A show at the Fitzwilliam Museum featuring the work of contemporary British artists Michael Landy and George Shaw explores the places in between town and country where nature takes a hold on no man's land and weeds find niches in the concrete.
The President of Cambridge University Women’s Boat Club, Isabel Boanas-Evans, has been awarded the annual Osprey of the Year trophy in what has been recognised as one of the most memorable years in women’s rowing at Cambridge.
By investigating the existence of an unusual four-stranded structure of DNA in human cells, scientists have opened the door to novel cancer therapeutics and a new era for personalised medicine.
The University launched its new Strategic Initiative in Language Sciences at a special one-day conference at Newnham College on 12 May, attended by over 90 delegates.
Sociologists Sridhar Venkatapuram and David Stuckler discuss how tensions within society are slowing down the process of combating disease worldwide.
A lecture tomorrow by Professor Hung Wu is a rare opportunity to hear an eminent Chinese scholar talk about the ways in which the country’s artists have responded to huge social and political change over the last 40 years.
Significant numbers of social tenants in rural areas may have to move away from their friends and communities because of changes to housing benefit criteria, a report reveals today.
Population-based interventions for tackling unhealthy diet and physical inactivity could save millions of lives. An ambitious research programme is providing evidence for how best to deliver the goal.
Despite recent dramatic reductions in cot death rates in the UK, and the development of sophisticated screening for Down’s syndrome, preventing stillbirth is proving tougher to tackle. Now, a major study under way at Cambridge could change all that.
Protein highlights ‘ideal mechanism’ for development of new therapies to fight obesity.
A conference exploring Chinese perspectives of the Middle East and the Islamic world, at a time when China’s interest in the region is growing, will take place in Beijing later this week.
Event launches initiative to promote low carbon procurement.
The Reverend Professor Paul Fiddes, of the University of Oxford, will preach the University Sermon in Great St Mary's, the University Church, on Sunday 6 May, at 11.15 a.m.
Construction work has begun on the site of the £16 million Phase One of the long-awaited Cambridge Sports Centre at West Cambridge.
Maria McElroy is Schools Liaison Officer for Queens' College. As part of Cambridge University’s Area Links scheme, each college is responsible for developing good relationships with local schools in particular areas. One of Queens' College’s link areas is Kent and Medway. This is Maria’s diary of a recent JCR tour.
A Ukrainian steel factory and a BP chemical works in Yorkshire provided the inspiration for a series of artworks on display in Cambridge University Library’s Entrance Hall.
An intimate conversation with Professor Mick Aston is the focus of this year’s Personal Histories Project on Thursday, 26 April.
A debut feature film by a Clare College alumna is showing at the Arts Picturehouse on Tuesday 24 April and again the following evening.
Artists who can visualise mankind’s dreams and nightmares could see their work showcased by the University of Cambridge.
A distinguished Canadian academic has been elected to the Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies at the University of Cambridge for the next academic year.
