Millennium Celebrations
21 Dec 1999The University has played a major part in making the arrival of the new Millennium in Cambridge a night to remember.
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Law Faculty Open Day
20 Dec 1999On Saturday 8 January there will be a rare opportunity to visit the University's Law Faculty Building and to speak with the architects responsible for its creation.
Human Genetics Commission Announced
20 Dec 1999Two Cambridge academics have been included in the government's list of appointments to the new Human Genetics Commission. Professor Martin Richards is Director of the University's Centre for Family Research and Professor Bruce Ponder is Head of the Department of Oncology.
Lowest Drop Out Rates for Cambridge
03 Dec 1999The first complete survey of student completion and background published by HEFCE shows that Cambridge University has the lowest drop-out rate of all Universities at 1%. The benchmark set by the Government for drop-out projections was 6%, and Cambridge's closest statistically valid comparison, Oxford University, also achieved a low drop-out of 2%.
Exploding Gases Delight School Children
30 Nov 1999Cambridge Chemist Dr Peter Wothers took an explosive look at gases in a lecture to mark National Chemistry Week.
Story-Teller Talks of Story-Telling
24 Nov 1999The writer and critic, Dame Antonia Byatt DBE, gave a lecture on modern European story-telling to a University audience this week.
Comments on the Cambridge-MIT Institute from Politicians and Business Leaders
23 Nov 1999Prime Minister Tony Blair commented, in answer to a question in the House of Commons, "The venture between MIT and Cambridge University is immensely exciting."
Cambridge-MIT Partnership Launched
23 Nov 1999A ground-breaking partnership was announced between the University of Cambridge and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Monday, 8 November.
Information on Tackling Meningitis at Cambridge
22 Nov 1999If you are a first year student and did not have the vaccination then you should visit your doctor. Overseas students should register with a local doctor and have the vaccination as soon as possible.
Cambridge-MIT Partnership Speeches
08 Nov 1999Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, made this speech following the announcement of the partnership by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
