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Caroline Dodds Pennock at BBC premier

BBC2 Civilisations: Rise and Fall - featuring our own Caroline Dodds Pennock

The news is out - Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock will feature in the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall'.
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Ancient skeletons show hormonal signatures of pregnancy in landmark discovery

New method developed by Sheffield and UCL researchers reveals oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone preserved in archaeological bones and teeth for the first time
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Historian Sarah Frank awarded the prestigious UKRI Future Leader Fellowship

Sarah Frank, Lecturer in the History of the Francophone World at the University of Sheffield, is one of seventy-seven talented early-career researchers who have been awarded the prestigious Future Leader Fellowship.
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Beyond the algorithm: Shaping AI for people, not just progress

Explore the impact of artificial intelligence on society — from reimagining creativity to transforming law and challenging ethical frameworks, this campaign reveals both the promise and the peril of AI.
Podcast, a new poscast from the History Society

HSTSOC Presents: Podpast

The first episode of a brand new podcast from the History Society has landed.
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Dr Caroline Dodds Pennock honored with Voltaire Lecture Medal as book garners acclaims

World-leading historian Aztec historian Caroline Dodds Pennock awarded Voltaire Lecture Medal.
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Business Leader Talks 2023

Digital technology, new media and AI for storytelling, fashion, dance, music, theatre, gaming, creativity and interactive entertainment - the DHI Business Leader Talks are back.
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Winners of School Essay Prize Competition Announced

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Philosophy essay prize. The competition is open to school years 10, 11 and 12 and is run annually by the Department of Philosophy.
The mass grave near Immingham contains the remains of at least 48 men, women and children

Black Death 'Plague Pit' discovered at 14th-century monastery hospital

A mass burial of bodies, known to be victims of the Black Death, has been discovered at the site of a 14th-century monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, Lincolnshire.