600 Date: 17/05/2013 With a host of Cambridge alumni and academics on this year's Hay Festival programme, including speakers for the Hay 'Cambridge Series' and this autumn's Alumni Festival, there has never been a better time to learn new things, make new friends and reacquaint yourself with the intellectual life of the University. Read more...]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1405-7375 Date: 15/05/2013 Leading neuroscientist Professor Barry Everitt has been appointed the next Provost (CEO) of Gates Cambridge – one of the world’s most prestigious scholarship programmes. Read more...]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1400-7244 Date: 15/05/2013 Ahead of his talk at the Hay Festival, Jonathan Haslam discusses his forthcoming history of Soviet intelligence organisations, revealing, among other things, just how unprepared for Operation Barbarossa Stalin was in 1941. Read more...]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1401-7252 Date: 1/05/2013 The University's International Summer Schools programme has been welcoming participants from all over the world since 1923. In its 90th anniversary year, there's a tremendous line-up of academics to deliver 165 courses, 145 plenary lectures and, of course, anniversary events. Read more...]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1386-7170 Date: 24/04/2013 Cambridge’s Computer Lab marks its 75th anniversary this month, celebrating a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship that has taken it from the age of vast mainframes to its modern day place at the heart of silicon fen. Cambridge Computing: The first 75 years, published to coincide with the anniversary, tells the story of this remarkable institution. Read more...]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1355-6934 Date: 24/04/2013 Members and staff (including retired staff) of the University and Colleges are invited to apply for tickets to attend this year’s Honorary Degree Congregation and garden party.Read more...]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1368-6917 Date: 24/04/2013 The 40-year friendship of Charles Darwin and Joseph Hooker, the most significant and scientifically important of Darwin’s life, can now be explored by anyone in the world with access to the Internet. Read more...]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1356-6914 Date: 19/04/2013 One of India’s most eminent scientists visited Cambridge last month marking important research links between the University and Bangalore. Read more...]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1344-6768 Date: 17/04/2013 To coincide with the unveiling of a major new public sculpture on the University’s Sidgwick Site, and a large outdoor work at Churchill College, a free exhibition of large indoor sculptures and drawings by Nigel Hall RA opens at the College on 4 May 2013. Read more...]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1341-6754 Date: 15/04/2013 The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, yesterday spoke powerfully about universities' role in overseas development. Read more...]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1295-6601 Date: 15/04/2013 The University Museum of Zoology contains far more than a record of the past. Ambitious redevelopment plans will enable enhanced use of its unique collections for research into global issues from climate change to conservation. Read more...]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1296-6600 Date: 11/04/2013 The weekend of 12-14 April 2013 sees a sparkling line-up at Cambridge Wordfest including several Cambridge alumni. Read more...]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1290-6563 Date: 8/04/2013 The first issue of the Department of History of Art's newsletter - Five Scroope Terrace - is available to read online now.]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1281-6520 Date: 8/04/2013 A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this year's Hay Festival. Read more...]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1283-6534 Date: 4/04/2013 An insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough in the University of Cambridge Senate House has marked the launch of the Cambridge Conservation Campus. The campus will become the hub for the world’s largest conservation cluster, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI). Read more...]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1277-6564 Date: 28/03/2013 Acclaimed author of Sustainable Energy Without The Hot Air will be first holder of Royally-appointed engineering post at Cambridge. Read more...]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1270-6464 Date: 27/03/2013 In March 2013, Cambridge ecologist Henry Disney ScD was made an Honorary Member of the Freshwater Biological Association - 'for having made a significant specific contribution and, in addition, achieving  50 years continuous membership of the FBA.' Read more...]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1266-6425 Date: 27/03/2013 Sunday 31 March 2013, at 4.30pm, the 159th Boat Race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge will take place. First raced in 1829 The Boat Race is one of the oldest sporting events in the world. Read more...]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1168-6462 Date: 25/03/2013 The Falklands War – the conflict that defined much of Margaret Thatcher’s political career and legacy – dominates the release of her personal papers for 1982 at the Churchill Archives Centre from Monday (25 March 2013). Read more...]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1255-6311 Date: 22/03/2013 The Governing Body has elected Mrs Nicola Padfield MA Dip Crim DES as the next Master, to take office on 1 October 2013, upon the retirement of Professor Robert Lethbridge after eight years in office. Read more...]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1256-6314 Date: 22/03/2013 A commemorative plaque has been affixed to a roof girder 17 metres above the floor of Cambridge Sports Centre at the University West Cambridge site to mark the topping out of the building. Read more...]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1257-6316 Date: 21/03/2013 The fourth issue of the Department of Pathology's newsletter for alumni and friends, Pathology News, is now available to read online.

Read Pathology News online]]> Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1253-6302 Date: 19/03/2013 The Spring 2013 edition of the Department of Engineering Newsletter is out now.

Read it online]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1242-6222 Date: 19/03/2013 Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridge has today announced the election of Dame Barbara Stocking DBE as its fifth President. Read more...]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1241-6218 Date: 19/03/2013 Professor Richard Penty MA PhD FREng has been named as the 27th Master of Sidney Sussex College to succeed Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill in July 2013. Read more...]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT ID1321-1243-6224