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Read more at: The virtual Chopin

The virtual Chopin

13 February 2013

One of the greatest composers of the 19th century, Fryderyk Chopin, had an irrepressible creative imagination, and his music experienced continual evolution as a result. Now, a new online resource is bringing the many versions of his compositions...


Read more at: Tune in, switch off

Tune in, switch off

13 February 2013

This week is Switch Off Week, a chance for staff at the University to get involved in cutting Cambridge’s carbon footprint and consider the best behavioural and technological ways of reducing energy use.


Read more at: The forgotten occupation

The forgotten occupation

1 February 2013

Many were interned on the Continent. Some were sent to Nazi concentration camps. Now, thanks to the efforts of a Cambridge academic, the stories of individual defiance during the German occupation of Guernsey during World War II can be told


Read more at: Written in the stars

Written in the stars

1 February 2013

A major digitisation project is under way in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science to develop a detailed online record of the thousands of casebooks of Simon Forman. A doctor and self-proclaimed master of the ‘hidden’ arts of the occult,...


Read more at: Tune in, switch off

Tune in, switch off

1 February 2013

The University's first Switch Off Week runs from 18-24 February. It’s a chance for everyone to get involved in cutting Cambridge’s carbon footprint and consider the best behavioural and technological ways of reducing energy use


Read more at: So much stuff, so little space

So much stuff, so little space

1 February 2013

Old champagne bottles and beer cans sound like the contents of a Cambridge college rubbish bin, but they could be part of our scientific heritage.


Read more at: Just the waves for company

Just the waves for company

1 February 2013

The Indonesian-Malaysian confrontation of the early 1960s is one of the lesser known interventions in British military history. But for Ivan Waghorn, Chief Custodian in Estate Management, his work ferrying Royal Marines and Gurkhas up rivers into the...


Read more at: Profile: ecologist Dr Henry Disney

Profile: ecologist Dr Henry Disney

1 February 2013

Dr Henry Disney’s career as an ecologist researching flies, midges and gnats has brought him into contact with all manner of people and situations, while his discovery of new species – and abolition of others – demonstrates the invaluable contribution...


Read more at: Profile: palaeontologist Dr Kenneth McNamara

Profile: palaeontologist Dr Kenneth McNamara

1 February 2013

In 1990, Cambridge palaeontologist Kenneth McNamara stumbled on a poignant illustration in an obscure book by a Victorian archaeologist. The find rekindled a childhood obsession, and after two decades of dogged research he discovered it's an obsession...


Read more at: Profile: historical fiction writer Liz Cruwys

Profile: historical fiction writer Liz Cruwys

1 February 2013

Liz Cruwys is an author whose crime fiction is set in the emerging years of the University, complete with inter-collegiate skulduggery, academic intrigue and worse.