A taste of early modern medicine
18 July 2014Historic recipe books and physicians’ manuals featuring home-made cures from the 17th century have gone on display to the public for the first time, as part...
High-quality traffic-free routes encourage more walking and cycling
17 July 2014New study finds overall physical activity is increased by proximity to routes.
How people power saved Bloomsbury from destruction
17 July 2014The story of how ‘one of the last villages in London’ was saved from demolition to make way for the British Library is the subject...
Women’s professional self-identity impacts on childcare balance, but not men’s
17 July 2014Research shows that a mother’s self-identity impacts on the amount of time her partner spends on childcare – with strong professional identity in women creating...
Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and the books that made the father of anatomy
17 July 2014Born 500 years ago, Andreas Vesalius has iconic status in the history of science. Cambridge University Library holds several copies of the remarkable books that...
Males and females with autism show an extreme of the typical male mind
16 July 2014The largest ever psychological study of sex differences in adults with autism has found that both males and females with autism on average show an...
On not forgetting Nadine Gordimer
16 July 2014In this article, originally posted on the CRASSH website, Graham Riach – a PhD candidate in the English Faculty working on South African literature –...
British Academy welcomes new Fellows
16 July 2014Five Cambridge academics have been welcomed into the Fellowship of the British Academy.
Cambridge academics honoured in South Wales ceremony
15 July 2014The Vice-Chancellor is among those to receive Honorary award.
Lifetime achievement award for Dr Richard Hickman
14 July 2014International recognition for contribution to education through art.