The Oriental Museum will be staying open late to host its annual Lunar New Year Lantern Festival celebration on Saturday 24 February 2024 from 6pm to 8pm. Staff, students and volunteers at the Museum are looking forward to sharing in the rich cultural traditions of Lunar New Year, an important festival celebrated across Asia.

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We're working with others, locally, regionally and nationally, to improve life chances and promote prosperity in our region and nation. In her monthly column, our Vice-Chancellor Professor Karen O'Brien explores some of our regional partnerships and the benefits they will bring to North East England.

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Welcome to Dr Georgia Punton, who joins us as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Institute for Medical Humanities

This February we’re exploring how our talented students weave global themes into productions and concerts here at Durham.

My Greenspace Varsity Cup 2025 - 10 Feb to 28 Feb Your college needs YOU!

Congratulations to David! The British Geotechnical Association is the professional association for geotechnical engineering in the UK and a Specialist Knowledge Society of the Institution of Civil Engineers. It is the UK member society of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering which has 19,000 members worldwide.

The Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) of the UK Ministry of Defence is looking to recruit six early-career scholars for Associate Fellow roles and is seeking applications by the 16 April 2023.

[11/24] Dr Ellen Robson (Postdoctoral Research Associate at the IHRR) was awarded the Springer Young Researcher Award at the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics in Sydney.

Durham University's Mothers and Mothers-to-be Network (MAMS) has launched a research report: "The impact of Covid-19 on mothers working in UK Higher Education Institutions". The research was led by Anthropology's Fire Kovarovic and other members of the MAMS network from across the university including Michelle Dixon (RIS), Nicole Westmarland and Kirsten Hall (both from Sociology).

All DU graduates are invited to join us to learn more about careers that could have real impact on climate change.