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2020 news

Please find listings of our 2020 new stories below:

From Brighton to Buckingham Palace

Working on the Queens portrait - copyright Miriam Escofet

Award-winning artist and University of Brighton alumna Miriam Escofet looks back at her time in the city following her high-profile portrait of the Queen.

7 August 2020

Brighton’s architecture school praised for tackling environmental and social issues

Design by Jordan Whitewood-Neal

The University of Brighton’s School of Architecture and Design is one of five schools picked out by the Architects’ Journal for its approach to sustainability.

6 August 2020

How COVID-19 could finally resolve some of sport’s ethical challenges – but safety first

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Professor Yannis Pitsiladis says the pandemic offers a chance for sport to take a step back and review issues such as its anti-doping programmes.

5 August 2020

Brighton graduates pay tribute to iconic artist George Hardie in French exhibition

George Hardie

Two University of Brighton graduates have curated a retrospective exhibition for illustrator, graphic designer and former lecturer Professor George Hardie.

4 August 2020

Brighton scientists unlock the secret of the Stonehenge stones

Stonehenge in landscape (c) English Heritage credit Andre Pattenden

University of Brighton academics have unravelled the 400-year-old mystery of where the sarsen stones used to build Stonehenge came from.

30 July 2020

Pride’s message is still loud and clear

Sussex Gay Liberation Front on Brighton seafront 1972 (courtesy of Bishopsgate Institute)

Pride events may have been postponed this year but a photograph taken almost 50 years ago is helping ensure the message is heard.

30 July 2020

It’s the cool way to combat COVID

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Two Brighton graduates have designed a dispenser that combines style and sustainability to sanitising hands.

29 July 2020

Brighton scientists helping Cancer Research UK campaign

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Brighton scientist Dr Melanie Flint is calling on people to back a new Cancer Research UK appeal for donations to get life-saving research back on track.

29 July 2020

Lithium in drinking water linked with lower suicide rates

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Naturally occurring lithium in public drinking water may have an anti-suicidal effect – according to a new study.

27 July 2020

Fatboy Slim leads tributes to University of Brighton graduates

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Ahead of what would have been the university’s graduation ceremonies, alumni and staff have come together to celebrate the achievements of graduating students.

24 July 2020

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