24 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 24?
December 24, 2016
There are at least two trillion galaxies in the universe, ten times more than previously thought. When the three wise men saw the star over Bethlehem little did they know that there were many more galaxies to be found. Astronomers have long sought to determine how many galaxies there are in the universe. It was approximated that …
23 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 23?
December 23, 2016
Genetic history of the ‘ship of the desert’ revealed. Although this research was published in May we thought is was topical enough to save until one of the last entries on our digital calendar. This was a unique and pioneering study of the ancient and modern DNA of the ‘ship of the desert’ — the single …
22 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 22?
December 22, 2016
The 2016 election: A seismic shift to the right. The day after the result of the American presidential election, Christopher Phelps, Associate Professor of American History in the Department of American and Canadian Studies, blogged about the extraordinary outcome of the 2016 race to the White House. The weeks running up to the election were closely …
21 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 21?
December 21, 2016
Lonely ‘lefty’ snail seeks mate for love – and genetic study. In October lonely Jeremy, the rare lefty snail, hit the headlines when researcher Angus Davison set out to find him a mate. Jeremy’s unique qualities make him a one in a million find – but also impossible for him to find mate. There was a serious …
20 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 20?
December 20, 2016
Scans locate historic secret room in walls of Gunpowder plot house. In November researchers exposed an erie secret concealed inside a key building in the Gunpowder Plot house of 1605. They used the latest scanning technology to reveal in 3D a hiding-hole used by 17th-Century Catholic priests escaping religious persecution. Rebecca Farr, Conservation and Engagement Manager …
19 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 19?
December 19, 2016
Success for Nottingham in Parliament Day! On October 25 Nottingham decamped to London to stage the very first, and hugely successful, Nottingham in Parliament Day. The one-day takeover of Westminster involved more than 100 organisations from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. After chairing an entertaining special edition of University Challenge, featuring teams from the House of Commons and …
18 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 18?
December 18, 2016
Nobel prize for inspirational Honorary Professor. In October Professor Sir Fraser Stoddart, an Honorary Professor in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham, was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This year’s prize was awarded jointly to the three scientists who helped develop the world’s tiniest machines — machines that are a thousand …
17 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 17?
December 17, 2016
Nottingham is University of the Year for Graduate Employment. There were celebrations in September when the University of Nottingham was named best university in the UK for graduate employment, according to the 2017 The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide. The University was also back in the top 20 of The Sunday Times Good …
16 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 16?
December 16, 2016
Gold medal for table tennis superstar student. Zhao Shuai, a student at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) won his second paralympic gold medal at the Rio Paralympic Games. Zhao Shuai after successfully defending his men’s single Table Tennis title. A member of the Chinese Paralympic table tennis team, Zhao, began studying English at UNNC earlier …
15 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 15?
December 15, 2016
Endurance cyclists receive heros welcome as fundraising hits the half way mark. On 5 September the Vice-Chancellor and his team of 12 endurance cyclists, arrived back in Nottingham after a gruelling 16 day 1,400 mile bike ride raising money for breast cancer research. Alongside the generous contributions of all Life Cycle 6 bakers, fundraisers and walkers, and …
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