Press Releases
Acclaimed Malaysian author Tash Aw honoured by University of Warwick
Critically-acclaimed Malaysian author, Tash Aw, is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Warwick, UK – his alma mater.
Professor Carol Rutter discusses Hamlet on Radio 4's In Our Time
Carol Rutter, Professor of Shakespeare and Performance Studies at the University of Warwick, has appeared on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time discuss Shakespeare's best known, most quoted and longest play - Hamlet.
VirionHealth Receives up to $4.2m from DARPA
University of Warwick spin-out company, VirionHealth - a new biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for respiratory viral infections, today announced that it has won non-dilutive funding worth up to $4.2 million from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Joint Statement by The University Development Foundation and The University of Warwick Regarding the Warwick in California Project
The University Development Foundation and the University of Warwick announced today, 21st December 2017, that the University of Warwick has decided to withdraw from the effort to establish the University of Warwick in California.
Predicting behaviour by measuring our brain’s ‘state’
The state of your brain can be used to predict your future decisions before you even see the options, researchers have discovered. Drawing on methodologies and theories at the cutting-edge of neuroimaging and chaos theory, Nick Lee, Professor of Marketing at Warwick Business School, Sven Braeutigam, of the University of Oxford, and Carl Senior, of Aston University, argue that this knowledge can give important insight into how and under which circumstances people might engage in risky decision-making.
Io Io Io! Modern Christmas vs Roman Saturnalia
Partying, pantomime, feasting and gift-giving are all established traditions of the Christmas season. At the same time of the year over 2000 years ago, Romans had the very same customs in celebration of a different festival – Saturnalia.