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Major new policy school at Cambridge set to advance ‘good growth’

03 March 2025

The Bennett School of Public Policy opens this autumn, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy problems of our time: implementing AI and revitalising post-industrial regions. 

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Paul Bays

11 Mar 2025

Paul Bays is a Professor of Computation and Cognition in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. He investigates the nature of...

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Clare Bryant in her lab

When inflammation goes too far

11 Mar 2025

Clare Bryant, Professor of Innate Immunity, is a molecular detective. Clare allows us to see how inflammation functions across species, and when our...

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The Cambridge men's team celebrate their victory.

Cambridge men’s rugby team achieve the 3-peat in a day of mixed fortunes at The Varsity Matches

10 Mar 2025

Cambridge University experienced a day of 2 halves at The Varsity Matches on Saturday 8 March, with the men’s team securing a thrilling 35-28 victory...

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Cambridge Festival celebrates pioneering women for International Women’s Day

07 Mar 2025

For International Women’s Day (8 March), the Cambridge Festival (19 March – 4 April) is celebrating some of the remarkable contributions of women...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Professor Hiranya Peiris

06 Mar 2025

Hiranya Peiris holds the Professorship of Astronomy (1909) at Cambridge, the first woman to do so in the 115-year history of this prestigious chair...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Charlotte Andrew

06 Mar 2025

Charlotte Andrew is a PhD student in the Insect Biomechanics Group in the Department of Zoology. Her research explores the mechanical implications of...

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Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge

27 Feb 2025

The premiere of Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge will take place on 28 March from 6.30pm and...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr James Sunderland

27 Feb 2025

Dr James Sunderland is a Research Fellow at the Woolf Institute working on the 'How to continue talking' project. His work aims to explore how...

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Young artists take centre stage at Kettle's Yard

26 Feb 2025

Kettle’s Yard is showcasing the creativity and vision of Cambridge’s young artists with its new exhibition, Paint What Matters! Art by Children...

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Duygu with her coral tanks

The coral whisperer

25 Feb 2025

Duygu Sevilgen has built a coral lab in the basement of an old Zoology building. Here, 10 experimental tanks host multicoloured miniature forests...

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The tale of the tomb of Thutmose II

24 Feb 2025

Cambridge University's Dr Judith Bunbury is Deputy Mission Director of the archaeological project in the Theban Mountain area that found the lost...

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Estherina Trachtenberg

24 Feb 2025

Estherina Trachtenberg is a Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and is currently working...

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