October 2010

Getting to know the neighbours

Description: The University of Nottingham, local residents groups, councillors and the police are to hold a tea party to maintain positive relationships between students and the communities in which they live.

Adam Hart-Davis reveals what water engineers did for us

Description: Author and broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis visits the University on Wednesday to give the first annual Papplewick Pumping Station Water Education Trust annual lecture.

University announces major renewable energy project

Description: Plans are announced for three wind turbines, on University-owned land next to the River Trent near Clifton Bridge.

Recognition of research excellence in China

Description: University of Nottingham Ningbo, China recognised by the Chinese Government for excellence in research.

Volunteers needed for meningitis study

Description: Students needed to help tackle disease.

Plant reproduction may solve food shortages

Description: The final event in our series at Shanghai Expo 2010 explains advances in plant science that could contribute to global food security.

Bridging the rural divide - taking interactive technology into the countryside

Description: Interactive technology to be used to increase our understanding of the countryside.

Malaria research begins to bite

Description: Scientists make significant breakthrough in the search for cheap and effective vaccines and drugs to stop the transmission of malaria.

New Dean to inspire creative innovation

Description: Expert in entrepreneurship and innovation Professor Martin Binks has become Dean of Nottingham University Business School.

Rugby legend Brian Moore to launch new pavilion and coaching fund

Description: Pavilion and coaching fund to honour the legacy of former Director of Physical Recreation and Sport Vaughan Parry Williams.

A day of celebration in Malaysia

Description: Students, staff and guests celebrate the tenth anniversary of the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus.

Experts at Expo discuss hydrogen as future fuel

Description: Leading UK and Chinese researchers assess whether hydrogen is truly the fuel of the future at Expo 2010.

How digital video supports the Eco-City

Description: How can the use of digital moving images make cities better places in which to live? Researchers from Nottingham, MIT and the British Film Institute find out at Shanghai Expo 2010.

Data power for the people

Description: Free master classes are being held across the UK to teach the public how to use the increasing amount of national and local data being made available via the internet,

Gala raises cash to fight superbugs

Description: A charity fundraising gala has raised more than £26,000 for research into superbugs pioneered by the University's Centre for Healthcare Associated Infections.

China students second in SIFE World Cup

Description: Students from the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China travel to LA for enterprise final.

RIBA East Midlands 'Student Award for Low Carbon Environmental Design'

Description: Students' 'excellence in architecture' recognised for sustainable and low carbon housing solutions at the RIBA awards.

Celebration of women in research

Description: The University of Nottingham is celebrating the achievements of women in science, engineering, technology and medicine.

GlaxoSmithKline collaborates with University of Nottingham chemists

Description: Students put to work discovering the drugs of the future thanks to a unique collaboration.

International crop science experts join University of Nottingham

Description: International crop experts to stengthen global food security research

University of Nottingham celebrates a pioneering decade in Malaysia

Description: Members of the Malaysian royal family join tenth anniversary celebrations.

Getting out of the house after stroke

Description: People who have become housebound after having a stroke are being invited to take part in a major new study that could help to put them back on the road to independence.

New hope for bone cancer treatment

Description: New research aims to use modified friendly bacteria as a vehicle for better drug targeting in bone cancer.

Expo event to help promote mental health in China

Description: Shanghai Expo 2010 provides the venue for The University of Nottingham's latest seminar to address problems and different care solutions for mental health that will promote social and economic sustainability.

Keeping the "Engine-Room of the World" Clean

Description: Experts from The University of Nottingham and the British Geological Survey to showcase world-leading British research into carbon dioxide capture, transportation and storage.

Shakespeare 'lost' play reading

Description: An 18th century play recently identified by a University expert as a long-lost work of William Shakespeare gets its first public reading at the Nottingham Playhouse.

Milestone for Medical School

Description: Nottingham University Medical School is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a conference looking back at its pioneering history.

Breast cancer expert in world top 20

Description: The University's Professor Ian Ellis has been named among the world's top 20 most influential experts on breast cancer.

The business X factor — the secret to CEO success

Description: The secrets of top CEO and why some people possess the business 'X factor' which gives them the edge over competitors.

Pioneering UK centre to lead fight against global warming

Description: New centre will lead global research on carbon capture and storage.

Novel approach yields new insights into the causes of pre-eclampsia

Description: An exciting collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham has resulted in new insights into the hypertension that frequently blights pregnancy.

Higher education global university master class

Description: Sharing best practice on developing and operating university campuses abroad.

Keeping a watch on the world

Description: New knowledge exchange network to promote and develop technologies to monitor the changing landscape of our planet.

Helping newborn babies in the delivery room

Description: Dr Mark Grubb wins engineering award for heart rate monitor.

Imagined Objects of Desire

Description: A new exhibition at The University of Nottingham Museum explores the concept of giving personal meaning to objects.

Nottingham graduate becomes new CEO of Rolls Royce

Description: Global power systems company Rolls Royce announces University of Nottingham graduate John Rishton as new Chief Executive.

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