News archive 2008

07 Feb 2008	King’s confers first Honorary Degree
Helen Suzman DBE, one of the 20th century’s leading public figures, who for many years represented the only real opposition to apartheid within the all-white Parliament of South Africa, has been awarded the first Honorary Degree awarded by King’s College London.
05 Feb 2008	World’s first Palliative Care Institute at King’s
The Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, was officially launched today by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP at King’s.  The Institute will be the first international academic institute in the world to focus specifically on palliative care research, dissemination and teaching, linked to clinical care.
01 Feb 2008	Patricide and incest on stage
This year's King's Greek play is Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus. The play runs from 6 - 8 February at the Greenwood Theatre, Guy’s Campus. The play is the only one in the country to have been performed annually in Greek and has been an uninterrupted tradition at the College since 1953.
29 Jan 2008	Exercise in leisure time prolongs life
A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine by researchers at King’s College London, has shown that people who exercise more in their free time appear to be biologically younger than their more sedentary counterparts.
28 Jan 2008	King’s academics awarded £1.5 million
King’s College London academics have been awarded funding of more than £1.5 million in the latest round of awards from the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Research Grants Scheme.
25 Jan 2008	Minister addresses creative industries seminar
The future of the creative industries was the subject of a half-day Economic & Social Research Council seminar held at King’s today and addressed by Margaret Hodge MP, Minister of State for Culture, Media & Sport, and chaired by Mark Lawson journalist, broadcaster and author.
24 Jan 2008	Green initiatives launched
In his role as a 'London Leader' the Principal of King's, Professor Rick Trainor initiated and participated in a major conference on 'Achieving sustainable air quality', held yesterday at the College. Prior to the start of the conference he launched the College's Energy Awareness campaign.
23 Jan 2008	2.5m in pre-trial detention worldwide
Two and a half million people are held in pre-trial detention and other forms of remand imprisonment throughout the world, according to the first edition of the World Pre-trial/Remand Imprisonment List, published today by the International Centre for Prison Studies.
22 Jan 2008	Obese mothers pass on trait to children
A new study has highlighted an increased risk of obesity for those born of pregnancies complicated by obesity.
21 Jan 2008	Principal accompanies PM to China & India
The Principal of King's College London, Professor Rick Trainor is one of 25 leading British business figures, including Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and CBI Director General Richard Lambert, taking part in the Prime Minister Gordon Brown's current visit to China and India.
18 Jan 2008	Hybrid embryo research is approved
The application by scientists from King's College London to begin work on creating Britain’s first hybrid animal embryos has been accepted by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) allowing them to fuse human cells with animal eggs.
18 Jan 2008	New protein discovered to block HIV
The discovery of a novel human protein called tetherin which appears to block the replication of HIV-1 thereby halting the spread of the virus, has been made by Dr Stuart Neil, Lecturer in the Department of Infectious Diseases at King’s College London.
17 Jan 2008	Home Secretary speaks on radicalisation
At a major conference organised by King's, the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence will be launched with a keynote speech from Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, who will outline the Government's policy on radicalisation in her first speech on the subject.
14 Jan 2008	Challenges of drug delivery to the brain
An international group of scientists, including a team from King’s College London, has launched a new scientific society and coordinated reports on challenges in treating brain disorders, as summarised in an article published in Lancet Neurology this month.
11 Jan 2008	Bioinformatics officially launched
The Centre for Bioinformatics at King’s College London was officially launched yesterday with a keynote talk on the future of bioinfomatics by one of the world’s leading experts in the subject, and a reception at which the Principal hailed the collaboration between two dynamic disciplines.
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