The Crimean Tatar who wants freedom for Ukraine to sing again
18 May 2023Displaced journalist and scholar Elmaz Asan arrived in Cambridge from Ukraine in October 2022. She sees her research as a chance to fight back against...
The poetry scholar, the Black Atlantic and the Trembling Hand
13 March 2023Mathelinda Nabugodi investigates the impact of colonialism and the slave trade on Romantic poets. Her research has taken her into the archives with unexpected results.
The Classicist who wants the ancient world to have a radical future
22 February 2023Mary Beard says the Greeks and Romans have more to say about modern society than we might think. A new set of films, aimed at...
Mussel memory
28 November 2022How fresh-water mussels and a stretch of the River Thames connected two postgraduate scientists separated by over half a century.
The therapist encouraging students to reach out
07 November 2022Christopher Haylock, Head of the University Counselling Service (UCS), is transforming the service to ensure it provides the best possible support to students at the...
The “zero-chance” doctor who now advises government
19 October 2022Growing up on free school meals at one of the lowest performing state schools in the country, Raghib Ali went on to become a leading...
The PhD student encouraging young Black aspiring scientists to claim their place
30 August 2022When PhD student Sigourney Bell turned to Twitter to connect with other Black scientists, she could never have guessed that this would be the beginning...
The doctor turned detective investigating the imprints of cancer
15 August 2022Self-confessed ‘nerd’ Serena Nik-Zainal went from hospital wards to the laboratory on a mission to provide patients with the best possible treatment for their illnesses....
The photographer sharing the secrets of rare manuscripts
05 July 2022When Amélie Deblauwe cycled to work on 21 June 2019 she had no idea that by lunchtime she’d be in A&E and not leave the...
Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award
30 June 2022Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5 million each for interdisciplinary...
