Trinity Music Director to lead City of London Sinfonia
30 November 2009Stephen Layton, Director of Music of Trinity College, has been appointed Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia.
Dealing with the Results of Climate Change
27 November 2009Climate change is already having a dramatic effect on the way people live their lives, particularly in developing countries. Extreme weather shocks and altered seasonal patterns are fundamentally changing how communities access food and water and make their living.
Light, music, action for the University’s 800th Anniversary
27 November 2009The Senate House will open its doors to the public for an exclusive performance to celebrate the University’s 800th Anniversary this weekend (4th and 5th December).
Captain Scott’s last journal to appear as daily Twitter and blog
27 November 2009Cambridge University’s Scott Polar Research Institute has begun blogging and Twittering the daily journal entries made by Captain Scott during his final expedition, ninety-nine years on from the date of the original entry.
Historic “Pole of Peace” deal gives vision for Earth’s future
27 November 200950 years after the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, organisers of a major international conference believe it could now provide lessons for managing climate change
Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary comes to New York
27 November 2009Its medieval streets may seem a lifetime away from midtown Manhattan, but the University of Cambridge will light up New York City this week to celebrate its unique part in shaping America’s past, present and future.
Portfolio companies come out on top at iawards
25 November 2009Two Cambridge Enterprise portfolio companies were winners at the iawards held at the National Science Museum in London.
The Mike Majerus Fund
24 November 2009A Grant Scheme is to be launched by the Amateur Entomologists’ Society (AES) in memory of the late Professor Mike Majerus, Professor of Evolution at the Department of Genetics, and AES President 2005-2009.
A new Regius Professor for the University
23 November 2009Cambridge has a new Regius Professor, after Her Majesty The Queen conferred the royal title on the University’s existing Professorship of Botany during a ceremony in the Senate-House on Thursday.
A Royal Opening at West Cambridge
23 November 2009The Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has officially opened the Institute for Manufacturing’s new home, The Alan Reece Building.
