The impulsive brain
31 May 2001Is a bird in the hand worth two in the bush? The tendency to choose instant gratification rather than wait for a larger reward is linked to drug addiction, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and anti-social behaviour.
BP fuels research
29 May 2001Opening of the new BP Institute at the University of Cambridge
International award for pregnancy research
18 May 2001Oxygen supply may be the key to miscarriage and pre-eclampsia
Rising to the challenge
17 May 2001The University is helping local groups to make a difference to their community.
New Fellowship to investigate Venice flooding
16 May 2001A new Research Fellowship has been established to examine the threat that flooding poses to the City of Venice. Whilst areas of Britain are now facing regular floods, and climate change is leading to higher rates of coastal erosion, Venice faces a far starker threat to its future with flooding now a regular and destructive feature of life in Venice.
US Supreme Court Justice gives inaugural lecture
15 May 2001The Hon Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will visit the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge on Tuesday 15 May, 2001 to present the inaugural lecture in the Sir David Williams Lecture Series.
The Novel in 2001 English Faculty lecture
14 May 20015.00pm, Thursday 17 May 2001 Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Site, Cambridge
