Cyborgs, death masks and Aphrodite
06 March 2009A stunning new exhibition featuring Isaac Newton’s death mask, funerary effigies from the South Pacific, and the ‘body maps’ of HIV sufferers opens today.
Photographic archives of Scott and Shackleton made freely available online
06 March 2009Twenty thousand images - spanning 150 years of polar exploration from Franklin and Scott to Sir Ranulph Fiennes – were this week made freely available by Cambridge University to people across the globe.
WiSETI Annual Lecture
06 March 2009The Women in Science, Engineering and Technology Initiative (WiSETI) will be hosting their annual lecture on Monday 9 March.
Strictly Come Cambridge
06 March 2009The University’s ballroom dancers were the toast of the Empire Ballroom in Blackpool last weekend when they won the national universities competition there for an unprecedented fourth year in a row.
The Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge
05 March 2009The winners of the 2009 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge were announced this week by the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership.
New research provides insight into cause of type 1 diabetes
05 March 2009Scientists from Cambridge University have discovered four rare mutations of a gene associated with type 1 diabetes (T1D) that reduce the risk of developing the disease. Their findings, published today in the journal Science, suggest a link between T1D and the enterovirus (a common virus that enters via the gastrointestinal tract but is often non-symptomatic).
Northern Ireland & Wales 'firsts' for Cambridge & Oxford regional Conferences
04 March 2009For the first time, Northern Ireland and Wales have been formally included as venues on the regular round of regional Cambridge and Oxford Conferences which take place annually in Spring. The Lagan Valley Island Centre in Lisburn will be the venue for the Northern Ireland Event on 2 April, while the International Arena in Cardiff is the venue for the event in Wales on 25 March..
Boat Race crews announced
04 March 2009Cambridge and Oxford Boat Clubs have unveiled the crew line-ups to contest this year’s Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging, which will take place on Sunday 29 March at 15:40.
Cambridge University? It’s the best…
03 March 2009Pupils on a nationwide programme designed to raise aspirations among groups under-represented at Russell Group universities spent the day at Cambridge yesterday, getting a feel for the college structure.
Three faiths address: ‘Faith in the Media’
02 March 2009This year’s Lent Lecture series at the Michaelhouse, University of Cambridge, will focus on how the media depicts faith and supplies information both about our own faiths and those of others.
