Ski team tests technique in wind tunnel
The Markham wind tunnel in Cambridge University's Engineering Department played host to a number of British competitive skiers who came along to help in the development of a new piece of aerodynamic testing equipment.
Tenth anniversary for charity catering course at St John’s College
An innovative collaboration between St John’s College and a local charity for people with learning disabilities celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Cambridge scientists receive Royal Society awards
The Royal Society, the UK’s independent academy for science, has announced the recipients of its 2012 Awards, Medals and Prize Lectures. The scientists receive the awards in recognition of their achievements in a wide variety of fields of research – the uniting factor is the excellence of their work and the profound implications their findings have had for others working in their relevant fields…
Inter-faith summer schools train future leaders in art of 'intelligent disagreement'
Emerging religious leaders from around the world have arrived in Cambridge for a programme which aims to build understanding between faiths and teach them to “live well with disagreement”.
A Soviet Design for Life
A unique tour through the Soviet century – via one woman’s extraordinary collection of books, propaganda posters, ration coupons and even cigarette packets – is the focus of a new exhibition now open to the public.
Particle consistent with Higgs Boson found
Andy Parker, Professor of High Energy Physics at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory, sheds light on yesterday’s announcement and ‘what next’.
Cookery meets new technology
Two second year undergraduates have combined their passions for food and design to produce an innovative multi-touch summer recipe book for the iPad
The prebound effect
Many homes with poor energy efficiency are actually consuming far less energy than predicted, new research has found. The study has implications for national energy-saving policies and the economic viability of thermal retrofit programmes.
New light shed on explosive solar activity
The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The discovery is one more step towards understanding the origins of extreme space storms, which can destroy satellite communications and damage power grids on Earth.
Cambridge scientist appointed inaugural Jubilee Professor of the Indian Academy of Sciences
The Indian Academy of Sciences has appointed Professor Ashok Venkitaraman from the University of Cambridge as its first Jubilee Professor in 2012.
Pilkington Prizes recognise outstanding teaching
Twelve of the University of Cambridge’s very best teaching talents have been honoured at the annual Pilkington Prizes awards ceremony.
Welcome to Bastion: warzone ethnography with the combat surgeons
A Cambridge academic was given unprecedented access to the military hospital at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, to study the teamwork of the combat surgeons. The unique photographs he took reveal the realities of life and death in the operating theatre of modern war.
Charting gender’s “incomplete revolution”
A major investigation into gender equality across Europe expresses “deep concern” about the prospects for further closing the gender-pay gap, and finds evidence for the survival of “male breadwinner” ideals. At the same time, it also reveals that men are happier when doing their fair share of housework.
Judge team to advise on Togo’s development
A team of Cambridge alumni led by Sir Paul Judge will help to prepare a framework for the development of Togo over the next 10-20 years.
Recently retired VP of research at General Motors to give the Kelly Lecture
Dr Alan Taub, recently retired VP of research at General Motors, will give the Fourteenth Kelly Lecture at 5.30pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre as part of the Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, tomorrow (Wednesday 27 June 2012). Dr Taub will speak on "Materials challenges for a sustainable automotive industry"
New publication champions Cambridge philanthropy
The Philanthropist, a new magazine just published by the University of Cambridge, celebrates the impact of philanthropy across the University and Colleges and includes stories and articles that bring its benefits to life.
New manufacturing innovations unveiled at student Design Show
Eleven innovative design projects were on display at Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing to mark the end of a year-long project.
Out-of-the-box learning
A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an inclusive learning environment - driven by a shared belief in teachers’ power to enhance every child’s capacity to learn.
Cambridge awards Honorary Degrees 2012
Eight distinguished individuals were awarded Honorary Doctorates, the highest honour that the University can bestow, by the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge at a congregation in the Senate House yesterday (Thurs).
A problem shared
A new study has highlighted untapped potential within the shared ownership schemes designed to help first-time buyers.
Travelling slowly
Cambridge academic Dr Robert Macfarlane’s new book – The Old Ways– is a remarkable excursion into the many-layered landscape of life and literature with countless stopping points along the route.
Candid camera
After years of being overlooked as a film genre, amateur cinema is finally being recognised by academics as a form that merits serious study in its own right, offering a surprisingly candid eye on people and the past. Now a new research network will, for the first time, bring their work together in one place.
A European Britain or a British Europe?
Britain does not need to become more European, but Europe should become more British, a leading academic told a debate in the Cambridge series at the Hay Festival last week.
How much does cybercrime cost?
The first systematic study of the cost of cybercrime recommends that society should spend less on antivirus software and more on policing the internet.
Cambridge academics listed in Queen’s Birthday Honours
This year’s Birthday Honours list includes four academics from the University of Cambridge. Professor Richard Evans and Professor Timothy Gowers are knighted, while Professor Mary Jacobus and Professor David Newbery will receive CBEs.