Cambridge student wins Keats-Shelley Prize
25 October 2005A Cambridge postgraduate student has been awarded the 2005 Keats-Shelley Prize for excellence in writing on Romantic themes.
Trafalgar Day: Franco-British student summit
21 October 2005On the bicentenary of the battle of Trafalgar, students from British and French universities will meet to promote Franco-British cooperation and the global competitiveness of British and French universities.
Travelling passions
21 October 2005Gisli Palson, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Iceland will be giving the 2005 Stefansson Memorial Lecture, “Travelling Passions: The Life and Legacy of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Artic Explorer" tonight (1 November) at 6 pm at the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Whittle Laboratory Scholarship established
21 October 2005The Whittle Laboratory, based at the Department of Engineering, has received a fund of £410,000 from Professor John Denton for the benefit of postgraduate students working in the Laboratory. The funds, received by the University via Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd. (CUTS), were raised from the sale of software created by Professor Denton.
Say goodbye to standby
18 October 2005The University is joining organisations across Cambridgeshire today by asking staff to switch off, to help save money and the environment.
Two Wolfson celebrations
18 October 2005A lunch was held yesterday to mark a double celebration: 50 years ago the Wolfson Foundation was founded; 40 years ago Wolfson College was founded.
Organic electronics grant
18 October 2005The University of Cambridge has been awarded a £3 million grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for research into molecular and polymeric semiconductors.
Preparing for avian influenza
18 October 2005There will be a one-day meeting, 'Infectious Disease Dynamics', at the University of Cambridge on October 26.
Outstanding Contribution to Community
17 October 2005The Cambridge Science Festival has been shortlisted for an award for 'Outstanding Contribution to the Local Community' by The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).
