University of Warwick
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We've pushed boundaries and imagined the future for 50 years, and we've only just begun. We are Warwick. The University of Warwick is one of the UK’s leading universities with an acknowledged reputation for excellence in research and teaching, for innovation, and for links with business and industry. Founded in 1965 with an initial intake of 450 undergraduates, Warwick now has in excess of 22,000 students and is ranked comfortably in the top 10 of all UK university league tables.
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facebook.com5 things you (probably) didn't know about the crusades
The importance of negotiation, women taking an active part in battle and more - check out these five facts you probably didn't know about the Crusades that Dr Aysu Dincer Hadjianastasis of The History Department at the University of Warwick has written for BBC History Magazine
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Have you registered to vote? Don't forget to register before 22nd May - you can register at your home AND your term-time address as long as you only vote in one. Your vote matters. Raise Your Voice. Use Your Vote. 📝📝🇻️🇴️🇹️🇪️ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/students/news/newsevents/elections2017
Warwick chemist wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry prize
We're so happy for Professor Greg Challis from our Department of Chemistry, who is the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Prize winner for 2017. 😀😀👏👏 #gogreg http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_chemist_wins/
Seeing the light: How India is embracing solar power - BBC News
Did you know that today's commercial solar cells convert only about 16% to 20% of the sun's energy into electricity? With India now embracing solar power in a big way, Dr Ross Hatton from the Department of Chemistry debates the innovations that could see solar replacing fossil fuels completely on BBC News. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39844446
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How much do you know about Coventry? Warwick Applied Linguistics blogger Elena gives us 10 facts about Coventry’s culture and heritage that you may not know and why it would make an incredible Coventry UK City of Culture bid 2021. #ThisisCoventry http://studentblogs.warwick.ac.uk/lcc1/entry/coventry-uk_city_of/
Cancer cells detected more accurately in hospital with artificial intelligence
Did you know that artificial intelligence can be used to detect cancer cells more efficiently and accurately? Find out how a new collaboration between the Computer Science Department @ University of Warwick, Intel Corporation, The Alan Turing Institute and UHCW University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust came to this discovery. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/cancer_cells_detected/
Warwick Girls Can
"Exercise taught me there are no boundaries and you can surprise yourself." This week, we're celebrating the active lives of women on campus with #WarwickGirlsCan. 🤾♀️🤸♀️😀 Check out their stories and come to our free events with Warwick Sport. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/sport/events/warwickgirlscan
Head of Life Sciences shortlisted for BBSRC Innovation Award
Congratulations to Professor Laura Green, Head of the School Of Life Sciences, University Of Warwick., who has been shortlisted for an Innovator of the Year award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBSRC. 😀🏆👏 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/head_of_life/
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Postgraduate students, have you completed the #PRES or #PTES? There's still time to win one of 20 x £20 Amazon vouchers & a PG Ball ticket for completing your survey - PRES closes 18th May. 👨💻👩💻🎟😀 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/gsp/surveys/
Computers can help society but can't solve the human condition
Congratulations to Professor Graham Cormode, who has won the Adams Prize for Mathematics. 🏆👏👏 It’s a prestigious award given each year to a UK-based mathematician for distinguished research in the mathematical sciences. But Professor Cormode is a computer scientist not a mathematician – so how where do these subjects meet? 🤔 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/knowledge/science/grahamcormode
Warwick installs first woman Chancellor at special ceremony on campus
We're thrilled to welcome The Rt Hon. The Baroness Ashton of Upholland GCMG PC as Warwick’s new Chancellor. She was installed in a special ceremony on campus yesterday and is the University’s first female Chancellor. 👩🎓👏👏 http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/warwick_installs_first
Revolutionary method reveals impact of short circuits on battery safety
Remember the recall of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 smartphone line due to lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery failure? An international research team, including WMG, University of Warwick, are developing a revolutionary method to improve the safety and reliability of batteries. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/revolutionary_method_reveals/
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