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| October 2007 |
| Consortium Publishes Phase II Map of Human Genetic
Variation | 18 October 2007 |
| At least half the UK’s population will be overweight by 2032 | 16 October 2007 |
| Princess Royal opens unique centre for
studying autism spectrum disorders and the brain | 12 October 2007 |
| Bee buzz could scare away elephants | 8 October 2007 |
| Tail cameras provide crow´s-eye view of clever tool use | 4 October 2007 |
| Electrons´ ´love-hate´ clue to superconductivity | 3 October 2007 |
| September 2007 |
| Teaching condom use as a backup to abstinence helps prevent HIV | 18 September 2007 |
| Oxford University officially opens the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative
Finance | 17 September 2007 |
| August 2007 |
| For earthquakes ‘speed kills’ | 17 August 2007 |
| Rubbish heaps ‘helped crops evolve’ | 15 August 2007 |
| No-sex programmes are not effective against HIV infection | 3 August 2007 |
| Oxford Colleges release degree results for 2007 (‘Norrington
table’) | 3 August 2007 |
| July 2007 |
| University extends gargoyles’ competition to include schools and
colleges | 31 July 2007 |
| Oxford honours friends from across the world | 30 July 2007 |
| Oxford Law appoints its first Dean | 26 July 2007 |
| Famous Oxonians on broadcast, biography and ‘treading the boards’ | 16 July 2007 |
| Ordinary people’s experiences of bowel cancer screening available
online | 13 July 2007 |
| Everyone can visit the ‘Galaxy Zoo’ | 11 July 2007 |
| Ancient biomolecules from deep ice cores
reveal a forested southern Greenland | 5 July 2007 |
| Man Group plc endows new Chair at University of Oxford | 5 July 2007 |
| When is a worm not a worm? When it’s a jellyfish… | 3 July 2007 |
| June 2007 |
| Merger to create new Oxford graduate college | 29 June 2007 |
| Domestic cat’s ‘five lives’ could help save wild relatives | 28 June 2007 |
| Silicon surprise found at Earth’s core | 27 June 2007 |
| Oxford, Bristol and Manchester Universities launch new Centre to boost the
study of China in the UK | 26 June 2007 |
| Oxford University leads national study to compare birth planned at home, in a midwifery unit or in a hospital maternity unit in England | 25 June 2007 |
| Design-a-Gargoyle competition | 22 June 2007 |
| Climate change science: The Movie | 11 June 2007 |
| DNA damage to stem cells is central to ageing | 7 June 2007 |
| Largest ever study of genetics of common diseases published | 7 June 2007 |
| The University of Oxford and Man Group launch new Institute for Quantitative Finance | 6 June 2007 |
| Is climate change fuelling disease? Ticks suggest otherwise | 6 June 2007 |
| Discovery of oldest human decorations thought to be 82,000 years old | 5 June 2007 |
| Oxford taskforce brands government policies an “incoherent
hotch-potch” | 4 June 2007 |
| For spider-strength silk ‘go back to
basics’ | 1 June 2007 |
| May 2007 |
| Avian influenza survivors’ antibodies effective at neutralising H5N1 strain | 29 May 2007 |
| Oxford launches admissions podcast | 25 May 2007 |
| Peter Singer to call for an end to
frivolous consumption in a lecture at Oxford University | 25 May 2007 |
| Chief Investment Officer appointed at Oxford University | 23 May 2007 |
| An aspirin a day keeps colorectal cancer away | 11 May 2007 |
| Hong Kong Entrepreneur endows new lecturership in Chinese history at Oxford
University and Fellowship at Pembroke College | 9 May 2007 |
| Lord Coe to open Sir Roger Bannister running track at Oxford
University | 8 May 2007 |
| London forum on 10 and 11 May targets Africa’s cancer crisis | 8 May 2007 |
| The brain can rapidly reorganise to recover from damage | 4 May 2007 |
| Oxford awarded major Leverhulme grant for new research into the shaping of
modern China | 2 May 2007 |
| Caution urged about daily aspirin for healthy over-75s | 1 May 2007 |
| April 2007 |
| New gene discovered in human stem cells may benefit transplant patients | 26 April 2007 |
| Landmark study highlights complex genetic risk factors behind type 2 diabetes | 26 April 2007 |
| Oxford opens new Classics centre | 23 April 2007 |
| Sir Ka-shing Li donates £2m to Oxford University to fund global health programmes | 19 April 2007 |
| HRT increases incidence of, and deaths from, ovarian cancer | 19 April 2007 |
| Oxford conference to consider the future
of American capitalism | 13 April 2007 |
| Major genetic study identifies clearest link yet to obesity risk | 12 April 2007 |
| Climate key to species invasion by air | 12 April 2007 |
| Improved return on investments for Oxford Colleges, but underfunding is
