University news

Men’s VIIIs “Scylla” en route to victory

Cambridge rowers vie for place in The Boat Race 2025

17 Dec 2024

The Cambridge contenders for The Boat Race 2025 have become clearer after a thrilling day of action on the Thames.

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Zahra Joya on the cover of TIME magazine

Afghan journalist and TIME magazine woman of the year joins Cambridge college

11 Dec 2024

Zahra Joya, an Afghan journalist and one of TIME magazine's Women of the Year 2022, has been appointed By-Fellow at Hughes Hall.

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A silicon chip with the EU flag printed on it

Cambridge to trial cutting-edge semiconductor technologies for wider use in major European project

10 Dec 2024

The University of Cambridge is one of two UK participants named as part of the PIXEurope consortium, a collaboration between research organisations...

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100 million Cambridge English exams taken since 1913

Marking a milestone in English language exams

02 Dec 2024

100 million Cambridge English exams and tests have been taken around the world since 1913, according to figures from Cambridge University Press...

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Professor Colin Renfrew, Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn

Professor Lord Colin Renfrew – 1937-2024

25 Nov 2024

Professor Cyprian Broodbank remembers Professor Lord Colin Renfrew, founding Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and...

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Hannah Fry.

Award-winning broadcaster Hannah Fry joins Cambridge as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics

22 Nov 2024

Professor Hannah Fry, mathematician, best-selling author, award-winning science presenter and host of popular podcasts and television shows, will...

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A marathon runner celebrates the moment he crosses the marathon finish line

‘Manifest’ is Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year

20 Nov 2024

The controversial global trend of manifesting has driven Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024.

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Spread the word!

18 Nov 2024

Dr Mark Wormald helps launch Elemental Poetry Cambridge – a new project to get the city writing.

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Image of a forest

New long-term collaboration with Suzano begins with a £10 million donation to support conservation and sustainability education and research

15 Nov 2024

Suzano, one the world’s largest producers of bio-based raw materials, based in São Paulo, Brazil, establishes a long-term initiative with Jesus...

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Oxford Presidents Tom Mackintosh and Annie Anezakis challenge Cambridge Presidents Luca Ferraro and Lucy Havard

Presidents' Challenge marks start of 2025 Boat Race season

15 Nov 2024

The countdown to the 2025 Boat Race is officially underway, with the annual Presidents’ Challenge ushering in another season of competition between...

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New PhD funding programme launched

11 Nov 2024

Trinity College and the University of Cambridge’s new £48 million programme enabling fully-funded PhDs has been launched.

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Celebrating an outstanding fundraising achievement

07 Nov 2024

Six years after launching its ambitious target of raising £500 million to support students the University of Cambridge has surpassed this major...

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