UCL in the media
Hugo Chavez: Can the 'Bolivarian Socialist Revolution' outlive its leader?
Professor Victor Bulmer-Thomas and Dr Kevin Middlebrook (UCL Institute of the Americas) comment on the passing of Hugo Chavez.
Read: Telegraph More: BBC World Service Newsday (from 20mins) IBTUCL 20th in World University Reputation Ranking
UCL has moved up one place to 20th in the Times Higher Education's world reputation rankings of universities, published today.
Read: THE More: Guardian THE Telegraph City AMMaster's course give graduates a degree of entrepreneurship
"With coffee mornings, where students meet technology bosses, and a series of networking events, we are playing a lead role in the government's Silicon Roundabout technology enterprise zone," says Dr Dave Chapman (UCL Enterprise).
Read: GuardianPharmacology society does little to defend its subject
The organisation that represents British pharmacologists has remained largely silent over the problems of both big pharma and alternative medicine. It's time for that to change, says Professor David Colquhoun (UCL Biosciences).
Read: Research FortnightAre the cuts undermining diversity and inclusion work in museums?
"Under current cuts, diversity offices were among the first to be made redundant," says Dr Kalliopi Fouseki (UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage).
Read: Museums Journal (£)Are women the secret weapon in the battle for food security?
A new Gender and Food Security report from the UN emphasises the importance of gender equality. "This report is most welcome for highlighting the multiple deprivations that women suffer in agriculture and for showing how gender inequality undermines food insecurity," says Professor Maxine Molyneux (UCL Institute of the Americas).
Read: GuardianPsychogenic illness: What happens when the pain isn't real?
New research involving Dr Anette Schrag (UCL Clinical Neuroscience) finds that patients with will help dispel some misconceptions of psychogenic illnesses.
Read: Globe and MailUK helps to build the world's largest telescope
The UK is putting almost £90m towards building the world's largest telescope in Chile. The European extremely large telescope will cost nearly £1bn in total. "Most excitingly [the telescope] will directly image extra solar planets," says Professor Andrew Coates (UCL Space and Climate Physics).
Listen: 5 Live Breakfast (from 42 mins)HIV Virus Eradicated in Baby Girl
Researchers in the United States say treatment on a girl born with HIV appears to have all but eradicated the virus from her body. "That is incredibly unusual, great news for this mother and baby, but really they need to follow that baby up," said Dr Pat Tookey (UCL Institute of Child Health). Watch: BBC News at Five O'Clock (No Recording Available)
Listen: Voice of RussiaSurgical removal of asymptomatic pulmonary metastases: time for better evidence
Surgical removal of blood borne deposits of disseminated cancer in the lung is widely believed to benefit patients. Tom Treasure and Professor Martin Utley (UCL Clinical Operational Research Unit) analyse the evidence for pulmonary metastasectomy in sarcoma and call for a randomised trial.
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