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Lancaster University wins climate action award

Lancaster has won the 2030 Climate Action award at the 2025 Green Gown Awards. This award celebrates our commitment to achieving carbon net zero from energy emissions by 2030, and our sector-leading approach to decarbonising our activities.

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Helping to improve treatment for snakebites in rural communities

An international team of researchers has used genetic engineering to create the first ever “product-ready” antivenom for snakes.

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Lancaster academics make global highly cited researcher list

Five Lancaster University researchers have been listed among the world’s most influential academics, in rankings released by Clarivate. 
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UK Radiography Professional of the Year award for researcher

A Lancaster Medical School researcher has been awarded the title of UK Radiography Professional of the Year.
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Human impact on Amazon forests is transforming its ecological functions and evolutionary history

A new study reveals that the impact humans are having on the Amazon rainforest is so profound it is even changing the evolutionary history and functionality of the forests.
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Help needed for citizen science project to aid hurricane survivors

Scientists from Lancaster University are appealing for volunteers to help a citizen science project helping the delivery of humanitarian aid in the wake of hurricane Melissa.
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€10 million research grant to examine how the trafficking of enslaved African people shaped Europe’s development

An international research team, led by a Lancaster University History Professor, is to receive a €9,999,324 million grant to identify and examine how investors in the trans-Atlantic traffic in enslaved African people, based inside and outside Europe, shaped the economies, politics, and cultures of Europe.
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Lancaster University Law Clinic ready to offer free legal advice to public

Lancaster University Law School is all set to re-open its popular Law Clinic, which offers free legal advice to members of the public.

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