Women in STEM: Stepheni Uh
24 October 2019Stepheni Uh is a PhD candidate in the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her...
The plant scientist with a practical vision for Africa (and who wasn’t content to sit and drink tea).
17 October 2019Carol Nkechi Ibe discovered the hard way what it’s like to be bright and educated, and yet feel like you know almost nothing. The life...
Women in STEM: Emma Glennon
17 October 2019Emma Glennon is a PhD candidate in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Here, she tells us about her research on...
Women in STEM: Amelia Drew
10 October 2019Amelia Drew is a PhD candidate in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. Here, she tells us about dark matter, being the only...
The student working to make education accessible to everyone
08 October 2019Final-year chemist Shadab Ahmed reflects on his sabbatical year as CUSU Access and Funding Officer, the importance of role models, and how increasing diversity within universities...
Professor Didier Queloz wins 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for first discovery of an exoplanet
08 October 2019Queloz jointly wins the 2019 Physics Nobel for his work on the first confirmation of an exoplanet – a planet that orbits a star other...
Women in STEM: Dr Helen Williams
03 October 2019Dr Helen Williams is a Reader in Cambridge's Department of Earth Sciences and a Fellow of Jesus College. Here, she tells us about using rocks...
Women in STEM: Dr Alexis Braun
26 September 2019Dr Alexis Braun is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Genetics. Here, she tells us about the importance of mentors, how her research might...
The unschooled anthropologist working with Q'eqchi' weavers
24 September 2019Living for ten months with Q’eqchi’ weavers in the Alta Verapaz of Guatemala, PhD student Callie Vandewiele watched and listened as the women crafted their...
Women in STEM: Sheen Gurrib
19 September 2019Sheen Gurrib is a PhD candidate in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, where she is researching ways to improve chronic lower back pain....