Obesity rising faster in rural areas than cities
Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world’s rural areas than in cities, according to a new study of global trends in body-mass index (BMI).
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PHI continues status as WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that LJMU’s Public Health Institute (PHI) will continue to be recognised as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention.
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Transatlantic research partnership in the arts
LJMU’s School of Art and Design has agreed a five-year partnership with Transart Institute in New York City, which will see the two organisations offer a joint transdisciplinary doctoral programme from summer 2020. The aim of the programme is to create an exchange in research areas including contemporary art, art history, curating and exhibition studies, digital culture and technology.
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Local LGBTQ+ group get creative with The Art School
Local LGBTQ+ group get hands on in print-making workshop
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Jane Garvey Honorary Fellowship
Read the oration for Jane Garvey in the presentation of her award as an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University.
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A very special relationship
A flying visit to North America has helped cement relations between LJMU and Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU).
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Sport Science in action for BBC Sport Relief
Professor Greg Whyte OBE took time out from supporting Zoe Ball’s Hardest Road Home Challenge for Sport Relief 2018, to talk about how sport and exercise science is playing a key role.
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Above us only stars
A new project combining cutting edge astronomy with performance art was premiered at the European Week of Astronomy & Space Science (EWASS), organised by the European Astronomical Society and the Royal Astronomical Society in Liverpool on 3rd April.
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Rethinking the orangutan
The critically endangered orangutan—one of human’s closet living relatives—has become a symbol of wild nature’s vulnerability in the face of human actions and an icon of rainforest conservation.