still a challenge | 3 April 2007 |
| March 2007 |
| Black boys prepare for their GCSEs at Oxford University | 31 March 2007 |
| Rabbits hold key to HIV-like virus | 22 March 2007 |
| Recorded delivery: national survey reports on women’s experience of
maternity care | 20 March 2007 |
| New spin-out company aims for 3D imaging at home | 20 March 2007 |
| New Weidenfeld Scholarship scheme announced for Oxford | 20 March 2007 |
| Oxford appoints first Lovells Professor of Law and Finance | 15 March 2007 |
| Urgent action needed to reduce emissions from housing | 13 March 2007 |
| Oxford appoints first Director of International Strategy | 7 March 2007 |
| £3m for new centre applying genetic findings to global health | 3 March 2007 |
| Public invited to comment on Radcliffe Infirmary Masterplan | 2 March 2007 |
| Oxford announces first University-wide Alumni Weekend | 2 March 2007 |
| Search for new drugs ‘speeded up’ | 1 March 2007 |
| February 2007 |
| Oxford researchers test meditation as a form of therapy for depression | 28 February 2007 |
| First woman to be Regius Professor of
Ecclesiastical History at Oxford | 22 February 2007 |
| Pearson plc and the University of Oxford establish a new centre for
research in educational assessment | 19 February 2007 |
| Oxford University findings on the health of female prisoners | 13 February 2007 |
| New investment committee at Oxford University | 13 February 2007 |
| Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Laureate launches Billion Tree Campaign in UK | 7 February 2007 |
| Oxford University's short-course online students able to use OUP reference library | 5 February 2007 |
| Oxford University takes over Radcliffe Infirmary site | 2 February 2007 |
| Oxford announces honorary degrees for 2007 | 1 February 2007 |
| January 2007 |
| Northern Irish students wanted at Oxford University | 29 January 2007 |
| Patrick Stewart named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor at Oxford
| 17 January 2007 |
| A new window on the brain will help researchers unravel autism
| 15 January 2007 |
| Skull reveals our common ancestor
| 12 January 2007 |
| Coffee keeps the web of life buzzing
| 11 January 2007 |
| December 2006 |
| Physics funding to benefit cancer treatment | 12 December 2006 |
| Researchers produce new evidence in Libya death penalty case | 7 December 2006 |
| November 2006 |
| Janice Hadlow appointed Visiting Broadcast Media Professor | 29 November 2006 |
| Hens with bigger combs attract the roosters | 29 November 2006 |
| Public needs better understanding of
nuclear safety | 24 November 2006 |
| Bush administration tried tactics used by Margaret Thatcher’s government to attempt to control the media during ‘war on terror’ – says US news
chief | 23 November 2006 |
| The King of Norway receives honorary degree from Oxford University | 16 November 2006 |
| First woman to become Bodley’s
Librarian | 16 November 2006 |
| New Oxford University spin-out company to improve road safety | 15 November 2006 |
| Oxford researcher on Scientific American 50 | 13 November 2006 |
| A better way of lubricating human joints
and implants | 9 November 2006 |
| New maths project will study tumour imaging, fractures and alloys | 8 November 2006 |
| Volcanic eruptions found to poke holes in the ozone layer | 8 November 2006 |
| New research explores how pigeons make joint navigational
decisions when travelling togethe | 7 November 2006 |
| Spiders’ unspun silk flows easier the faster it is sheared | 1 November 2006 |
| October 2006 |
| The Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and
Training questions an ‘unprecedented amount of policy initiatives’, but
little real change | 20 October 2006 |
| Are the UK’s aviation and climate change policies impossible bed-fellows? | 17 October 2006 |
| Targeted vaccination programme cuts rabies in endangered Ethiopian
wolves | 12 October 2006 |
| First endowed Professorship in Buddhist Studies in the UK is established at Oxford | 11 October 2006 |
| September 2006 |
| Future flooding disasters to be averted by maths | 25 September 2006 |
| Former Vice President of the World Bank heads James Martin 21st Century
School | 20 September 2006 |
| Mentoring programme for disabled students invites school pupils to
participate | 18 September 2006 |
| Oxford University awarded £1.5m for stroke research
| 18 September 2006 |
| Drug therapy shown to prevent diabetes | 15 September 2006 |
| Oxford University Creative Writing student wins Ruth Lilly Fellowship | 15 September 2006 |
| August 2006 |
| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism appoints its first Director | 29 August 2006 |
