The meaning of emoticons
13 October 2011The emoticons used on Twitter are a language in themselves and are taking on new and often surprising meanings of their own, according to new research.
The Creative Campus
13 October 2011Students ripped up their university exam papers in protest against established authority and in rejection of formal qualifications; a progressive sociologist assigned his students the storming of a public office as field-work; avant-garde writers, street theatre and poets moulded a bohemian sub-culture was dramatically reshaping university life.
Literature and Religion in Cheltenham
12 October 2011Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity and Director of the Cambridge Inter-faith Programme, reflects on the first project in an exciting new venture, the Cambridge Coexist Programme.
Renowned poet to give University Sermon
12 October 2011Geoffrey Hill, Honorary Fellow of Emmanuel College and Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford, will preach a University Sermon in Great St Mary's, the University Church, on Sunday 16 October at 11.15 a.m.
Golden touch makes low-temperature graphene production a reality
12 October 2011A method which more than halves the temperature at which high-quality graphene can be produced has been pioneered by researchers.
Tweeting disasters
12 October 2011Social networks like Twitter cannot help prevent disasters, but can quickly correct misinformation resulting from false rumours preventing possible further loss of lives, a leading researcher will tell a public debate on 25th October at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas.
Researchers develop new test for children with vision loss
11 October 2011Technology developed at the University of Cambridge to detect peripheral visual field loss in young children will enable the earlier detection of brain tumours, potentially saving sight and lives.
The Case for Children’s Poetry
11 October 2011Morag Styles may be the only Professor of Children’s Poetry out there. Having recently taken up her new role, here she explains why poetry for the young matters – and why it is time to stop treating it as the poor relation of the adult form.
Scientists find mechanism that leads to drug resistance in bacteria causing melioidosis
10 October 2011Researchers have identified a novel mechanism whereby the organism Burkholderia pseudomallei that causes melioidosis, a neglected tropical infectious disease, develops resistance to the standard antibiotic treatment.
The Idea of the University
10 October 2011The idea of the university and the roles assigned to universities in the 21st Century will be the subject of a lecture series beginning in Cambridge this week.
