People

Uncorked

Consumer goods

Uncorked is one of the UK's leading small independent wine merchants. The job here involves spending a lot of time saying no to hopeful suppliers whose wine just doesn't hit the quality bets. The wine

Unilever

Industry and Production

Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Unilever products include food, condiments, ice cre

Gabrielle Union

Actress Born Gabrielle Monique Union, October 29, 1972, in Omaha, NB; daughter of Sylvester E. (a military sergeant and business executive) and Teresa (a phone company manag...

Unite the Union

Politics and Administration

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and G

Gabrielle Union

October 29, 1973 • Omaha, Nebraska Actress While many who have seen her perform mention her beauty, natural ability, and star quality, Gabrielle Union did not set o...

Number 10 Policy Unit

Politics and Administration

The Number 10 Policy Unit is an elite body of policymakers based in 10 Downing Street, providing policy advice directly to the British Prime Minister. Originally set up to support&

True Colors United

Economy

True Colors United (formerly True Colors Fund) is an American nonprofit organization addressing the issue of youth homelessness in the United States. Founded in 2008 by Cyndi Lauper, the organization

Aberystwyth University

Science and education

Aberystwyth University is a public research university in Aberystwyth, Wales. Aberystwyth was a founding member institution of the former federal University of Wales. The university has over 8,000 stu

Loughborough University

Science and education

Loughborough University is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when Loughborough T

Cardiff University

Science and education

Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales. It was established in 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and became a fou

Columbia University

Science and education

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many

The Open University

Science and education

The Open University (OU) is a public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United

Durham University

Science and education

Durham University is a collegiate public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by royal cha

Harvard University

Science and education

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a member of the Ivy League. Harvard was started on September 8, 1636, and it is the oldes

Culture Unstained

Audit and Consulting

Culture Unstained are a research, engagement and campaigning organisation which aims to end fossil fuel sponsorship of culture as part of the Art Not Oil coalition. They are calling on&

John Updike

Born: March 18, 1932 Shillington, Pennsylvania American author and poet Author John Updike mirrored his America in poems, short stories, essays, ...

Keith Urban

Singer and songwriter Born Keith Lionel Urban, October 26, 1967, in Whangarei, North Island, New Zealand; son of Bob (a convenience store operator) and Marienne (a convenien...

Urdang

Science and education

Urdang, previously known as The Urdang Academy, is a performing arts academy based in Islington, London. The school was founded as a ballet school under the direction of Leonie Urdang; after her death

Usher

Singer and actor Born Usher Raymond IV, October 14, 1979, in Dallas, TX; son of Jonnetta Patton (a choir director and later his manager). Addresses: ...

Peter Ustinov

Born Peter Alexander Ustinov, April 16, 1921, in London, England; died of heart failure, March 28, 2004, in Genolier, Switzerland. Actor and writer. Cosmopolitan, erudite, and in possessio...