Girton announces major gift from anonymous donor
13 October 2008Girton College, Cambridge, has received a major donation of £5 million towards its educational mission. The donation comes from an alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous.
A Common Word and Future Muslim-Christian Engagement
10 October 2008A major international conference of Muslim and Christian scholars and religious leaders begins at Cambridge University this weekend.
Gates scholars share their research in interactive symposium
10 October 2008Up and coming Gates scholars will share their research into malaria, housing, sustainable architecture and underdevelopment at their first internal symposium of the academic year next week.
Outstanding Gift for a Director of Gender Studies
10 October 2008Jessica and Peter Frankopan of the Staples Trust have given a major benefaction to fund a Director for the increasingly influential Centre for Gender Studies at Cambridge.
“The Shaping of Experience” at the Møller
10 October 2008A new series of Executive Training seminars designed to help people working in the arts get the most out of new projects is being launched at the University of Cambridge this weekend. The series is entitled “The Shaping of Experience”.
Money (That’s What They Wanted)
09 October 2008Pop icons such as John Lennon and Mick Jagger were never the spokesmen for 1960s youth, but shrewd capitalists who cashed in on the mood of their time, a new study suggests.
New cancer treatment facility for animals opens
09 October 2008The Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge today opened an extension of its Cancer Therapy Unit that provides treatment for pets with cancer.
Peter Avery OBE (1923 – 2008)
09 October 2008King's College Fellow and Persian scholar Peter Avery OBE, who died on 6 October, was one of the world's foremost experts on the history and literature of Iran.
PREP Course helps students find their feet
09 October 2008They call it imposter syndrome: it’s the heart-sinking feeling you get when you feel that the people around you have quite the wrong idea about you. For example that you are incredibly brainy like them when you have not a single intelligent thought in your head and want to bolt for home.
Robert Cameron Paul CBE (1935 – 2008)
09 October 2008Dr Robert (Robin) Cameron Paul CBE, an alumnus of the Department of Chemical Engineering and a great friend of the Department throughout his career, died in 2008.
