19 June 2013
Thanks to vaccination, polio has been pushed to the brink of extinction – but can we finish the job? This is one of the big questions which a University of Bristol academic, Professor Gareth Williams, addresses in a free talk about his new book next week [Tuesday 25 June].
19 June 2013
University of Bristol academics and support staff were honoured at the inaugural Bristol Teaching Awards ceremony held at the Mansion House, Bristol on 17 June 2013.
19 June 2013
Dr Eric Albone, a Research Associate in the Centre for Public Engagement, has been awarded an MBE for his services to education in the Queen's Birthday Honours.
19 June 2013
Professors David Murphy, from Bristol Neuroscience, and Julian Paton, from of the School of Physiology and Pharmacology, have been awarded two of six research grants funded under a collaborative scheme by Research Councils UK (RCUK) and the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).
19 June 2013
A record number of visitors will be attending the University of Bristol’s latest undergraduate open days on Wednesday and Thursday [26 and 27 June]. Around 15,000 visitors have booked to attend each day, with both prospective students and their guests wanting a taste of university life and the chance to see for themselves all that the University and city has to offer.
19 June 2013
Iain Gilchrist, Professor of Neuropsychology, has been appointed co-director of Bristol's Clinical Research and Imaging Centre.
18 June 2013
Academics from the University’s Intelligent Systems Laboratory have analysed tens of thousands of articles available to readers of online news and created a model to find out ‘what makes people click’.
18 June 2013
Luke Gamble, a University of Bristol alumni and founder of Worldwide Veterinary Services, visited Bristol's School of Veterinary Sciences last Thursday to promote the Mission Rabies project.
18 June 2013
Images taken from space have indicated that some of the world’s unmonitored volcanoes may not be as peaceful as we might like to think. Satellite radar has shown that the surfaces of a number of volcanoes within the East African Rift are deforming – inflating and deflating.
18 June 2013
New research, led by Professor John Macleod from the University’s School of Social and Community Medicine, has found that moderate drinking during pregnancy — three to seven glasses of alcohol a week — does not appear to harm fetal neurodevelopment, as indicated by the child’s ability to balance. The study, published in the journal BMJ Open, has featured in the national media today [18 June].
