Sculpting the origins of life
07 November 2005A sculpture of the double helix structure of DNA is to be unveiled in Cambridge by one of the two scientists who first revealed it to the world.
War and warriors
03 November 2005The Faculty of Classics hosted the 2005 Corbett Lecture last week, looking at the depiction of warriors on Athenian painted pottery.
Birdlife International
03 November 2005The new offices of Cambridge-based conservation charity Birdlife International will be opened today, November 4, by Her Imperial Highness Princess Hisako Takamado of Japan and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor Alison Richard.
David Cannadine presents A Point of View on Radio 4
03 November 2005Professor David Cannadine, Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College, University of Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Professor of British History at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London, is taking up residency on Radio 4.
Churchill Archives receives national recognition
02 November 2005The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) recognised the Churchill Archives as one of 38 collections in libraries and archives across England having outstanding national and international importance under the Designation Scheme.
Travelling passions
31 October 2005Gisli Palson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland will be giving the 2005 Stefansson Memorial Lecture, “Travelling Passions: The Life and Legacy of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Artic Explorer” tonight (1 November) at 6 pm at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Illuminations on TV
28 October 2005There will be a 30-minute programme on the current exhibition, The Cambridge Illuminations, on BBC 4 on Sunday October 30 at 19.35. The 'Arts Report' title is 'Illuminations - Treasures of the Middle Ages'.
Student Innovation
28 October 2005Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) launched their 2005/06 CUE Business Creation Competition (CUEBiC) and 3P (People, Planet and Productivity) Business Creation Competition on 13th October.
To Boldly Go: Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century
28 October 2005Right now, all over the world, there are hundreds of millions of people actively trying to start a new business – some out of necessity, some to escape poverty, and others to fulfil a lifetime's ambition. Whatever their motivation, these entrepreneurs are making a dramatic contribution to our world: creating jobs, fostering innovation, and acting as catalysts for economic growth and development.
Photographic exhibition
27 October 2005Some of the finest of Herbert Ponting’s photographs taken on Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s fateful expedition to the Antarctic are now on display at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
