
Professor Pete Coffey (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology) explains how a treatment for the most common cause of blindness could be available on the NHS within five years. He pioneered the treatment and is a Director of the London Project to Cure Blindness.
Has Brexit broken UK politics?
Professor Robert Hazell (UCL Constitution Unit) joins a discussion on the unusual political behaviour that Brexit has thrown up and whether or not it has crossed an important line.
Listen: BBC World Service’s ‘The Real Story’ (from 26 mins 59 secs)
Success for UCL start-up Autolus Therapeutics
The stock market success of the company Syncona is observed in an article describing its backing of Autolus Therapeutics, whose advanced cell programming technology was pioneered by Dr Martin Pule (UCL Cancer Institute).
Profile of Professor Ewa Paluch
Professor Ewa Paluch (UCL MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology), who was named 'Laureate' in Life Sciences in the 2019 Blavatnik Awards, discusses her dramatic childhood in Poland, switching from physics to biology, and the importance of "blebs".
Tracking records of the oldest life forms on Earth
A new ‘biosignature’ to track the remains of ancient life preserved in rocks which change significantly over billions of years has been found by Dr Dominic Papineau (UCL Earth Sciences).
Artist draws on family history for Singapore commission
Artist Chloe Manasseh, masters graduate of the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, has drawn on her late grandfather’s childhood memories of Eden Hall in Singapore to fill the historic property with dozens of botanically inspired artworks.
Festival celebrates world-leading arts and social sciences research
Held over 5 days (3-7 June 2019) across the central London Bloomsbury Campus, UCL’s Festival of Culture features a packed programme of exclusive appearances, talks, debates, workshops, live performance, walking tours, film screenings and exhibitions.
UCL academic wins prestigious economics award
Professor Imran Rasul (UCL Economics) has received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award in Economics, in recognition of his pioneering work on personnel economics and development.
Hult Prize winners boost rice yields and aim to sell commercially
Rice Inc, the UCL-backed Hult Prize-winning social enterprise which aims to alleviate food poverty in South East Asia, is planning to sell rice commercially after delivering on its vision to install rice drying facilities in remote villages.