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Major new policy school at Cambridge set to advance ‘good growth’

03 March 2025

The Bennett School of Public Policy opens this autumn, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy problems of our time: implementing AI and revitalising post-industrial regions. 

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Duygu with her coral tanks

The coral whisperer

25 Feb 2025

Duygu Sevilgen has built a coral lab in the basement of an old Zoology building. Here, 10 experimental tanks host multicoloured miniature forests...

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The tale of the tomb of Thutmose II

24 Feb 2025

Cambridge University's Dr Judith Bunbury is Deputy Mission Director of the archaeological project in the Theban Mountain area that found the lost...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Estherina Trachtenberg

24 Feb 2025

Estherina Trachtenberg is a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and is currently working...

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Can ancient dead languages save today's endangered languages? A tale of identity and visibility

24 Feb 2025

The world is facing a language crisis. Of its c.7,000 languages, Glottolog estimates that only 35% are safe - the rest are at varying stages of being...

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The new Varsity Blues: meet two of Cambridge's rugby stars

19 Feb 2025

Meet two of Cambridge's newest rugby stars, ready to take on Oxford in this year's Varsity showdown at Stone X Stadium on Saturday 8 March.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Viren Swami

13 Feb 2025

On Valentine’s Day, find out more about love from Professor Viren Swami, one of the world’s leading experts in the psychology of romantic attraction.

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Bird on a wire on a solar farm

Birdlife soars on nature-friendly solar farms

13 Feb 2025

Birds across Eastern England's arable landscapes are thriving on solar farms managed with nature in mind.

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Cambridge researcher aims to unlock new dementia treatments with nationwide blood test trial

13 Feb 2025

A simple blood test is being rolled out across the UK as part of a new study to detect early signs of dementia decades before it develops and help...

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The art of partnerships

12 Feb 2025

Tammy Dougan on why it's so important that universities work with industry to get fundamental science out of the lab and into the real world.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mireia Crispin

12 Feb 2025

Dr Mireia Crispin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and leads a research group focusing on the...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Matt Bothwell

12 Feb 2025

Dr Matthew Bothwell is an astrophysicist, science communicator and author, and the current Public Astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Tim Minshall

12 Feb 2025

Professor Tim Minshall is the inaugural Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation at the University of Cambridge, Head of the Institute for...

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