A Lincoln student is celebrating international acclaim after winning the 2013 Berkeley Prize Essay Competition, awarded by the University of Berkeley in California. Sophia Bannert, who is a third year Architecture student at the University of Lincoln, was named as…
Lincoln professor discovers ‘The Fantastic Mr Feynman’
A revealing documentary film by a Lincoln professor will tell the incredible life story of one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary scientists, Richard Feynman. Coinciding with what would have been his 95th birthday; ‘The Fantastic Mr Feynman’ celebrates the…
University of Lincoln research: Land animals kept fish-like jaws for millions of years
Research has confirmed how early land vertebrates, which evolved from fish, developed weight-bearing limbs and other adaptations long before their feeding systems adjusted to a vegetation-based diet. Now, for the first time, fossil jaw measurements have demonstrated this gap in…
Lincoln funding: LN6 Active Community Grants Scheme
Community groups and organisations can apply now for grants of up to £1,000 for projects which encourage more people in the LN6 postcode area of Lincolnshire to be active, more often. The LN6 Active Community Grants scheme is provided by…
Garden grown by social media is all a Twitter at Chelsea
Twitter will be in control of a unique digital garden at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Fresh garden ‘Digital Capabilities’ will respond to live Twitter activity, enabling the public to directly influence how the garden appears at…
Identifying Afghanistan’s war dead
A forensic anthropologist has contributed to a special report which outlines steps Afghanistan can take to help identify the victims of the country’s 35-year conflict. Gillian Fowler, from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Lincoln (UK), has…