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Returned ‘Tree of Life’ notebooks go on display

08 Jul 2022

‘Darwin in Conversation’ reveals how the famed naturalist’s global network of correspondents shaped his ideas around the evolution of life on planet...

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Cambridge researchers elected as members of European Molecular Biology Organisation

06 Jul 2022

Five Cambridge researchers join the community of more than 1,900 leading life scientists in Europe and beyond today as the European Molecular Biology...

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The photographer sharing the secrets of rare manuscripts

05 Jul 2022

When Amélie Deblauwe cycled to work on 21 June 2019 she had no idea that by lunchtime she’d be in A&E and not leave the hospital for five weeks...

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'The most unhelpful myth about Cambridge? That it's unreachable' - classicist Sarah on applying as a first-generation student

04 Jul 2022

Sarah Anderson studied at an academy school in Peterborough, and now supports students from similar backgrounds through outreach and access...

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Suchitra Sebastian

Professor Suchitra Sebastian to receive the Schmidt Science Polymaths Award

30 Jun 2022

Cambridge physicist Professor Suchitra Sebastian to join group of ten recently tenured professors named to Polymath Program, awarded up to $2.5...

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50 Years and Counting - leading academics reunite half a century after meeting at Cambridge

30 Jun 2022

Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr, Professor Wole Soyinka and Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah discussed five decades of societal change and friendship at...

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Cambridge commended for communication of research

28 Jun 2022

"Creative, resourceful and innovative" approaches to communicating research have been recognised with four international CASE Circle of Excellence...

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Chance to find out more about pioneering Cambridge Maths School at open days

27 Jun 2022

School students from across the East of England will find out more about the new Cambridge Maths School at a series of open day events in July.

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Cambridge University launches package of support for displaced Ukrainian students and academics

27 Jun 2022

Comprehensive new support package will help those who have been forced to leave Ukraine or are unable to return, as well as those who have remained.

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From l to r: Prof Louis Gates Jr, Dr Ali Smith, Dr Judith Weir, Prof Sir John Walker, Prof Sir Roger Penrose, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Prof Stephen Toope, Prof Wole Soyinka, Prof Sir Simon Schama, Prof Kwame Appiah, Prof Elizabeth Robertson, Prof Edith Heard

Cambridge confers 2022 honorary degrees

22 Jun 2022

Bright sunshine beamed down on the distinguished ten guests who gathered to receive an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge on 22 June...

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Senate House and the Old Schools

Cambridge second in influential world university rankings

09 Jun 2022

The University of Cambridge has moved up to second place in the QS World University Rankings, the highest rated institution in the UK.

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Professor Stephen J Toope, Vice-Chancellor

Vice-Chancellor warns of 'brain drain' sparked by EU row, during annual Kate Pretty Lecture

09 Jun 2022

Professor Stephen J Toope, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has expressed fears that a continued stand-off between the UK and EU will...

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