Bridge the Gap
09 September 2005A record 2,400 walkers turned out for this year’s Bridge the Gap walk yesterday, raising at least £40,000 whilst enjoying a leisurely stroll through eight Cambridge Colleges.
Zambia’s first president to open conference marking 40 years since UDI
08 September 2005Dr Kenneth Kaunda, first President of Zambia, is to open a conference at the University of Cambridge marking the 40th anniversary of the Rhodesian unilateral declaration of independence (UDI).
A national portrait
07 September 2005A painting of a Cambridge academic is among recent acquisitions by the National Portrait Gallery.
More Room at the UL
01 September 2005A six million pound extension to the University Library’s storage facilities comes on line this Autumn.
"God bears me a grudge"
26 August 2005A forgotten diary has revealed some previously unseen sides to Winston Churchill’s personality.
Real Madagascar
26 August 2005If a talking zebra, giraffe and hippo seemed strange in the animated movie ’‘Madagascar’, then the real life furry inhabitants of the island in the Indian Ocean will seem truly bizarre.
Top SET - AWAITING DETAILS OF OTHER SHORTLISTED STUDENTS
23 August 2005A University of Cambridge student has reached the final of the Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Students of the Year Civil Engineering Award. DO NOT USE THIS STORY BEFORE CHECKING WITH ALEXANDRA BIODE OF SET AWARDS WHETHER WE HAVE STUDENTS SHORTLISTED IN OTHER CATEGORIES AS WELL. (ALEX IS ON 020 7464 8581.)
Dementia in England and Wales
19 August 2005Improved health and mortality are not likely to guard against the risk of developing dementia, according to a recent study by Professor Carol Brayne from the University of Cambridge and Dr Fiona Matthews of the MRC Biostatistics Unit in Cambridge.
Fitzwilliam Painting short-listed for the Greatest Painting in Britain
18 August 2005‘The Last of England’, painted by Ford Madox Brown and housed at the Fitzwilliam Museum has been short-listed in a poll by BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and the National Gallery to find the Greatest Painting in Britain.
Engineers discover blue phase
18 August 2005Researchers at the University’s Department of Engineering have discovered a class of blue-phase liquid crystals that remain stable over a wide range: from 16 to 60 degrees.
