Famine’s changing face
01 January 2010Dr Zoltán Tiba’s research on why famines happen is posing questions about the root causes and possible long-term interventions.
The future of books
01 January 2010The book publishing industry has gone through more change during the past few decades than in any comparable period in its 500-year history. Professor John Thompson examines this change and asks what impact it will have on the future of books.
The educational neuroscience of dyslexia and dyscalculia
01 January 2010For some children, acquiring the important skills of learning to read or do arithmetic is fraught with difficulty. Educational neuroscience is helping to understand why.
Le bon usage: using French correctly
01 January 2010The purity and linguistic correctness of the French language has been closely guarded by the French for centuries. Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett is exploring the reasons behind this national preoccupation.
Sassoon archive arrives at Cambridge University Library
18 December 2009Cambridge University Library has taken delivery of the personal archive of war poet Siegfried Sassoon, marking the culmination of a six-month, £1.25 million campaign to save the collection for the nation.
New Provost appointed for Gates Cambridge Trust
18 December 2009Professor Robert Lethbridge, Master of Fitzwilliam College, is to succeed Dr Gordon Johnson as Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust, the Trustees have announced.
Diary of a budding mathematician
17 December 2009Fourteen-year-old Kajal Chhapia [pictured in the middle] from The London Academy, Edgware, is taking part in the Fast Forward Maths Programme, run by the Millennium Maths Project at the University of Cambridge. The programme includes three residentials for Year 10 students from deprived areas of Greater London run over the period of one year, followed by e-mentoring. The second residential is running until 20th December. Here Kajal outlines her experiences so far.
Statement on announcement from the Science & Technology Facilities Council
16 December 2009Following the announcement today by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) on the outcome of its Priorities Review, Professor Ian Leslie, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Cambridge issued the following statement.
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics appoints Professors
15 December 2009The Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) has announced the appointment of two new Professors.
Cambridge prepares for 800th Anniversary finale
11 December 2009Plans are well under way for the final event of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary Year, which will take place in January 2010.
