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It has been a busy year for the ̽»¨Ö±²¥; here we look back at just some of the major developments and highlights that have kept Cambridge in the headlines:

Construction Work has begun on a permanent home for the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies (LCHES) at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

School/college students thinking about applying for 2005 entry to Cambridge (or deferred entry in 2006) are welcome to come along to one of the many open days and information days taking place this month.

Francis Crick's entrance into the Eagle pub in Cambridge on February 28, 1953 has gone down as one of the most famous moments in history. "We've discovered the secret of life," the co-discoverer of the DNA 'double helix' is reputed to have told his stunned colleagues.

Ten members of staff from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge have been recognised for their excellence in teaching at the annual Pilkington Teaching Prizes.

Four new Pro-Vice-Chancellors have been appointed to work with Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Anthony Minson and Professor Alison Richard, the Vice-Chancellor of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.

Two British scientists are to share the 2002 Nobel prize for medicine. It is the second year in a row that the prize has been awarded for research which began at Cambridge.

John Barton, playwright and distinguished director with the Royal Shakespeare Company, is returning to Cambridge for the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Alumni Weekend, to give the English Faculty's session on 'Text and Performance'.

Supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts will be under discussion this week at a conference to celebrate the contribution of Professor Sir Martin Rees, Britain's Astronomer Royal, to the field of theoretical astrophysics.

Today (Monday 24 June 2002) the Chancellor of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, conferred honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony in the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Senate House.