Stories from the people that make Cambridge University unique.
The graduate student rewriting Deaf histories and disability histories
When Kirstie Stage was diagnosed with hearing loss, she realised that the experiences of Deaf and disabled people were missing from the history books. Kirstie is determined to bring these narratives to the fore.
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The researcher analysing far-right rhetoric on Facebook
16 Apr 2026 Raphael Hernandes, a PhD student at Cambridge Digital Humanities and Selwyn College, is a researcher and data journalist specialising in AI...
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The curator reframing our experiences of art
17 May 2024 “Art doesn’t need to be in an elaborate frame on the wall of a gallery,” says Harriet Loffler, curator of The Women’s Art Collection at Murray Edwards...
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The cosmologist solving questions at the boundary of our understanding
13 Nov 2023 Hiranya Peiris is Cambridge’s new Professor of Astrophysics (1909). She discusses being inspired by Stephen Hawking, the unknown space before you...
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The artist who made ink from Newton's Apple Tree
16 Oct 2023 Nabil Ali is discovering the natural colours hidden within the berries, blooms and bark found in the Cambridge University Botanic Garden – including...
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The Crimean Tatar who wants freedom for Ukraine to sing again
18 May 2023 Displaced journalist and scholar Elmaz Asan arrived in Cambridge from Ukraine in October 2022. She sees her research as a chance to fight back against...
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The poetry scholar, the Black Atlantic and the Trembling Hand
13 Mar 2023 Mathelinda Nabugodi investigates the impact of colonialism and the slave trade on Romantic poets. Her research has taken her into the archives with...
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The Classicist who wants the ancient world to have a radical future
22 Feb 2023 Mary Beard says the Greeks and Romans have more to say about modern society than we might think. A new set of films, aimed at teenagers whose schools...
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The naturalist with autism named on the 2023 New Year Honours
30 Jan 2023 Dara McAnulty is an award-winning author and environmental campaigner. In December 2022 he was awarded a BEM for services to nature and the autistic...
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The therapist encouraging students to reach out
07 Nov 2022 Christopher Haylock, Head of the University Counselling Service (UCS), is transforming the service to ensure it provides the best possible support to...
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