The grateful gardener who brought Apocalypse Now to a flowerbed
23 Nov 2020He builds human-sized nests from twigs, spins circles in the garden and torches wicker men at Harvest Moon. The music-loving college gardener Peter...
Clare Shine announced as next Director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
23 Nov 2020The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership ( CISL ) has announced Clare Shine will succeed Dame Polly Courtice as its new...
Universe unravelled: Stephen Hawking Centre collaborates on new streaming series
13 Nov 2020The Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology has teamed up with Discovery on a documentary series exploring new windows on our Universe.
The student linguist who started a pro-refugee fashion revolution
09 Nov 2020Tiara Sahar Ataii has just been named Undergraduate of the Year for Impactful Social Action. She shares how her love of languages and exploration of...
Professor Chris Abell FRS, FMedSci (1957 – 2020)
27 Oct 2020The University is saddened to announce that Professor Chris Abell, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Todd-...
Cambridge academics recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
10 Oct 2020Researchers from the University of Cambridge have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, which were announced on Saturday.
Black Legacies in STEM exhibition launches today
05 Oct 2020To celebrate Black History Month 2020, an exhibition curated by Africans in STEM entitled ‘Past & Present: Black Legacies in STEM’ launches...
Cambridge takes major role in initiative to help solve UK ‘productivity puzzle’
21 Aug 2020The University is to be a key partner in a new national effort to boost British productivity, bringing together expertise to tackle questions of job...
Cambridge engineers recognised with awards for pandemic service
17 Aug 2020Two teams of Cambridge engineers have been recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering for their work during the COVID-19 pandemic with the...
Nine Cambridge researchers among this year’s Royal Society medal and award winners
04 Aug 2020A leading pioneer in the field of protein engineering, Sir Alan Fersht FMedSci FRS, has been named as the 2020 winner of the world’s oldest...
Cambridge academics elected to British Academy fellowship
27 Jul 2020Eight academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Two new initiatives to boost economic value from university research
16 Jul 2020Research England has awarded two grants, totalling £1.5 million, to support programmes working to increase the economic value and social impacts from...