Funding boost for infrastructure research at Cambridge
30 November 2015Two new funding initiatives at the University of Cambridge will support the UK’s infrastructure and cities.
Opinion: Six amazing dinosaur discoveries that changed the world
30 November 2015David Norman (Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences) discusses the fossil discoveries that really made a difference to science.
Opinion: The man with no plot: how I watched Lee Child write a Jack Reacher novel
30 November 2015Andy Martin (Department of French) discusses the year he spent sitting behind author Lee Child as he wrote the latest Jack Reacher novel.
Opinion: What your musical taste says about your personality
30 November 2015David Greenberg (Department of Psychology) discusses how musical preferences are linked to thinking styles.
Churchill Papers added to UNESCO’s list of the world’s greatest cultural treasures
30 November 2015Winston Churchill’s vast archive – including his wartime speeches, letters to Stalin and three US Presidents – has been added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register.
Opinion: How tasty forest foods can help solve the global hunger crisis
27 November 2015Dr Bhaskar Vira (Department of Geography) is co-editor of the open access book Forests and Food, which will be launched at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris next month. Writing in The Conversation, Dr Vira explains the importance of the world's forests in protecting global food security.
Reformation ‘recycling’ may have saved rare painting from destruction
27 November 2015A rare medieval painting depicting Judas’ betrayal of Christ may have survived destruction at the hands of 16th century iconoclasts after being ‘recycled’ to list the Ten Commandments instead.
Cambridge Judge Business School celebrates 25th anniversary with new Simon Sainsbury Centre
26 November 2015Groundbreaking for Cambridge Judge Business School expansion caps 25th anniversary year that included focus on women in business and entrepreneurship.
How to escape a black hole
26 November 2015An international team of astrophysicists, including researchers from the University of Cambridge, has observed a new way for gas to escape the gravitational pull of a supermassive black hole.
Major institutions across the county declare their support for diversity by taking the Equality Pledge
26 November 2015The new Equality Pledge is being supported by the University, local councils, health services and emergency services.
