University of Bologna has elected structural engineer Francesco Ubertini as new rector

The well-attended kick-off event of the Graphene Centre at Chalmers took place in the student union building on 2 December. Among the participants were Chalmers president Stefan Bengtsson and Avgust Yurgens, professor at MC2.

EurocanPlatform, an EU-funded network coordinated by Karolinska Institutet, held its last meeting in Brussels in November. The outcome was new collaborative ventures between cancer centres in Europe designed to transfer scientific discoveries from lab to clinic.

A University of Warwick computer scientist is working with technology that could revolutionise how some cancers are diagnosed.

As universities come under increasing pressure to demonstrate the wider impact of their research, Science|Business brings together some of Europe’s most experienced technology transfer offices to discuss the dos and don’ts

The Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg is coordinating a European Union project for research into new active compounds against Parkinson’s disease (PD).

King’s College London, the University of Warwick and New York University (NYU), have signed an agreement to establish a London Centre for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) at Bush House, part of King’s Strand campus, from 2017.

GSK, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust today announce their Strategic Partnership, with the long-term ambition to jointly deliver new medicine to patients in the next 5-10 years

University contributes to scientific breakthrough for cancer patients

France’s Centre national de la recherche scientifique increases support for research on security and violence following the November 13 attacks. A similar call was made after the Charlie Hebdo killings in January