Fall of the Rebel Angels
21 January 2011Works inspired by 17th century poet John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ are to be unveiled at an open evening at Michaelhouse Chancel, Cambridge on 23rd January.
Learn more about worldwide crime at a public lecture tomorrow
20 January 2011A former head of criminal intelligence at Interpol will give a public lecture at the University of Cambridge tomorrow.
Cambridge University researcher wins national cartoon competition
17 January 2011A research associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) has won a national cartoon competition with his witty sketches of alternative Harry Potter titles.
Professor John Baldwin FRS (1931 – 2010)
14 January 2011Professor John Baldwin, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at the Cavendish Laboratory and a Fellow of Queens’ College, died last month after a short illness which developed during the summer.
“Contextualising Islam in Britain” enters second phase
14 January 2011The views of leading UK Muslims on some of the most contentious issues affecting Muslims in Britain are to be compiled and published online in the second phase of a groundbreaking project.
The sound of music from Kettle’s Yard
14 January 2011Kettle’s Yard this month launches a new music series curated by composer Stephen Montague which runs until May.
Warming climate means red deer rutting season arrives early
14 January 2011Wild red deer on the Isle of Rum, which were featured in the BBC TV series Autumnwatch, are rutting earlier in the year, a study shows.
Boat Race Crews to attend pre-race dinner at Merchant Taylors' Hall
14 January 2011This year’s official Xchanging Boat Race Dinner will be held at the prestigious Merchant Taylor’s Hall in the City of London on Thursday 17 March – just nine days before the 157th Race involving crews from Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
EDSAC to be recreated
13 January 2011A working replica of EDSAC, the first fully-operational stored-programme computer, is to be rebuilt in recognition of the pioneering computer scientists at the University of Cambridge who developed it.
Herschel looks back in time to see today's stars bursting into life
12 January 2011An international team of astronomers have presented the first conclusive evidence for a dramatic surge in star birth in a recently discovered population of massive galaxies in the early Universe.
