January - Proteins that Paralyse the Mind: Progress in Brain Disease Research New research by Dr Mari Grazia Spillantini and colleagues at the Centre for Brain Repair is beginning to shed light on the role of proteins in the onset of degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
January - Proteins that Paralyse the Mind: Progress in Brain Disease Research New research by Dr Mari Grazia Spillantini and colleagues at the Centre for Brain Repair is beginning to shed light on the role of proteins in the onset of degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
January - Proteins that Paralyse the Mind: Progress in Brain Disease Research
New research by Dr Mari Grazia Spillantini and colleagues at the Centre for Brain Repair is beginning to shed light on the role of proteins in the onset of degenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
February - A New Home for the English Faculty
Plans for a new building to house the English Faculty received a boost with the announcement of a £90,000 donation towards the costs of the project.
March - Communicating across the Cosmos
The University and Marconi PLC unveiled a £40 million funding deal, including plans for a world-class communications centre.
April - Cambridge Tops League Tables
For the seventh year running, the University topped the Times and Financial Times' university league tables.
May - New Drug to Treat Malaria
Wellcome Trust-funded research published by Dr Teresa Tiffert and colleagues in the University's Department of Physiology revealed that a drug currently used in the treatment of fungal infections could be used to cure malaria.
June - Designated Museums Challenge Fund awards
The University's five museums received central government grants totalling £556,965.
July - Opening of New Centre for Mathematical Sciences
The Duke of Edinburgh Visited the University to Open the New Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
August - Investigating Archaeological Investigations in Sicily
Dr Cornelius Holthorf of the Department of Archaeology has taken on the role of 'participant observer', studying the work of archaeologists at a site in Western Sicily.
September - Celebration of Theology through the Arts
The week-long Sounding the Depths Festival was part of a much larger University project to show how the arts of our time can help to explore the Christian faith.
October - Cambridge Astronomers in Space Agency mission
Scientists at the University's Institute of Astronomy are involved in two major space missions, one to chart the origins and future of the Milky Way and another to find planets which resemble Earth.
November - Topping Out Ceremony
The major new West Cambridge development site passed a major milestone when the first of the news buildings celebrated its structural completion.
December - Royal Celebration of New and Old
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh visited Cambridge to see the Faculty of Divinity's new building and to celebrate the 650th anniversary of the Royal Licence being granted to Trinity
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