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Durham Drama Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary
This annual festival of new student writing for theatre will launch celebrations to mark its 50th year in 2025.
Supercomputer simulations offer new explanation for the formation of Mars’ moons
Scientists from NASA and our Department of Physics have used supercomputer simulations to reveal that Mars’ moons may have been formed from destroyed asteroid fragments.
Supporting local charities with this year’s Christmas Wish Tree
Students and staff are being invited to support three local charities this festive season, by donating to our annual Christmas Wish Tree campaign.
Lived Experience Academy brings a new approach to research
Our researchers are helping to put people with lived experience of mental health distress at the forefront of health and social care research.
Research team makes National Geographic’s ‘Picture of the Year’ cover
A research project involving Professor James Baldini, from our Department of Earth Sciences, features on the front cover of a globally-renowned magazine as it celebrates the best photographs of the last 12 months.
New study shows how social bonds help tool-using monkeys learn new skills
Our researchers have studied wild monkeys problem-solving for food to better understand how social dynamics can influence behaviour and learning.
Supporting local charities with this year’s Christmas Wish Tree
Would you like to help someone in need this Christmas? Help us to support three local charities by donating to our Christmas Wish Tree campaign.
Working with UNICEF to protect children’s health globally
We’ve joined UNICEF’s Children’s Environmental Health Collaborative (CEHC) to help protect children from the harmful consequences of air pollution on a global scale.
Celebrating our aspiring entrepreneurs
We are celebrating our student and graduate entrepreneurs this week as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week (Monday 18 – Sunday 24 November).
Investing in the next generation of environmental researchers
We’re sharing in an investment of almost £30m to train the next generation of researchers to tackle the world’s environmental challenges.
Students hit the catwalk for some fashionable fundraising
Our South College students took to the catwalk to raise over £9,000 for a Durham hospice.
New model could calculate probability of intelligent life in our Universe and beyond
A team of astrophysicists, led by our Institute for Computational Cosmology, have developed a new model that could estimate how likely it is for intelligent life to emerge in our Universe and beyond.