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Dr Emily Grossman, Sir Jonathan Porritt, Tyson Yunkaporta

Cambridge Zero launches first climate festival

06 Nov 2020

Cambridge researchers offer sneak peek of blueprint for green future as part of free week-long climate festival.

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Happyshield face shield

Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase impact and engagement during the pandemic

05 Oct 2020

Academics, students and professional members of staff from across the University have been recognised in this year’s Vice-Chancellor’s Research...

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Unexpected experiences: Lucy Spokes talks about the excitement of a newly digital Festival

29 Jul 2020

Head of Public Engagement, Dr Lucinda Spokes, describes the difficult decision to pull the plug on the 26th Cambridge Science Festival in March this...

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Bookings open for the 26th Cambridge Science Festival

10 Feb 2020

Bookings for the 2020 Cambridge Science Festival open today (10th February) with a huge array of events and scientists at the forefront of...

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Discovering a world of languages

21 Oct 2019

A Cambridge-led team seeks to revitalise languages in the UK with a series of interactive pop-up exhibitions and an online game designed to set...

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Hay Festival

Fake news, black holes and AI: Cambridge academics to speak at Hay Festival

26 Mar 2019

Nineteen academics from a wide range of disciplines will take part in this year’s Cambridge Series of talks at the Hay Festival, one of the most...

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Dmitri Mendeleev and his periodic table

Exhibition marks the 150th anniversary of the periodic table

11 Mar 2019

Original printed copies of the periodic table are going on public display at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge , in an exhibition to celebrate the...

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Vice-Chancellor’s awards showcase Cambridge researchers' public engagement and societal impact

09 Jul 2018

The first major repository of legal practices for mediators and conflict parties to draw on when negotiating peace has won the top prize in this year...

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Cambridge LIFE LAB project wins place in Europe’s largest public science event

11 Jun 2018

Five Cambridge science institutions have won a bid to engage the local region with science as part of European Researchers Night, the largest public...

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Vice-Chancellor’s awards recognise the difference researchers make to society

13 Jul 2017

An open source, 3D-printable microscope that forms the cornerstone of rapid, automated water testing kits for use in low and middle-income countries...

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Exercise Plays Vital Role Maintaining Brain Health (edited)

Cambridge BRAINFest 2017 kicks off a weekend celebrating the wonders of the brain

23 Jun 2017

Cambridge today (23 June) begins a three-day celebration of the wonders of the brain, with talks, hands-on activities and a ‘secret cinema’ – all...

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Brexit: people are angry but looking for compromise, research finds

22 May 2017

Researchers engaged with people across the East of England and found anxiety and resentment, as well as a broad consensus that the UK should remain...

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