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Screenwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran
Screenwriters’ archive gift to Borthwick Institute

Posted on Thursday 19 November 2009

Screenwriters Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran have donated their archive, including the original scripts for situation comedies such as The New Statesman and Birds of a Feather, to the Borthwick Institute at York.


Professor Gillian Parker, director of the Social Policy Research Unit
Royal award for University's social policy researchers

Posted on Wednesday 18 November 2009

A research unit at the University of York, which has helped to develop a range of policies to support vulnerable people in society over more than 35 years, has been awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.


The 3D structure of YtfQ protein from Escherichia coli revealed that galactofuranose (blue) is bound in deep cleft between the two halves of the protein.
Sweet as can be: how E. coli gets ahead

Posted on Thursday 12 November 2009

Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive environments like the human gut.


More than £15m will help fund the expansion of facilities on Heslington East, including the development of the Ron Cooke Hub building
University welcomes major ERDF investment

Posted on Tuesday 10 November 2009

The University of York is at the centre of a £19.7m investment in the region’s technology base by the European Regional Development Fund announced today.


Professor Peter Cox is Met Office Chair in Climate System Dynamics in the School of Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Exeter.
Climate change and the threat to the biosphere

Posted on Monday 9 November 2009

The threat posed by the impact of climate change on the Earth’s biosphere will be the focus of a lecture at the University of York.


Tom Service
Arguing for classical music’s place in modern culture

Posted on Friday 6 November 2009

A leading critic and broadcaster will argue supporters of classical music are not doing enough to challenge perceptions that it is elitist, in a lecture at the University of York.


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