More than 800 young people have taken part in more than 4,000 hours of positive community activities in the first year of our partnership with the Foundation of Light charity.

Northern Lights A Cappella is named second in the world, representing the UK for the fourth time in a row at the highest level of student A Cappella.

Our physicists and their collaborators in Leiden are making public one of the largest datasets in cosmology, offering scientists around the world a new way to explore how the Universe evolves.

Global media leaders will debate the most pressing issues facing journalism and truth-telling at a summit held in memory of our late alumnus Sir Harry Evans.

Durham physicist Professor Valery Khoze has been elected to the Academia Europaea, one of Europe’s most prestigious academic bodies. The honour recognises his outstanding contributions to theoretical particle physics and his international standing as a leading figure in the field.

Students are inviting guests to attend TEDxDurhamUniversity on Saturday 2 May 2026 at Redhills Miners Hall. The event brings together an exceptional line-up of speakers from academia, industry, and public life, for an afternoon of ideas, innovation, and thought-provoking discussion exploring this year’s theme, ‘Life at the Tipping Point’.

Professor Nancy Cartwright from our top-rated Philosophy Department has been awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Humanities for her influential work on the philosophy of science.

A new toolkit to support professionals working with neurodivergent men who commit domestic abuse has been launched by our Department of Sociology’s Centre for Research into Violence and Abuse (CRiVA).

Researchers from our Sociology Department have received a prestigious European award for their work on child-to-parent violence, highlighting the real experiences of families and the need for better support.

New research has found that ultra-faint satellite galaxy systems orbiting our Milky Way could tell us about the conditions of the early Universe – and why some galaxies grew while others didn’t.

Our work in strengthening UK-Japan cultural ties has been recognised with a prestigious honour from the Japanese Government to the Senior Curator of our Oriental Museum.

Researchers at Durham have helped unlock new understanding of how bacteria import antimicrobial peptides - the molecules that can kill or inhibit microbes.