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The Principal, Prfessr Rick Trainr, reectsn King’s achievements in 2007-8.
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Events and develpments at King’s in 2007-8.
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King’s links with China are grwing rapidly inmany areas, including cllabratin betweenthe Department f Pharmacy and the ShanghaiInstitute f Materia Medica. Studies f traditinal Chinese medicine by PrfessrPeter Hylands and clleagues shw that thewhle may be mre than the sum f its parts.
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High il prices d nt bviate the need fr acarbn tax and may even, perversely,increase carbn emissins, argues Paul Ekins,Prfessr f Energy & Envirnmental Plicy inthe Department f Gegraphy.
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Virual tub rid paraia
A virtual reality ride n Lndn’s Undergrundhas been used by Dr Daniel Freeman andclleagues at the Institute f Psychiatry treveal the extent that parania ccurs in thegeneral public.
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Cribuig h r li
2008 marks the 50th anniversary f thedeath f Dr Rsalind Franklin, whsepineering wrk at King’s wascrucial t the discvery f thestructure f DNA.
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Prfessr Alan Michette and students frm theCllege’s Department f Physics are wrkingwith Lndn schl pupils t detect, analyseand understand the eects f csmic rays.
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Craig culural cllabrai
Prfessr Keith Hggart and Dr Trudi Darbyshw hw clse wrking links with Lndn’scultural rganisatins are develping King’slng-standing ability t bring tgether thewrlds f academia, practitiners and theprfessins.
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Rene Btnar, EikeNagel and Tbias Schaeter demnstrate hwmedical imaging research at King’s is inventingnew means f diagnsing, mnitring andassessing patients’ cnditins.
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Bagd righ?
Aileen McClgan, Prfessr f Human Rights inKing’s Schl f Law, describes the trtuusprgress twards a Bill f Rights fr NrthernIreland.
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sud diar 2007-8
Peter Ellender, Vice-President frCmmunicatins at King’s Cllege LndnStudents’ Unin, describes a year f diversestudent achievements.
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Facts, urs & acs
Cllege statistics and a summary f incmeand expenditure.
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Gifts t King’s frm individuals, grant-makingtrusts and ther rganisatins.
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Susan Buchanan,Buchanan Davey
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The King’s Cllege Lndn
Report
reviews the Cllege’swrk each year by featuring asample f the research andteaching currently taking placein the Cllege. It is thePrincipal’s reprt t the CllegeCuncil. This editin f the
Report
cvers the academicyear 2007-8.
T
Report
is published byExternal RelatinsKing’s Cllege LndnJames Clerk Maxwell Building57 Waterl RadLndn SE1 8WA© King’s Cllege Lndn 2008Fr further cpies cntactpr@kcl.ac.uk
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