UCL in the media
Row over honours for Tory donor and axed ministers
Dr Meg Russell (UCL Constitution Unit) comments on the addition of 20 working peers to the House of Lords, warning that the number of peers is becoming "unsustainable".
, ,'Casual attitude' to vCJD warning
Professor John Hardy (UCL Molecular Neuroscience) comments on a new report by the Science and Technology Committee into variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), saying that vigilance needs to be maintained to prevent the disease's re-emergence through medical infections.
, ,Costa Concordia cruise liner begins journey to the scapyard
Dr Alistair Greig (UCL Mechanical Engineering) comments on the transportation of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the island of Giglio to Genoa.
Conversion therapy
Professor Michael King (UCL Psychiatry) discusses the use of conversion therapies - therapies which claim to change a person's sexuality.
Widow's £60million gift for Great Ormond Street Hospital research centre
Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak has donated £60 million to Great Ormond Street Hospital to fund a centre for research into rare diseases in children, which will run in partnership between UCL, Great Ormond Street and the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity.
Eighty new genes linked to schizophrenia
A paper co-authored by Professor David Curtis (UCL Psychiatry) has uncovered 80 previously unknown genes which may put people at risk of developing schizophrenia.
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Oliver Marsh (UCL Science & Technology Studies) reports on the first Guardian Political Science event held last month at »Ê¼Ò»ªÈË in conjunction with UCL Science & Technology Studies.
The moving street art of Argentina that lets citizens look, contemplate and remember
Tanya Filer (UCL SELCS) looks at how street art in Argentina is used to commemorate tragedies.
Malaysia Airlines crash: Political hostility threatens probe
Professor Philippe Sands (UCL Laws) explains how the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in Ukraine could constitute a war crime if it is proved that a missile was used to directly target the plane.
Tributes paid to world-renowned AIDS researcher
Professor Andrew Phillips (UCL Infection & Population Health) pays tribute to Professor Joep Lange, a world-renowned Aids researcher who was on board the Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight.