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The latest book by Dr Karl Schoonover, of the University of Warwick’s Department of Film and Television Studies, Queer Cinema in the World, has been named the 2017-2018 Katherine Singer Kovács Award for the year’s outstanding book in cinema and media studies by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS).

Professor Sarah Richardson, of the University of Warwick's Department of History, will be giving talks on Warwickshire's suffrage across the region in 2018. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the granting of the vote to a limited number of women, Warwickshire Women and the Fight for the Vote will uncover the region's unsung and unknown activists.

New research led by WMG, at the University of Warwick has found an effective approach to replacing graphite in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries using silicon, by reinforcing the anode’s structure with graphene girders. This could more than double the life of rechargeable lithium-ion based batteries by greatly extending the operating lifetime of the electrode, and also increase the capacity delivered by those batteries.

Internationally acclaimed Malaysian author Tash Aw has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Warwick, his alma mater.

The University of Warwick is starting a trial to improve the lives of long-term strong painkiller users.

Today, Tuesday January 23^rd 2018, the Faraday Institution announced up to £42 million in new government funding to four UK consortia to conduct research aimed at overcoming battery challenges to accelerate the electric vehicle revolution, and WMG at the University of Warwick will be partners in two of those four new consortia.