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    Sep 29, 2025
    130 years ago, LSE was founded on a bold idea: that knowledge, shared widely, could help build a better society. 🌍 Many of the world’s most influential leaders have studied here – shaping governments, economies, and institutions across the globe. #LSE130
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    Apr 14, 2024
    Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born #OnThisDay on 14 April 1891 🇮🇳 He gained two doctorates from LSE and Columbia University. #Ambedkar fought for the representation & rights of Dalit communities and was involved in the Independence movement in #India. ow.ly/mI2O50R4sEm
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    Oct 14, 2024
    Incredibly proud of our alumni James A. Robinson (BSc Economics 1982) and Daron Acemoglu (PhD Economics 1992). Congratulations to all three newly awarded Nobelists! 👏 #NobelPrize2024
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    Oct 14, 2024
    BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson “for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.”
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    Jul 23, 2020
    How does China's new #NationalSecurityLaw break its promise to Britain & #HongKong? Watch @LSEGovernment's @kiwiting explain. #LSEThinks
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    Oct 13, 2025
    🎉 Professor Philippe Aghion from the Department of Economics at LSE has jointly won the Nobel Prize in Economics! With Peter Howitt, Professor Aghion developed the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction. Congratulations to all three laureates! 👏👏👏
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    Oct 13, 2025
    BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr
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    Jul 26, 2021
    Replying to @SexMattersOrg and @LSEGenderTweet
    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This presentation did not abide by the School’s Code of Practice on Free Speech and has been removed from the relevant student conference pages.
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    Mar 4, 2020
    📣 We've done it again! 👏👏👏 We've been ranked top in Europe – and second in the world – in social science and management! #qswur ℹ️ Read the full story: bit.ly/2wrF7I5
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    Apr 11, 2024
    We are proud to welcome three #NobelPrize winners to LSE in Spring Term! Register to attend online: 🗓️ 30 April - Joseph E. Stiglitz: lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/04… 🗓️ 2 May - Claudia Goldin: lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/05… 🗓️ 2 May - Esther Duflo: lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/05…
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    Professor Esther Duflo.
    Professor Joseph Stiglitz.
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    Sep 2, 2024
    "A study by LSE finds that the rich are, in fact, very unlikely to relocate because of tax rises alone, particularly those living in some of the world’s largest cities, such as New York, London and Tokyo."
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    Do the very wealthy relocate because of tax rises alone?
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    Sep 20, 2024
    We have been named University of the Year 2025 and ranked as the top university in the UK by @thetimes! 🥳 🥳 🥳 Prof Larry Kramer, LSE President and Vice Chancellor, welcomed the announcement: "This is a tribute to our outstanding faculty and students, and global community."
    LSE is named University of the Year 2025 and ranked 1st in the UK.
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    Feb 2, 2022
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    Wordle 228 5/6 score depicted on the LSE Centre Building (CBG).
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    Feb 22, 2022
    What did race have to do with how Meghan Markle was judged as a mother? Listen to Professor Shani Orgad on the latest #LSEiQ podcast 👇👇👇. 🍎Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3uzX1nP ☁️SoundCloud: bit.ly/3LiYdC3 📻LSE Player: bit.ly/3HCGJ1g
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    Sep 11, 2023
    “In remembering, we’re saying never again.” Today marks 50 years since the violent overthrow of #Chile’s democratically elected government by the military in 1973. Dr Tanya Harmer from @lsehistory discusses the importance of marking this anniversary. #Democracy
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