New Year, New Honours
05 January 2004Professor Bob Hepple, QC, Emeritus Professor of Law and former Master of Clare College, was among several members of the University of Cambridge to be recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.
Review of the year 2003
23 December 20032003 has been a busy year. We have said goodbye to Professor Sir Alec Broers and welcomed our new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alison Richard. Anniversary celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA and the 100th anniversary of economics at Cambridge.
The eyes have it
19 December 2003Five University of Cambridge scientists were recently named the UK’s brightest biotechnology prospects after winning the final of a national competition, ‘Biotechnology YES’, on 8 December.
Ghosts at the Sedgwick Museum
19 December 2003What's it like in the Sedgwick Museum when everybody's gone home? On Saturday (20 December) parents and children had a chance to explore the museum and some of the rocks, fossils and minerals held in the collection. But the catch was they had to use their senses other than sight to explore the exhibits at the Sedgwick.
Rapid test for hidden disease
18 December 2003A new rapid test to detect the 'invisible' sexually transmitted disease, chlamydia, which affects millions of men and women, has been created by a team of scientists led by Dr Helen Lee of the Department of Haematology.
New Pro-Vice-Chancellors appointed
17 December 2003Four new Pro-Vice-Chancellors have been appointed to work with Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Minson and Professor Alison Richard, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
Christmas trees - the long and the short of it
11 December 2003Christmas trees are getting shorter, according to research conducted by Dr David Hanke and colleagues in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge. The team sprayed spruce trees with different pollutants such as acids, nitrogen and sulphur compounds over a three-year period. They found that the plants treated with nitrogen were shorter and wider, and more densely branched.
Varsity Trophy returns to Cambridge
10 December 2003The University of Cambridge rugby team has retained the MMC trophy after a draw in the 122nd Varsity Match at Twickenham. It is the first tie between the sides since 1965.
Education and the social order
08 December 2003Historians of education from the UK and around the world will gather at the Faculty of Education in Cambridge and Homerton College from the 12-14 December for a major conference honouring the work of the late Professor Brian Simon.
Cambridge don scales new heights
05 December 2003An English Literature don at Emmanuel College, Cambridge has beaten an exceptionally strong field to win the Guardian First Book Award.
