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Diabetes drug holds promise for fighting disease
Professor John Hardy (UCL Neurology) has commented on a new study showing a drug developed for type 2 diabetes significantly reverses memory loss in mice.
Read: IndependentShort-term gains can lull us into long-term losses
Research co-authored by Mihaela Stan (UCL School of Management) helps demonstrate that a business strategy of short-term gains can lead to long-term detriments.
Read: FT (£), More: ForbesIranian web crackdown drives surge in privacy technology
Dr Steven Murdoch (UCL Computer Science) discusses Iranian censorship from a computer science perspective.
Read: Sky NewsOur calendar's crazy history
Professor Sacha Stern (UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies) says Julius Caesar's decision to make a calandar 'was a political decision as much as anything', putting it down to Caesar's desire to 'make his mark on society'.
Read: Washington PostBrexit, tuition fees and China: predictions for academia in 2018
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) looks ahead to higher education themes in 2018.
A tribute to Randolph Quirk, a "towering UCL intellect"
The great British linguist, life peer and UCL scholar Baron Randolph Quirk has died at the age of 97.
Read: Times (1) (£), More: UCL News, Guardian, Times (2) (£)Student debt: how UK graduates deal with the burden
Professor Clare Callender (UCL Institute of Education) says that we have 'no idea of the long-term impact' of student debt.
Read: FT (£)The Brain Prize: How "reward" works
The Brain Prize winners for 2017, Professor Peter Dayan (UCL Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit), Professor Ray Dolan (UCL Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research) and Professor Wolfram Schultz (University of Cambridge) speak about the brain's reward system.
Listen: BBC World Service 'Health Check' (from the start)Why an hour of song can help with hearing
UCL researchers including Professor Deborah Vickers (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences) and Professor Graham Welch (UCL Institute of Education) have found an hour of song a week can quickly help children with hearing difficulties hear much better.
Read: iNewsShould we love the art if the artist is a monster?
Professor Tamar Garb (UCL History of Art) comments on Gaugin's abhorrent behaviour in the context of a discussion about whether a person's art excuses them.
Read: The Times (£)
