Success for leading Cambridge post doc
12 July 2012Dr Claire Spottiswoode, of the Behavioural Ecology Group in the Department of Zoology, has won a L’Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowship for Women in Science
All the fun of the lab
11 July 2012Last Saturday saw hundreds of children and adults streaming through the rain-swept entrance of the University of Cambridge’s Fun Lab marquee on Parker’s Piece in the heart of the city.
Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society awards
10 July 2012The researchers are recognised for 'the excellence of their work and the profound implications their findings have had for others'.
Inter-faith summer schools train future leaders in art of “intelligent disagreement”
09 July 2012Emerging religious leaders from around the world have arrived in Cambridge for a programme which aims to build understanding between faiths and teach them to “live well with disagreement”.
Must Farm excavation wins British Archaeological Awards
09 July 2012The work by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit at Must Farm won best archaeological project and best archaeological discovery at the 2012 British Archaeological Awards.
Filmed behind bars
07 July 2012For thousands of people in Britain, prison is a grim reality. For the rest of us, it holds a fascination that is all too often simply prurient. Jason Warr, a PhD student at Cambridge University who has served a custodial sentence himself, offers a critique of television documentaries filmed behind bars.
University volunteers to carry Olympic torch
06 July 2012Three members of the University who have excelled in volunteering activity: Ed Roberts, Catherine Potterton and Mark Fliegauf, will be among the Torchbearers when the Olympic flame arrives in Cambridge this weekend.
Hidden narratives of torture
05 July 2012Allegations of torture by government officials are emerging daily from countries caught up in the struggle for democracy. Derek Elliott, a researcher in Cambridge's Faculty of History, is looking at governmental torture and violence in colonial India and has uncovered surprising links with modern states.
The prebound effect
03 July 2012Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. The study has implications for national energy-saving policies and the economic viability of thermal retrofit programmes.
Millennium Mathematics Project celebrates London 2012
02 July 2012How many medals might the UK win in the 2012 Games? Does the host country have an advantage? Can you help a heptathlete plan her training programme? How does the geometry of the Velodrome contribute to speed? What is the perfect shape for a football?
