Cultural heritage
New network to help conserve cultural heritage
A new Network of Excellence has been established to bring scientists and engineers together with conservators and curators.
Stories tagged with 'History of the College'
Historic honour
Blue Plaque unveiled for Nobel Prize-winner Abdus Salam
English Heritage have unveiled a Blue Plaque to mark the home of Professor Abdus Salam, who founded the Theoretical Physics Department at Imperial.
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GRANDFATHER OF ALLERGY
Dr Bill Frankland, the grandfather of allergy, celebrates his 108th birthday
Dr Bill Frankland, acclaimed allergy expert who popularised the pollen count is one of Imperial’s oldest alumni at 108.
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FAREWELL PROFESSOR LANE
Professor David Lane retires after 40 years of service at Imperial
Internationally renowned haematologist Professor David Lane is retiring this month after over 40 successful years at the College.
Pioneering Legacy
New student accommodation to be named after Imperial’s first female professor
The new hall of residence in North Acton will be named in honour of Professor Helen Kemp Porter, one of the College’s pioneering members of staff.
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Hospital Tercentenary
In pictures: 300 years of history at Westminster Hospital
Take a look back at some of the key stories from 300 years of the world’s first hospital funded by charitable giving.
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Remembering 1918
Podcast: 1918 special to mark the First World War armistice centenary
In this edition: We commemorate armistice with a look at Imperial’s war involvement, legacy battlefield injuries, and the Spanish flu epidemic.
Making memories
Imperial hosts event to mark artefacts joining prestigious cultural register
The event celebrated six significant cultural archives joining the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register.
Celebrating Sir Roger
Celebrating the life of Sir Roger Bannister
Friends and colleagues came together to celebrate the Imperial alumnus, esteemed neurologist and runner of the first sub-four-minute mile.
High-flyer
Pioneering Imperial academic among women engineers named in national biography
For nearly 30 years, Letitia Chitty was a member of the Civil Engineering Department and now features in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
