The books that have changed our view of the Universe, eruptions that shook the world and Stalin's fiercest henchmen are just some of the themes that will be under discussion during the popular Cambridge Series at this year's Hay Literary Festival.
Professor Daniel Wolpert at Cambridge’s Department of Engineering has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Programme Grant to study the computations the brain performs when controlling our movements.
Three events, run as part of the GEEMA programme (Group to Encourage Ethnic Minority Applications to Cambridge), have welcomed a total of almost 500 black and minority ethnic students to Cambridge over the past month.
Three Cambridge undergraduates have received national recognition of their work to encourage gifted children to achieve at an awards ceremony in London.
More than 100 pupils from 13 schools in the Eastern Region took part in a Languages Master Class Day organised last Friday by Pembroke and St Catharine's Colleges in conjunction with the Italian Department and Robinson College.
Two Cambridge students emerged winners of the International Inter-varsity Debating Competition, held last weekend by the Debating Society at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.
Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a new study has shown.
The University played host this week to a group of eminent Sikhs from Punjab, who gathered to mark the signing of a scholarship agreement between the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust.
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The Twenty20 World Cup may be in full swing at Lord’s, but Fenner’s today plays host to one of the most hotly contested cricket matches around.
What’s it like to study at Cambridge? One of the best ways to find out is to take part in the Cambridge University Students’ Union shadowing scheme and spend two days in the company of a current student, living in college and attending lectures and supervisions.
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