Cambridge will be home to a new research laboratory for the study of plant development, thanks to the largest single gift received by the University since the launch of the 800th Anniversary Campaign.
The University of Cambridge has announced it will accept the Advanced Diploma in Engineering (Level 3) qualification for entry onto its undergraduate engineering courses. The change will take effect for applications made in the 2009 admissions round for courses starting in 2010.
More than 1,000 staff and students took advantage of a free ticket giveaway, organised by Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU), to watch Cambridge United beat York City 1-0 on Tuesday evening.
What is a credit crunch? What has caused this credit crunch? What effect is it having and what effect will it have? What can we learn from it? What can we do to stop it and stop it happening again? These are all questions that the Big Crunch Big Bang Conference will aim to answer this Friday 21 November.
The Humanitarian Centre is hosting an open discussion, led by a panel of experts, to increase understanding of the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo on Wednesday 19 November at 7pm. The event will take place in the Queen’s Building, Emmanuel College.
Ed Hutchinson, 3rd year PhD student in the Department of Pathology, has been awarded the New Researcher Category of the Biosciences Federation Science Communication Award 2008.
Mr David Howarth, MP for Cambridge, visited the University of Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratories last Friday, 14 November, to shadow the physicist Dr Deirdre Black in an effort to foster understanding between scientists and parliamentarians.
The New Europe Society will be showing the series of short films entitled ‘The Decalogue’. This is a series of films Director Stanley Kubrik described as the only masterpiece he could name in his lifetime. The films will be shown this Tuesday, November 18.
The incoming US administration needs to prioritise maths and science education in order to confront the problems of climate change, according to a newly arrived Gates scholar.
Professor Athene Donald FRS, of the Department of Physics, is one of five women scientists who will receive the prestigious 2009 L’Oreal UNESCO Women in Science Award.
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