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Four Cambridge researchers recognised in the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes
09 Sep 2021Four University of Cambridge researchers – Professors Shankar Balasubramanian, David Klenerman, Suchitra Sebastian and Jack Thorne – have been...
STEM SMART widening participation pilot will provide additional learning for hundreds of state school A-level students
01 Sep 2021The University of Cambridge aims to support hundreds of UK state school students through their A-levels with enhanced learning, encouragement and...
Female scientists lead Cambridge success in Royal Society awards 2021
24 Aug 2021Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell has become only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Copley Medal, the world’s oldest...
Cambridge researcher named as Turing AI World-Leading Researcher Fellow
30 Jul 2021Five internationally-recognised researchers, including Cambridge’s Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, have been appointed as the first Turing AI World-...
West Cambridge Innovation District will create new destination quarter and ‘put the science on show’
29 Jul 2021The city’s West Cambridge site will be transformed into a dynamic Innovation District, connecting world-class researchers with world-class businesses...
Formula 1 engineering scholarship announced
13 Jul 2021Formula 1 is to fund an undergraduate student from an underrepresented background to study for an engineering degree at the University of Cambridge...
Trinity Challenge announces inaugural winners
25 Jun 2021The Trinity Challenge has announced the winners of its inaugural competition, and is investing a £5.7 million (US$8 million) charitable pledged prize...
Cambridge researcher named one of Top 50 Women in Engineering
23 Jun 2021Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan from Cambridge’s Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy has been named one of the top 50 Women in Engineering 2021 by...
Professor Clare Grey awarded €1 million Körber Prize
22 Jun 2021The Körber European Science Prize 2021, worth one million euros, is to be awarded to University of Cambridge chemist Professor Clare Grey, one of the...
How mass testing helped limit the spread of COVID-19 at the University of Cambridge
01 Jun 2021A combination of testing programmes for staff and students, infection control measures and genomic surveillance helped reduce the number of cases of...
University’s expertise advises on West Cambridge Site trial of self-driving shuttle
27 May 2021Professor John Miles from the Department of Engineering has been guiding a project looking at out-of-hours travel from city centres and employment...
Cambridge researchers awarded the Millennium Technology Prize
18 May 2021British duo Professor Shankar Balasubramanian and Professor David Klenerman have been awarded the Millennium Technology Prize for their development...