Local, national, global: the impact of Cambridge University
01 February 2006Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor, gave the Governors' Annual Public Lecture at Cambridge Regional College on Tuesday 31 January.
Doctor Of Medicine Prizes
31 January 2006Four doctors have received prizes from the University’s School of Clinical Medicine in recognition of outstanding work on their MD dissertations.
Celebrating architecture at Cambridge
30 January 2006An exhibition showcasing the creative output of one of the world’s most respected architectural schools has opened in London.
Fair trade for all?
30 January 2006Nobel Prizewinner and former World Bank chief economist Professor Joseph E Stiglitz will share his views on fair trade when he delivers the first Clare Distinguished Lecture in Economics and Public Policy this evening (31 January).
DNA repair mystery solved
27 January 2006Cancer Research UK scientists, including Professor Steve Jackson of the University of Cambridge, believe they have discovered the final piece of the picture of how cells fix a severe type of DNA damage thereby reducing the chances that the cells become cancerous. Their findings are in the latest issue of the journal Cell.
African fellowship
27 January 2006African scientists will be able to spend a year in Cambridge developing knowledge and expertise to bring back to the continent, thanks to a new fellowship announced by the Schlumberger Foundation and Clare Hall, Cambridge.
Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton 1937-2006
26 January 2006Professor Sir Nicholas Shackleton, the eminent earth scientist, former director of the Godwin Laboratory for Quaternary Research in the Department of Earth Sciences and Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, died at the age of 68 on 24 January 2006.
A Cambridge first in film
24 January 20062006 Slade Lectures to be given by film historian
Online textbooks
20 January 2006University of Cambridge students can now access key textbooks online, thanks to a new project called ebooks@cambridge.
Women's Forum Meeting
20 January 2006A forum for women staff to voice their opinions about working for the University will take place next month.
