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Covid update April 2022
Email to all staff and students from University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sally Mapstone FRSE, on Friday 1 April 2022.
Laidlaw Music Centre hits the high note
The University of St Andrews officially marked the opening of its world-leading Laidlaw Music Centre on Saturday 2 April.
Consumers underestimate annual spend by £3,900
Consumers in the UK, US and Canada underestimate their future expenses by an average of £75 per week, the equivalent of £3,900 a year, new research from the University of St Andrews shows.
Standing with Ukraine
More than 1000 people gathered on the West Sands to form a line in the sand as a display of opposition to the war.
Water Polo champions
The University of St Andrews women's water polo team have won the British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Championship for a second time.
Harmonious vocals to make Music Centre sing
Award-winning vocal ensemble, the Gesualdo Six, will join St Salvator's Chapel Choir for a concert at the University's innovative new music centre next month.
New anti-viral light could make indoor settings Covid-safe
A new type of ultraviolet light can efficiently kill airborne microbes and help tackle future outbreaks, a study has found after successful trials.
Underwater noise pollution threat to marine life
A breakthrough study by a specialist European research team shows man-made underwater noise pollution is picked up by whales in a similar way they sense natural predators.
Four they are jolly good Fellows
A philosopher, a genomic epidemiologist, a historian and a biologist from the University of St Andrews have been announced as new Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
A sulphurous death for unlucky dinosaurs
Climate cooling associated with sulphur gases directly contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, research at St Andrews has found.