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Leading Digital and innovation strategy expert appointed as University of Warwick’s first Director of Innovation
Digital and innovation strategy expert David Plumb has been appointed to the new role of Director of Innovation at the University of Warwick. He will take up the role in September.
Bacteria-fighting polymers created with light
Hundreds of polymers – which could kill drug-resistant superbugs in novel ways – can be produced and tested using light, using a method developed at the University of Warwick
Historic space weather could clarify what’s next
Historic space weather may help us understand what’s coming next, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Foster mum achieves first class results from Warwick
A foster mum from Nuneaton has graduated from the University of Warwick’s Centre for Life Long Learning with a first class degree.
Ground-breaking economist honoured by University of Warwick
Twice in her life Deirdre McCloskey, professor emerita of economics, history, English, and communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has torn up the rule book – as a young economist challenging the fundamentals of the discipline, and in her 50s, changing her gender and beginning life as a woman. In recognition of her outstanding academic achievements in the fields of economic theory, economic history, philosophy, rhetoric, feminism, ethics, and law, Professor McCloskey has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Warwick.
Leading lawyer receives honorary doctorate from the University of Warwick
Trailblazing lawyer Dr Julie Maxton has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Warwick. Dr Maxton is Executive Director of the Royal Society, the UK’s oldest learned society, and is the first woman to hold that role. She was made Honorary Doctor of Laws during Warwick’s summer degree ceremonies.