| Physicists make first 'molecular movie' of light | 10 August 2006 |
| Elephants, like humans, show compassion after a death of their own species | 8 August 2006 |
| Oxford appoints new Director of Undergraduate Admissions
| 8 August 2006 |
| July 2006 |
| One in 20 violent crimes committed by people with severe mental illness
| 28 July 2006 |
| Satellite data allows geologists to study the birth of a new ocean | 21 July 2006 |
| Open Day at Romano-British archaeological site | 19 July 2006 |
| Genes in the sex cells of plants are marked to switch on or off before fertilisation | 17 July 2006 |
| University shares its vision for sports | 14 July 2006 |
| Oxford research shows whooping cough is endemic among
schoolchildren | 7 July 2006 |
| Scientists discover DNA sequences that determine how plants develop
different leaf shapes | 3 July 2006 |
| Oxford University and International Law Firm Lovells launch landmark Chair in Law and Finance | 3 July 2006 |
| June 2006 |
| Oxford University signs £12m funding deal with Technikos | 29 June 2006 |
| New findings show people are more willing
to punish in altruistic societies | 23 June 2006 |
| Oxford scholars detect earliest record of
Cornish | 15 June 2006 |
| Lord Patten launches initiative to
preserve Gutenberg legacy | 9 June 2006 |
| £1.8m for new Korean Lecturership at Oxford University | 6 June 2006 |
| White Paper on governance published | 1 June 2006 |
| May 2006 |
| Nobel prize winner to launch online nanotechnology course | 30 May 2006 |
| University granted new legal protection by High Court | 26 May 2006 |
| Oxford studies on the environment inform the Government and the BBC | 23 May 2006 |
| Male plant species eradicates hermaphrodite relatives | 23 May 2006 |
| Oxford plays key role in national Diabetes Research Network | 16 May 2006 |
| Cardiovascular disease costs UK at least £29 billion a year | 16 May 2006 |
| Her Majesty The Queen to open Princess Margaret memorial garden at
Rothermere American Institute | 4 May 2006 |
| April 2006 |
| Oxford appoints new Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Academic Services and University Collections | 27 April 2006 |
| Oxford University spin-out floats at a value of £65 million | 26 April 2006 |
| Improved return on investments for Oxford Colleges, but underfunding is still a challenge | 25 April 2006 |
| Swan study shows reproductive success in early life leads to faster
ageing | 21 April 2006 |
| Next-generation bioscience centres awarded
£27 million | 20 April 2006 |
| Exhibition of Marconi collection shows birth of the wireless world
| 12 April 2006 |
| Oxford appoints new Director of Development
| 5 April 2006 |
| March 2006 |
| MINOS experiment sheds light on mystery of neutrinos
| 31 March 2006 |
| Why spiders’ silk threads don’t
twist | 29 March 2006 |
| Research shows we can predict an
organism’s genes by its lifestyle | 29 March 2006 |
| Research shows female badgers conceive
during pregnancy | 27 March 2006 |
| Scientists identify two new forms of ice
| 22 March 2006 |
| Launch of Youth Health Talk: young people talking about their experiences of health and illness | 22 March 2006 |
| Experiences of taking the PSA test for prostate cancer | 20 March 2006 |
| Locust research could tell us why Elvis preferred peanut butter sandwiches | 17 March 2006 |
| Medal presentation for major university donor | 14 March 2006 |
| Application to the High Court for extension of Order
| 9 March 2006 |
| ´Wildlife friendly´ farmland reduces risk of bovine TB in cattle
| 8 March 2006 |
| Slime, cells and sundials as Oxford University celebrates Science Week | 7 March 2006 |
| Oxford bucks applications drop | 6 March 2006 |
| February 2006 |
| European Union’s €169 billion bill for cardiovascular disease | 23 February 2006 |
| Humans ignore the evidence of their own eyes to create a fictional stable world | 21 February 2006 |
| Oxford announces honorary degrees for 2006
| 10 February 2006 |
| New research fund to foster Oxford’s creativity | 9 February 2006 |
| Immunising children: new website gives parents' views | 1 February 2006 |
| January 2006 |
| Challenging the taboo of talking about termination for fetal
abnormality | 26 January 2006 |
| DVDs and books may effectively tackle
behavioural problems in children
| 23 January 2006 |
| Structure of most deadly virus in the world revealed
| 23 January 2006 |
| MPs visit Oxford University in Westminster exchange scheme
| 20 January 2006 |
| New high-tech Oxford centre leads fight against diabetes: cure possible for children within a decade | 19 January 2006 |
| Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism to be established | 19 January 2006 |
| Phyllida Lloyd named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor
| 19 January 2006 |
| Armando Iannucci to lecture at Oxford on British comedy | 18 January 2006 |
| Human papillomavirus tests could decrease deaths from cervical cancer | 16 January 2006 |
| Oxford and Cambridge join global network of research universities | 16 January 2006 |
| December 2005 |
| Oxford looks to the stars with first new observatory for over a century | 20 December 2005 |
| Diabetes hope as protein structure is laid bare | 19 December 2005 |
| TB vaccine developed by Oxford University granted orphan status | 15 December 2005 |
| Next steps for Oxford governance | 12 December 2005 |
| New Oxford spin-out to catalyse a cleaner future | 9 December 2005 |
| Physicists create first robust DNA building blocks for use in
nanofabrication | 9 December 2005 |
| World's largest global ageing study launched | 8 December 2005 |
| New Regius Professor of Civil Law appointed | 1 December 2005 |
| November 2005 |
| Oxford Access Scheme to launch Ambassador programme | 25 November 2005 |
| Queen's Anniversary Prize for the Clinical Trial Service Unit | 18 November 2005 |
| Oxford-India cancer research network | 17 November 2005 |
| Burden of stroke greater than heart disease in UK | 16 November 2005 |
| Congregation discussion on governance | 1 November 2005 |
| Armando Iannucci named as Oxford's next Broadcast Media Professor | 1 November 2005 |
| Jenner Vaccine Institute expands to link with Oxford University and Institute for Animal Health | 1 November 2005 |
| October 2005 |
| Oxford takes part in LERU Kids’ University to promote physics | 28 October 2005 |
| International consortium completes most important genetic map since the Human Genome Project | 27 October 2005 |
| Deep brain stimulation can lower blood pressure | 21 October 2005 |
| New Shelley letters acquired by University College and the Bodleian Library | 17 October 2005 |
| Tiny primate fossils shed new light on our ancient ancestors | 14 October 2005 |
| Oxford University takes part in programmes to improve black boys´ aspirations | 11 October 2005 |
| Vice-Chancellor announces a major development in management education at Oxford | 10 October 2005 |
| University of Oxford and The Hundred Group co-operate to establish business tax research centre | 5 October 2005 |
| Founding document of mathematics published
in digital form for the first time | 3 October 2005 |
| September 2005 |
| Governance proposals launched
| 28 September 2005 |
| Fertility rates improved with newly designed hybrid polymer | 28 September 2005 |
| Cholesterol-lowering drugs can prevent heart attacks and strokes even in those with low cholesterol | 27 September 2005 |
| Oxford University and GE Healthcare announce cancer research collaboration | 22 September 2005 |
| Plans for the library of the 21st century unveiled | 22 September 2005 |
| Structural study will help develop new
asthma and allergy treatments | 20 September 2005 |
| Glowing green sperm point way forward for infertility research
| 19 September 2005 |
| Pioneer of gene detection wins Lasker Award
| 19 September 2005 |
| Fish oil shown to be beneficial to dyspraxic children | 15 September 2005 |
| Professor Colin Mayer appointed Dean of the Saïd Business School | 6 September 2005 |
| Opening of the Richard Doll Building, 8 September 2005 | 6 September 2005 |
| New understanding of the mammalian genome | 2 September 2005 |
| August 2005 |
| New findings about how the brain processes words | 31 August 2005 |
| Oxford appoints new Director of Communications and Public Affairs | 30 August 2005 |
| Report on Race Equality at Oxford published
| 25 August 2005 |
| Teamwork makes bacteria more effective
| 25 August 2005 |
| Changed perceptions of Oxford and Cambridge
| 16 August 2005 |
| Oxford University museums celebrate new funding
| 11 August 2005 |
| DNA traces evolution of extinct big cats | 9 August 2005 |
| Organic farmers make a difference for English wildlife
| 3 August 2005 |
| $14 million funding for research into resource-rich economies | 2 August 2005 |
| July 2005 |
| Pest-resistant GM crops unlikely to damage natural ecosystems | 29 July 2005 |
| Size matters - to the immune system, at least | 28 July 2005 |
| Scientists ask: ‘What’s the weather like on Mars?’ | 28 July 2005 |
| Wars in Iraq and Colombia linked to global terrorism | 27 July 2005 |
| Oxford pays tribute to Sir Richard Doll
| 25 July 2005 |
| Pioneering nurses sought for social entrepreneurship training
| 22 July 2005 |
