Pembroke and St Catharine’s Summer School Success
12 July 2011High-achieving Year 12 students from state schools across East Anglia, the East Midlands and London attended the 9th annual Pembroke and St. Catharine’s Summer School this July.
Nature’s value to business
12 July 2011A programme convening business leaders and policy makers is helping to identify the value to business of nature – and the step changes needed to build food security – as its co-Directors explain.
Three from Cambridge elected as Fellows of The Royal Academy of Engineering
11 July 2011Fifty new Fellows have been elected members of The Royal Academy of Engineering at its Annual General Meeting on 11 July, a list that includes three distinguished engineers from Cambridge University.
University welcomes potential applicants to the 2011 Cambridge Open Days
07 July 201115,000 potential applicants from all over the UK, and their families and teachers are expected in Cambridge for the University Open Days, being held this year on 7th and 8th July.
Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature and the Christopher Zeeman Medal
07 July 2011John D, Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, DAMTP, and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, has been awarded the 2011 Merck-Serono Prize for Science and Literature and the 2011 Christopher Zeeman Medal by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and the Institute for Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA).
An End To Paper Applications For Overseas Applicants And Music Scholars
06 July 2011Overseas applicants and those applying for a music scholarship can now apply to the University of Cambridge online for the first time – and the first application has already been received, from a student in Singapore.
Wittgenstein’s camera
05 July 2011To mark the 60th anniversary of his death, an exhibition exploring Wittgenstein’s experiments in photography, and how they relate to his philosophy, can be seen at the University’s Photographic and Illustration Services.
University demonstrates its green credentials
04 July 2011A leading educational charity dedicated to promoting the wise management of trees and woods has given a seal of approval to the University Estate Management Department after a visit to the Madingley Estate.
Predictive modelling of plant growth for food and fuel
04 July 2011Fundamental research on plant development at the Sainsbury Laboratory will help in the future design of optimal crops.
The next generation of computing
04 July 2011Progress in electronics has relied heavily on reducing the size of the transistor to create small, powerful computers. Now spintronics, hailed as the successor to the transistor, looks set to transform the field.
