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Lancaster in the News

Professor Colin Ockleford and Dr Adam Taylor (Lancaster Medical School) were both interviewed on campus for the BBC One show Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, March 26. The TV presenter and antiques dealer Paul Hayes asked them about the anatomy of several antique medical prints.

Lancaster University students were featured in the Morecambe Visitor, following an annual charity showcase by the Lancaster University Ballroom Dancing Society (LUBDS) to raise money for Cancer Research.

Research by Dr Eugene Subbotsky, Claire Hysted and Nicola Jones (Psychology) into the effect of watching films with magical content appears on BBC news online, in the Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen, the Morecambe Visitor, The Westmorland Gazette, The Daily Star, My Fox, Education Week website.

LUMS MBA graduate Phillippa Williamson was quoted in a feature in the Times MBA supplement and a further article in the Times supplement quoted senior teaching fellow Dr Brian McGarrie (LUMS).

Darren Axe from Green Lancaster was interviewed on BBC Radio Lancashire, 29 March, along with student volunteers about the success of the shared organic garden on campus. Listen again to the interview at 2hrs 51 mins.

Professor Cary Cooper (LUMS) was quoted extensively in The Sunday Times (subscription required to view) on cyber bullying, 25 March. He was also interviewed on BBC Radio Stoke and BBC Radio Humberside about the psychology of panic buying behaviour and also quoted in the Daily Mail, 29 March, in an article about the link between high earners and the gym.

The death of former member of staff Professor Bill Potts (Biology) was marked with an obituary in the Lancaster Guardian, 29 March.

Alumnus Chris Green was featured in the Lancaster Guardian, 29 March, in an article about his success at becoming an author following a climbing accident.

Research awarded almost $20m to Lancaster University and four US universities into reading comprehension appears on the Alpha Galileo website.

Designer and Honorary Degree recipient Wayne Hemingway featured on the The Business Desk about a Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) conference in Lancaster which was also featured in the Lancaster Guardian, 29 March.

Honorary Professor Michael Hulme was quoted on the Easier Finance website, 29 March, in an article about family finance.

Coverage of the Inaugural Graduation ceremony of the GD Goenka World Institute – Lancaster University partnership was featured on the Minglebox website, 29 March.

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