Head of World Bank to deliver prestigious Roskill Lecture at Churchill College

The President of the World Bank, Robert B Zoellick, is to deliver the biennial Roskill Lecture at Cambridge University's Churchill College this evening, one of the most prestigious events in the University calendar.

'Extreme Sleepover #3' - gathering the views of indigenous women in rural Ecuador

In the third of a series of reports contributed by Cambridge researchers, geographer Dr Sarah Radcliffe describes her work with women from impoverished indigenous communities in Ecuador.

The future of food: your chance to ask the experts

How can we feed the world's expanding population? Should we be using GM technologies more to boost the yield of our crops? How will global warming affect our food resources? If this type of question has ever occurred to you, now is your chance to get some answers, from leading experts in the field.

Innovating sustainable housing design

A new building initiative aims to innovate sustainable housing design for the developing world.

Cambridge students spur entrepreneurship in Rwanda

A group of Cambridge students are spearheading an initiative to create an Entrepreneurship Week in Rwanda to help lift the country out of poverty.

How mobile phones are transforming healthcare

New research highlights examples of medical care transformed by mobile networks.

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