2010 Boat Race Launch

2010-03-01T03:30:34Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 01: Charlie Burkitt of Oxford University poses during the Xchanging Boat Race Launch between Oxford University and Cambridge University at

British dementia costs seen rising, research urged

2010-02-22T12:22:15Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters) - Dementia costs Britain 23 billion pounds ($37 billion) a year, more than cancer and heart disease combined, and the number of sufferers is expected to rise nearly 20 percent to over a million by 2025, experts said Wednesday.</p><p>A study for the Hubble telescope has captured some of the oldest galaxies yet seen in the universe using a new infared camera, scientists have said.</p><p>The camera newly installed on the telescope by NASA astronauts has snapped the galaxies "which are likely to be the most distant ever seen," said the scientists who studied the ...

BRITAIN SHAKIRA

2009-12-07T11:31:03Z

Colombian singer Shakira gestures to students after delivering a speech about universal access to education, at Oxford University Union, in Oxford, England, Monday Dec. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Oxford math professor backs Web games to teach kids

2010-02-23T23:06:21Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Internet games can boost children's interest in mathematics, says a footballing Oxford University professor who plays wearing the prime number 17 and uses dance to prove theorems.</p><p>Marcus du Sautoy says t...

Rhodes Scholars named for 2010

2010-02-24T02:06:44Z

<div id="subtitle">32 US men and women named winners of 2010 Rhodes Scholars for studies at Oxford University</div><div><p>Thirty-two men and women from across the U.S. have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2010.</p><p&gt...

A Call to Spread Alumni Love

2010-02-24T04:01:39Z

<div><p> Pressure, stress, and anxiety were common feelings among a group of soon-to-be MBAs from the Said Business School [Said Full-Time MBA School Profile] of Oxford University one short year ago. A few felt the pressure of the empty recession...

Iran denounces Oxford Uni for 'Neda' scholarship

2010-02-24T07:02:37Z

<div><p>Iran has denounced Oxford University after one of its colleges set up a scholarship in honour of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot dead during a protest after disputed elections, a report said Wednesday.</p><p>The regime accused the university in a letter of join...

Child obesity rates 'may be slowing down'

2010-02-24T10:44:39Z

<div><p>The recent sharp rise in child obesity may be about to level off, according to research released by the National Heart Forum (NHF) on Tuesday.</p><p>The NHF, an alliance of more than 60 national heart organisations, compared predictions drawn from previous data with information obtained in England between 2000 and 2007 to produce a new forecast for obesity levels in 2020.&a...

Matter in hand: Jugglers have rewired brains

2010-02-24T19:55:43Z

<div><p>Neuroscientists have discovered that learning to juggle causes changes in white matter, the nerve strands which help different parts of the brain communicate with each other.</p><p>University of Oxford researchers recruited 48 healthy young adults who were unable to juggle and put them in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scanner to get a cross-sect...

Learning new tricks improves wiring in the brain

2010-02-24T20:13:35Z

<div><p>LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Adults who learn new tricks such as juggling can improve the "wiring" of their brains, British scientists said on Sunday.</p><p>The scientists said their research showed newly trained jugglers had better connectivity in parts of the brain involved in movements needed to catch the balls -- and the improvement lasted for weeks, even after they s...

The New Term Begins For Students At Oxford University

2009-10-08T09:33:09Z

OXFORD, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 08: A student reads a book in Blackwell bookshop as Oxford University commences its academic year on October 8, 2009 in Oxford, England. Oxford University has a student population in excess of 20,000 taken from over 140 countries aro...

Two meter sea level rise unstoppable: experts

2010-02-25T00:58:49Z

<div><p>OXFORD, England (Reuters) - A rise of at least two meters in the world's sea levels is now almost unstoppable, experts told a climate conference at Oxford University on Tuesday.</p><p>"The crux of the sea level issue is that it starts...

Bad habits take a decade off life: study

2010-02-25T05:46:07Z

<div><p> Middle-aged male smokers with high cholesterol and blood pressure die, on average, a decade sooner than peers without any of these heart disease risk factors, according to a study published on Friday.</p><p>Many studies have shown that not smoking, eating healthily and exercising cut heart disease rates.</p><p>But few have tackled the problem from the other end: to what extent is life expectancy shortene...

Oxford University Players present Edward II

2009-08-27T22:35:43Z

Craigmillar Castle provided a spectacular setting for the Oxford University Players performance of Edward II during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe of 1954....

Oxford poet quits after denying smear campaign

2010-02-27T05:47:11Z

<div><p>Oxford University's first female professor of poetry denied Tuesday running a sexual harrassment smear campaign against her main rival, as she explained why she resigned days after winning the job.</p><p>Ruth Padel stood down from the prestigious post Monday after admitting sending emails to two journalists, pointing out already-known allegations levelled 27 yea...

Oxford University elects first female poetry professor

2010-02-27T09:43:23Z

<div><p>Ruth Padel became the first ever woman Professor of Poetry at Oxford University after beating an Indian poet in an election Saturday which ended an often bitter contest.</p><p>Padel, a distant relative of Charles Darwin, was elected with 297 votes cast by graduates and academic staff of the prestigious ...

Ruth Padel voted Oxford's professor of poetry

2010-02-27T09:46:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Ruth Padel becomes Oxford University's first female professor of poetry</div><div><p>Ruth Padel, the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin, became Oxford University's first female professor of poetry on Saturday.</p><p>She was voted to the prestigious five-ye...

Walcott withdraws from Oxford University contest

2010-02-27T11:19:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Walcott withdraws from race for Oxford University poetry post after anonymous letter campaign</div><div><p>Nobel literature laureate Derek Walcott has withdrawn from the contest for a prestigious position at Oxford University after anonymous letters criticizing him were sent to professors.&...

Biographical information on David Souter

2010-02-27T17:12:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Biographical information on David Souter</div><div><p>NAME — David Hackett Souter.</p><p>AGE-BIRTH DATE-LOCATION — 69; Sept. 17, 1939; Melrose, Mass.</p><p>EDUCATION —

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