📣 PSA: The Houseplant Sale is back at The University of Durham! 🌵
Taking place outside The Students Union from today until Thursday 3rd November 10-7 pm.

1000’s of plants, with over 150 different types, colourful pots & many other plant accessories! 🌺🌷

This week marks the #centenary of the discovery of the tomb of #Tutankhamun . Christina Riggs  from Durham History  is an expert on ancient Egypt & the Tutankhamun excavation.

Discover more about her work & the enduring fascination with #KingTut 👀

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What is Dark Matter? 💭

This #DarkMatterDay Carlos Frenk Dark Matters explains our understanding of dark matter & the vital role it plays in the formation of cosmic structures 🌌

Register for our Ogden at 20 Symposium Durham Physics to learn more: fal.cn/3tcwg

Do you believe in ghosts? 👻

This #Halloween we ask Efram Sera-Shriar 👻 about his research on the séance and the victorian obsession with the occult. 💭

Find out more 👉fal.cn/3tccZ
CNCSI #Occult #Paranormal

Best of luck to Lorraine from our Science Outreach team, who has been nominated for the Special Individual Recognition Awards for outstanding contribution to STEM education in the North East! 🎉

If you're a student interested in Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths careers, check out our STEM Careers Fair on 2 November 👀

Meet employers and learn about internships, placements and careers.

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#DUInspire #DUCareers #STEM Careers@DurhamUni

What frightens you? 👻
Naomi Booth Research in English At Durham gives us an insight into how she creates unease and fear in her writing this #Halloween 🎃

Listen to an extract from her short story Sour Hall 👉 fal.cn/3tbGj

There is still time to join Centre C19th Studies and Efram Sera-Shriar 👻 on #Halloween for fal.cn/3taZF

Did you catch Dr James Grecian on the final episode of Frozen Planet II?
He spoke of his expedition to Canada where he tracked harp seals to learn about their movements.

Catch the programme on BBC iPlayer 📺

Discover more about his expedition 👉 fal.cn/3ta7z

Today is our Community Fun Day! 🤩
Head down to Palace Green for our family-friendly event where there will be live music, theatre, sports, dancing, hands-on science, arts and crafts, stalls, exhibitions & much more!

Entry is FREE, see you soon 👋
#CommunityFunDay #PalaceGreen

Have you thought about a career that is out of this world?🚀🌠
During STEM Careers week for NE Sat Apps COE will chair ‘It’s not Rocket Science: Careers in the Space Industry’ which will explore routes into careers in the space industry.

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#spacenortheast

Have a listen to 'A Conversation with Dr Stephen Burrell' Stephen Burrell (@DurhamSociology, CRiVA) to hear about Stephen's research on gender, masculinity and climate change, and the impact of Open Access for this research.

Full video here 👉 bit.ly/3gLU1A7

This #Halloween learn more about #victorianoccult and #gothichorror with Centre C19th Studies Efram Sera-Shriar 👻. Sign up for Beyond the Veil – taking place on 31 October 🕸🕷
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'I am incredibly grateful to the people who nominated me and took the time to articulate my successes.'

Pippa Whitehouse of Geography at Durham on being awarded the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Medal for Excellence in Antarctic Research.

Find out more: fal.cn/3t8dZ

#antarctica #icesheet

Did you know the heat of your hands produces energy? 💭🔥
Joseph loved learning about energy production at our Celebrate Science Festival! 🚀💡

We're already looking forward to next year, will you be joining us? 🧪🥼
Come back and join us for Community Fun Day this Saturday 🎨

What would Switzerland be without chocolate, Italy without tomatoes or Ireland without potatoes? 💭

Join Dr Amanda Herbert IMEMS-Durham for a 3-course meal at Newcastle’s Blackfriars Restaurant to learn how voyages to the New World changed European diets

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Work has started on conserving and improving the oldest standing building in Durham City – the 11th century Norman Chapel inside University College as part of UNESCO's Durham World Heritage Site 🧱

More info 👉 fal.cn/3t66v
Wolfson Foundation Brims Construction Turner & Townsend  #DurhamCultureCounty

'It is especially nice as a geographer to get such an acknowledgement from a geological society.'

Professor David Evans from Geography at Durham on receiving the Clough Medal of the Edinburgh Geological Society 👏

Find out more: fal.cn/3t5OY
#glacier s #glacier #ice

Let’s Celebrate Science! 🧪🔭
We’re having so much fun at our Celebrate Science festival, come and join us TODAY for the final day! 📆

Our departments, Procter & Gamble, Locomotion & Beamish Museum are helping children enjoy science with fun experiments & craft activities 🚂