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Vice-Chancellor’s awards recognise the difference researchers make to society

13 Jul 2017

An open source, 3D-printable microscope that forms the cornerstone of rapid, automated water testing kits for use in low and middle-income countries...

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Exercise Plays Vital Role Maintaining Brain Health (edited)

Cambridge BRAINFest 2017 kicks off a weekend celebrating the wonders of the brain

23 Jun 2017

Cambridge today (23 June) begins a three-day celebration of the wonders of the brain, with talks, hands-on activities and a ‘secret cinema’ – all...

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Brexit: people are angry but looking for compromise, research finds

22 May 2017

Researchers engaged with people across the East of England and found anxiety and resentment, as well as a broad consensus that the UK should remain...

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Dr Ruth Armstrong and Dr Amy Ludlow receive their award from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

Winners announced in the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards and Public Engagement with Research Awards

21 Jun 2016

Researchers from across the University have been recognised for the impact of their work on society, and engagement with research in the inaugural...

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Circuit city

Artificial intelligence and rise of the machines: Cambridge Science Festival 2016

21 Jan 2016

The annual two-week Festival, which runs from 7 – 20 March and stages more than 300 events, examines the growing interaction between humans and...

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Thought-provoking debates on contested identities lead Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014

08 Jul 2014

Cyberbullying, climate conspiracies, gender politics and how to teach history are just a few of the important and contentious topics covered in this...

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Pupitls from Jack Hunt School

Inspiring ideas: the original love/hate relationship

11 Oct 2013

A fourteen-word poem from Roman times inspired local school pupils to compose some dazzling haiku about their current lives and loves in an Inspiring...

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Public Engagement team help adults and children make their own 'fossils'

Fun Lab: a big hit at The Big Weekend!

11 Jul 2013

On a blisteringly hot Saturday, hundreds of people poured through the University of Cambridge Fun Lab marquee at The Big Weekend on Parker’s Piece

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Activity at the Festival of Ideas

Crossing frontiers at Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2013

04 Jul 2013

Do rappers make better lyricists than poets? Is there an alternative to austerity? Is Europe in terminal decline? What is the impact of conspiracy...

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Carbon nanotubes furnace

Science on show at Royal Society

28 Jun 2013

Cambridge academics to participate in Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition

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Cambridge Station. Tim Minshall argues that often people only encounter the idea of engineering when there are works and delays.

Engineering the Future

18 Jun 2013

The UK needs to recruit more bright, young engineers - but what do young people really think engineering involves? Tim Minshall decided to find out...

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Piano on Jesus Green

Tinkling in the streets

22 Oct 2012

A city-wide public art installation of fifteen painted pianos will be placed on Cambridge streets for two weeks, as part of the University’s Festival...

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