No more feeling crabby
13 June 2008A leaflet providing advice to crabbers on how best to care for their catch has been produced by students at Cambridge’s Department of Zoology.
Plan to conserve forests may be detrimental to other ecosystems
12 June 2008Conserving biodiversity must be considered when developing plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, researchers warn in today’s edition of Science. Scientists support plan but urge initiatives to protect biodiversity.
Pilkington Prizes honour teaching excellence
12 June 2008Eleven of the University of Cambridge’s finest teachers were honoured at a reception last night (11 June).
Fine piece of Sèvres to leave Fitzwilliam’s collection
12 June 2008A fine piece of eighteenth century porcelain – a distinctive Sèvres seau crennelé (monteith) – will be returned by the Fitzwilliam Museum to private ownership after an announcement by the Spoliation Advisory Panel.
The magnificent Seven - student prank perpetrators reunited at Caius
09 June 2008The perpetrators of the most famous student prank of all time came back to Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, last weekend, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their magnificent achievement.
Self-healing, bullet proof and extra strong structures
09 June 2008Recently developed strong materials, such as self-healing composites, are the central theme of a Cambridge conference featuring some of the biggest names in materials science.
Cambridge students go back to school to raise pupils’ aspirations
09 June 2008Over the next few weeks dozens of Cambridge students will be visiting state schools and colleges in their home areas to talk to pupils about higher education and about applying to Cambridge in particular.
Blues braced for Twenty20 challenge
06 June 2008The first ever Varsity Twenty20 match and a chance to play against 11 living legends of world cricket could present Cambridge’s cricketers with two of their sternest tests of the season over the coming days.
Plant yourself at Botanic Garden this Sunday
06 June 2008Some of the region’s foremost gardening experts will be on hand for a green-fingered gathering at Cambridge University’s Botanic Garden on June 8.
Rare portraits capture real Cambridge at work
06 June 2008A photographic exhibition which offers an unprecedented glimpse of life at Cambridge University as it approaches its 800th anniversary is to open at the Fitzwilliam Museum.
