Polar adventurer describes life on the edge of human endurance
15 May 2008Temperatures of -50 centigrade and 100mph winds have become something of the norm to record-breaking adventurer Mike Stroud.
Pick up a penguin at photography exhibition
14 May 2008Stunning photographs of the Antarctic are on show in a new exhibition at Cambridge University’s Museum of Zoology.
Policies for reducing personal carbon
13 May 2008Policies for tackling personal carbon emissions including personal energy quotas, environmental taxes, and fiscal reform will be discussed by a panel of experts at Cambridge University this week.
Not since 1657
12 May 2008In a feat unmatched since 1657, a Cambridge academic has been appointed to a second chair at London’s oldest institute of higher education.
Praise for Cambridge University Library in funding report
12 May 2008A wide-ranging review into the funding of research libraries has delivered glowing praise for Cambridge University Library.
Nobel Prize winning climate-change expert to speak at Cambridge
09 May 2008One of the world’s foremost experts on climate change will be discussing novel, integrated methods for dealing with the threat of rising world temperatures in a lecture in Cambridge next week.
Senior Chinese delegation visits Cambridge
09 May 2008A major academic delegation from China visited the University yesterday on a fact-finding trip as part of an exchange programme run by the British Academy.
Who should lead emerging technology start-ups?
09 May 2008A public debate to mark the end of the Emerging Technologies Entrepreneurship programme – a course where PhD and MBA students learn how to turn innovations into business opportunities – will take place on May 14.
University bus service diversion warning
07 May 2008The route of the Uni 4 bus service, which connects West Cambridge, the City Centre and Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, will be diverted from next Monday.
Former Guantanamo inmate lectures on human rights
06 May 2008Moazzam Begg, the British citizen who was held for three years without charge in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, will be giving a free public lecture on human rights at Cambridge University this week.
