British Academy elects Cambridge researchers to Fellowship
18 July 2024Six academics from the 探花直播 of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
Six academics from the 探花直播 of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
A grammatical problem which has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th Century BC has finally been solved by an Indian PhD student at Cambridge. Rishi Rajpopat made the breakthrough by decoding a rule taught by 鈥渢he father of linguistics鈥 P膩峁噄ni.
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Twelve 探花直播 of Cambridge researchers have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe鈥檚 premier research funding body. Their work is set to provide new insights into many subjects, such as how to deal with vast scales of data in a statistically聽robust way, the development of energy-efficient materials for a zero-carbon world, and the development of new treatments for degenerative disease and cancer.聽Cambridge has the most grant winners of any UK institution, and the second-most winners overall.
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Tiara Sahar Ataii has just been named聽Undergraduate of the Year for Impactful Social Action. She shares how her love of languages and exploration of her Iranian roots took her on unexpected paths, and led her to found a charity using fashion to fund legal aid for refugees.
Eight academics from the 探花直播 of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social sciences.
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