New wing for Archives Centre
30 October 2002Yesterday (Wednesday 30 October 2002) former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher opened the new wing of the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge.
Cambridge's past uncovered
25 October 2002Cambridge archaeologists have just started excavation on the Addenbrooke's site where the University's new cancer research centre is to be built. They have found evidence of a major late Iron Age/early Roman settlement which spans the Roman Conquest of the mid first century AD.
Statement on top-up fees
25 October 2002The University of Cambridge has issued the following statement in response to speculation that it is planning to introduce top-up fees.
New solution to a smelly problem
23 October 2002A team of researchers at the Department of Chemical Engineering has commissioned new equipment for producing renewable energy from waste materials.
Said on Humanism and Knowledge
18 October 2002The University’s Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH) will be hosting a six-week visit during Michaelmas Term by Professor Edward Said (Columbia University). Professor Said will deliver a series of public lectures during his visit linked to CRASSH’s current theme, The Organization of Knowledge.
A constitution for Europe?
18 October 2002A team of academic lawyers from the University of Cambridge has prepared a draft constitutional treaty for the European Union. The document was sponsored by the UK government and submitted by them to the Convention on the Future of Europe, the body which is undertaking a fundamental re-examination of the institutional architecture of the European Union.
Reading the past
16 October 2002Speaking volumes - 600 years of Cambridge University Library is a new exhibition which celebrates the long history of one of the world's greatest libraries. Images and artefacts tell the story of the Library's growth, from its medieval origins as three rooms in the Old Schools to its current home on the western edge of Cambridge.
Cambridge welcomes the second year of Gates Scholars
15 October 2002Cambridge has welcomed 234 scholars from 54 different countries in the second year of the award of Gates Cambridge Scholarships.
Child's play
11 October 2002Staff and students gathered at New Hall yesterday (Sunday 13 October 2002) to discuss childcare provision and other forms of support available to students with children.
Natural radioactivity affects human DNA
11 October 2002It is well-known that radiation causes cancer and damages human cells, but its effects on human DNA have been less clear. New research by Cambridge scientists suggests that even relatively low doses can cause mutations in human DNA.
