Raise a glass for science
13 March 2008The science behind the perfect pint will be among the topics at a special evening of discussion, song and dance this weekend as part of the on-going Cambridge Science Festival.
Topping out at Robinson
11 March 2008Robinson College have celebrated an important phase in the construction of a £4.3 million graduate student accommodation project.
Cambridge goes to Leeds
11 March 2008More than 250 pupils from 30 schools and colleges in West Yorkshire took part in a schools conference run by Selwyn College at Elland Road football stadium in Leeds last Friday.
Minister for Science visits Cambridge Research Institute
11 March 2008Ian Pearson, Minister for Science and Innovation, was in Cambridge today to examine a unique collaboration between the University of Cambridge and Cancer Research UK.
Ian McKellen launches new book examining the Bloomsbury Group and the theatre
10 March 2008Sir Ian McKellen will be speaking in Cambridge tonight at the launch of a new book which examines the unexplored influence of some of Cambridge’s finest minds on the evolution of British theatre.
How Europe was shaped by Islam
10 March 2008A double Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will be giving a lecture at Clare College tonight about how Islam radically altered the course of European history.
Dramatic Passiontide liturgy recreated at St Catharine’s
07 March 2008A rare performance of one of the most moving and powerful services in the Christian calendar will be held on Wednesday 12 March in St Catharine’s College.
University opens its doors for Schools’ Masterclasses
07 March 2008Solar powered cars, exploding gases and a light sensitive automatic camera are just a sample of the topics being covered in the University’s Schools’ Masterclasses this week.
Cambridge academic in new science reality TV series
06 March 2008Lightning strikes, astronaut training and a human fireball are some of the unusual teaching techniques used in new TV series led by the University’s Dr Pete Wothers.
Financial expert speaks on economic decisions and their unexpected consequences
06 March 2008One of the UK’s leading economists will be discussing the knock-on effects of decision-making in economic markets and how people make them in a lecture tomorrow at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Law.
