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Building project rated excellent
25 January 2012 The Journal
The first phase of Newcastle's biggest regeneration scheme, Downing Plaza, has been awarded an "excellent" BREEAM rating for its green credentials. The scheme's Newcastle University Business School was assessed on a wide range of environmental factors.
University talk on renewable energy
25 January 2012 The Journal, Farming
Two workshops for farmers and landowners interested in anaerobic digestion (AD) have been organised by Newcastle University.
Plea to MPs over Dementia
25 January 2012 The Journal
Newcastle University PhD student, Matthew Burke, is heading to Westminster to ask MPs to commit to a dementia research strategy.
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Academic angry over statistics proposals
25 January 2012 Northern Echo
Professor John Tomaney expresses his concerns at proposals suggesting that statistics of the Department for Communities and Local Government should no longer be published at regional level.
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Successful response to egg request
25 January 2012 Northern Echo
Newcastle University scientists who appealed to North-East women to donate their eggs to help ground-breaking research have been overwhelmed by the response.
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Expanding the Panama Canal may shrink shipping industry emissions
24 January 2012 Nature online
Expansion of one of the world's most important shipping routes brings with it a unique opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of the marine industry, according to new research by Newcastle's Paul Stott and Professor Peter Wright.
Women rush to aid research pioneers
24 January 2012 The Journal
Hundreds of women have offered to donate their eggs for Newcastle University research into pioneering fertility treatment which could eradicate incurable inherited diseases.
North inventors 'were out of this world'
24 January 2012 Northern Echo
In a warning shot, James Hayton, Newcastle University Business School's David Goldman Professor of Innovation and Enterprise, said that while historically the North-East has been a hot bed for innovative activity, recent surveys have shown a decline.
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Workshop on survey data
23 January 2012 The Journal
Professor Carlo Leifert will give a talk on food security next month.
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Genetic research: how many parents is too many?
22 January 2012 Sunday Telegraph online
Further debate about the Wellcome Trust-sponsored Newcastle University research seeking to prevent the hereditary transmission of mitochondrial diseases.
