New Head of Chemistry Department Appointed
In an email to Chemistry students sent on 19 March, Professor Alan Armstrong has been named as the new head of the Chemistry Department.
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Controversy as Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis visits Imperial
Eleftherios Apostolakis reports from Sunday’s talk
Chemical Engineering PhD receives award
Dr Maria Fernanda Jimenez Solomon was awarded the prize; which is awarded to excellent PhD students who are doing research that helps solve industrial problems.
Imperial Student Success in Cyber Security Challenge
A first year Imperial computing student has taken the second place prize at this year’s Cyber Security Challenge. Luke Granger-Brown was one of 42 finalists taking part in the final round of the competition – the Cyber Security Masterclass, this year taking place in the old Cabinet War Rooms.
Medics take the JPR Williams Cup at Varsity
But College wins the day overall with the most wins
Imperial rises to 13th place in the THE World Reputation Rankings
In the recently released Times Higher Education (THE) World Rankings College was ranked one position higher than last year, coming at 13th.
Imperial Medics claim statins have few side effects
According to College medical researchers, statins have virtually no side effects.
Check(mate) your Privilege
Carol Ann Cheah revisits Malaysian Night - now as a non-performing/producing outsider
Imperial Student mines Dogecoins
An Imperial student used College computers to mine 30,000 Dogecoins.
Elections begin at Imperial College Union
The Big Elections for 2014 have started this week at Imperial College. Campaigning started on Monday 3rd March and will continue through till the 14th March and voting opens next week on Friday 7th March and will last one week.
Discovering Miso-gine-soc
Felix finds evidence implicating the Men’s Hockey XI 2’s team in misogynistic behaviour online
Chess Team wins at BUCA
Two weekends ago, Imperial College London’s chess club fielded three teams for the British University Chess Association championship (BUCA), coming away with two cases of silverware.