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Issue 1565
24th Jan 2014
US Energy Secretary visits Imperial
Imperial College was visited last week by US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. In a talk on Friday, January 17, at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change Dr Moniz outlined the US government’s current energy policy and its plans for achieving a low carbon future.
Union Concert Hall refurbished with £220,000 grant
Plans have been announced for a major refurbishment of the Imperial College Union Concert Hall, to be funded by a grant from the Harlington Trust.
Time to dream big
The Secret life of Walter Mitty is a Ben Stiller film based on the short of the same name written by James Thurber for the New Yorker in 1942.
The Secret Photographers
Fred Fyles gets a glimpse of the works of Warhol, Burroughs and Lynch
The sciences move and Yoyo arrives!
This week has seen the announcement of the departurew of the Science Museum library and the launch of Yoyo, a new mobile payments app rolled out at Imperial over the last week.
The Role of Role Models
I will confess now that I have never really understood the appeal of role models. It has always seemed slightly ridiculous to treat someone as if they were an exemplary figure, and with a little maturity I also came to recognise the symbolic violence in raising that someone above...
The Pelican Brief
Riaz Agahi talks to Trevor de Brauw and Dallas Thomas
The epigenetic revolution
Keir Little on research that redefines our knowledge of inheritance
Smoking is neither cool nor clever... sometimes
Anand Jagatia discovers that one beast breathes nicotine, not fire
Premier League Predictions - 24 Jan 2014
James White gives his midweek predictions
On adaptations and dragons
Spoiler Alert: If you haven’t seem The Hobbit yet, stop reading