How ancient Roman teens had it tough too
19 April 2010Professor Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin at Harvard University and renowned author on Latin literature and history will give Newnham's biennial Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture...
Happiness hinges on the lives of others
15 April 2010People's happiness is significantly bound up with that of their "significant others", a new study into men and women's differing attitudes to well-being has found.
Praise for research initiative on British Muslims
09 April 2010A Cambridge University-led project which investigated what it means to be a Muslim living in modern Britain has won high praise as a model for...
Photoshopping: The final frontier
08 April 2010It's space, but is it art? Stunning images of the galaxy are fast becoming common currency thanks to technology like the Hubble Space Telescope, but...
'Memory wars' of Eastern Europe
01 April 2010A €1 million study will shed light on the role of cultural memory of the soviet era in Russia, Ukraine and Poland.
From library to bookstore
01 April 2010A unique collaboration has resulted in the re-issue of over 1,000 rare books of enduring scholarly value.
Funding to boost scientific links with Japan
01 April 2010Researchers in Cambridge and Japan will be working together towards a more integrated understanding of how stem cells make decisions.
Policy-makers urged to heed lessons in new handbook
01 April 2010The teaching of literacy and language skills, both in the UK and overseas, needs significant reform to curb the "unproductive" effects of government standardisation, a...
Drug ads still stigmatise mental illness
01 April 2010The way that drugs used to treat mental illness are advertised to doctors could be helping to perpetuate - rather than break down - the...
Planning obligations invaluable for affordable housing
26 March 2010The planning obligations which local authorities impose on private developers are successfully raising billions of pounds for local infrastructure and making vital contributions towards roads,...