The recent redevelopment of the ADC Theatre has been awarded a Local Authority Building Control Building Excellence Award for ‘Best Technical Design and Construction in the East Anglia region’. The award was presented this week at a gala dinner at the University Arms Hotel.
The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, was in Cambridge this week to preside over a ceremony to admit recent major donors to the University into the Cambridge Guild of Benefactors.
Cambridge will be home to a new research laboratory for the study of plant development, thanks to the largest single gift received by the University since the launch of the 800th Anniversary Campaign.
For the second year running, Cambridge has received a First for its environmental performance in the People Planet Green Universities League Table.
Work on the new roof-top extension at the Department of Plant Sciences, on the Downing Site in central Cambridge, has reached an exciting stage, as the highest point of the building has been completed.
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