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Imperial College London
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A global top-ten university, where scientific imagination leads to world-changing impact. Science | Engineering | Medicine | Business #OurImperial 💙
- The Telegraph has corrected and apologised for another untrue claim about Imperial #COVID19 epidemiology. It's the 16th time they have had to correct or clarify false or misleading reporting on Imperial coronavirus research.
- If you think racism is only an issue in the US, you're wrong. #BlackLivesMatter and we stand with our Black students, staff and alumni. For any members of our community feeling angry, sad, scared or frustrated, we are here to support you 👇🏿
- Prince Harry visited our Centre for Injury Studies to learn about their pioneering work on paediatric blast injuries. He made a $150K grant towards our work developing prostheses for children injured in conflicts like Ukraine and Gaza. Read more ⤵️
- Introducing you to the Abdus Salam Library 📚 The library was named to honour Nobel Prize winning physicist and Imperial Professor, Abdus Salam. Find out more 👇 ow.ly/fyrP50PGn79
- Neil Ferguson and Imperial did not produce a model for Sweden pointing to 85,000 deathsWhen Neil Ferguson’s Imperial model pointed to 85,000 Covid deaths for Sweden, the Swedish authorities has enough in-house expertise to identify why his model was wrong. Anders Tegnell, its state epidemiologist, explains how... spectator.co.uk/article/why-bo…
- We are THRILLED to have been ranked 2nd in the world and 1st in the UK and Europe in this year's QS @worlduniranking! 🎊🥳 #QSWUR Thank you to everyone in #OurImperial community for making this result possible! 💙
- #OnThisDay 1879: Scientist Maud Menten was born. She co-devised the Michaelis-Menten equation, one of the fundamental models in enzyme kinetics #WomenInSTEM
- Today we’re celebrating the naming of #OurImperial Abdus Salam library! There are so many exciting events taking place on our South Ken campus today 🎉 Want to see Abdus Salam's Nobel Prize up close? Or join us and @ProfBrianCox this evening? Find out more 🔽
- 285 points. We did it. We have won #UniversityChallenge! Congratulations team Imperial! We just made history 🎉🎉🎉
- Our @seis_matters has experienced abuse following the announcement of his selection as a lecturer of the @Ri_Science #XmasLectures. The abuse is vile and unacceptable. We're supporting Chris, and can't wait to see him take the stage this December and make history 💪🏾
- Congratulations to Dr @jesswade, who was named as one of @Nature's top 10 people of 2018. Amazing work, Jess! 👏 ow.ly/OgDW30n27zd
- We stand in solidarity with our Iranian community, and everyone affected by the death of Mahsa Amini and reports of violence at Sharif University in Tehran. Support + guidance for #OurImperial community 👇
- We're excited to announce that @imperiallibrary will be named the Abdus Salam Library in recognition of Nobel Prize winning physicist, Professor Abdus Salam. Read more ⬇️









