Summer at the Museums
02 July 2011More than sixty events are taking place over the school holidays in museums across Cambridge.
Cavendish Emeritus Professor wins Gjønnes Medal
01 July 2011The 2011 Gjønnes Medal in Electron Crystallography will be awarded to Archie Howie (Emeritus Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) and Michael Whelan (Emeritus Professor, Department of Materials, University of Oxford) for the development of the dynamical theory of diffraction contrast of electron microscope images of defects in crystals, and other major pioneering contributions to the development and application of electron microscopy, diffraction and spectroscopy of materials.
Consultation on White Paper opens
30 June 2011The Government published its Higher Education White Paper ‘Students at the Heart of the System’ on 28 June 2011 and has invited comments on the proposals.
High Speed at the Edge of Space
30 June 2011Cambridge students have tested a parachute capable of safely landing a probe on Mars.
No shortage of storylines to unravel at the ADC Theatre this summer
29 June 2011The wit of Alan Ayckbourn returns to Cambridge at the ADC theatre this July (5th – 9th), with the first local amateur production of Improbable Fiction.
What shape will universities take in the future?
28 June 2011A conference at CRASSH later this week will address some big and highly topical questions.
“Suddenly you think there’s a possibility”
28 June 2011Almost 50 Y10 pupils from state schools in Nottingham and West London have been welcomed to Peterhouse for a day designed to show them what life as an undergraduate at the University of Cambridge is really like.
How luxury became a four-letter word
27 June 2011A new series presented by Michael Scott examines the history of luxury and the origins of our ambivalent attitude to the finer things in life.
Cambridge University set to blitz the Botanic Garden
24 June 2011Set to the stunning backdrop of Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden, the Zoology Department is once again going on a BioBlitz.
Farewell to the Chancellor
23 June 2011His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, paid his final visit to the University before he stood down as Chancellor.