| Radcliffe Square to be resurfaced
| 21 July 2005 |
| National network for diabetes research launched by two leading British universities | 20 July 2005 |
| Using video surveillance and statistics to improve animal welfare | 18 July 2005 |
| Simplifying complexity | 13 July 2005 |
| Students and teachers from all over the UK
in Oxford for University summer schools | 11 July 2005 |
| Oxford University museums are the
friendliest in Britain | 06 July 2005 |
| June 2005 |
| MP looks to the stars at Oxford University
| 29 June 2005 |
| Official Opening of New Centre for Art and Material Culture of the Middle East
| 29 June 2005 |
| Oxford plays key role in tackling the world's Grand Challenges
| 28 June 2005 |
| Combination of modern and ancient practices may prevent depression
relapse | 21 June 2005 |
| Two new spin-outs from Oxford University
| 17 June 2005 |
| Ripples in cosmic neutrino background
measured for the first time | 15 June 2005 |
| Oxford promotes understanding of climate prediction with 'Earth from the Air'
| 3 June 2005 |
| Oxford to lead research into challenges of the 21st century | 1 June 2005 |
| May 2005 |
| Architect chosen for Radcliffe Infirmary site redevelopment | 27 May 2005 |
| Researchers discover genetic trigger that plays a key role in cancer of the oesophagus | 24 May 2005 |
| Biggest ever low back pain trial finds non-surgical treatment is best | 23 May 2005 |
| Europe makes its mind up - compatibility of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest | 17 May 2005 |
| Oxford Access Scheme launches £130,000 Ambassador Programme | 9 May 2005 |
| Biodiversity monitoring system will aid conservation in Trinidad and Tobago | 4 May 2005 |
| Newly identified fly genes provide clue to tumour growth | 3 May 2005 |
| Oxford appoints first female Registrar
| 3 May 2005 |
| April 2005 |
| European consortium to tackle diabetes at the molecular level
| 15 April 2005 |
| New and a bit fishy? Put it in the left
side of my brain | 14 April 2005 |
| Bye bye blackboard…from Einstein and others
| 13 April 2005 |
| Partners in the business of science
| 7 April 2005 |
| March 2005 |
| African HIV education programme launched | 31 March 2005 |
| Twenty-five million whole-house makeovers
will match the Government’s global warming goals | 23 March 2005 |
| Oxford University's Access Agreement approved by OFFA | 17 March 2005 |
| Cyberlaw expert Jonathan Zittrain elected to University's first Chair of Internet Governance and Regulation | 16 March 2005 |
| £1.5 m donation for new lectureship in Islamic Studies | 16 March 2005 |
| Male flies engineered to be the deadlier sex | 16 March 2005 |
| New findings about the spread of HIV in the UK | 16 March 2005 |
| Improved return on investments for Oxford Colleges, but underfunding is still a challenge | 14 March 2005 |
| Local student makes noise about science
| 11 March 2005 |
| Pigs force rethink on human history
| 11 March 2005 |
| Get to grips with rockets, slime and insects at the University museums this weekend
| 10 March 2005 |
| President Ciampi of Italy to be honoured by Oxford | 8 March 2005 |
| Chancellor launches Oxford Opportunity Bursaries campaign | 7 March 2005 |
| February 2005 |
| Enterprising undergraduates create first ever student online marketplace | 28 February 2005 |
| Radio-tracking associated with ´dramatic shift´ in water vole sex ratio | 28 February 2005 |
| USA and Canada’s influenza vaccination programmes for children based on little evidence
| 25 February 2005 |
| Mary Shelley's Frankenstein on show for World Book Day
| 25 February 2005 |
| Governance consultation launched
| 24 February 2005 |
| Oxford stays ´green´ for electricity supply
| 15 February 2005 |
| Researchers find surprising difference between human and chimp genomes
| 14 February 2005 |
| Oxford announces honorary degrees for
2005
| 11 February 2005 |
| Two new spin-out companies from Oxford University | 7 February 2005 |
| 'Where next?' - decision-making on the hoof
| 3 February 2005 |
| January 2005 |
| Centre launched to support the academics of the future
| 27 January 2005 |
| Archive film reveals media self-censorship | 26 January 2005 |
| Teachers put university science under the microscope | 24 January 2005 |
| Postgraduate creative writing course a first for Oxford | 18 January 2005 |
| Young crows show natural tool-making talent
| 13 January 2005 |
| Observation of material circling a supermassive black hole | 11 January 2005 |
| Predators look for quality over
quantity | 7 January 2005 |
| Great tits challenge evolutionary theory
| 6 January 2005 |
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