Cambridge appoints first female ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Librarian
26 January 2009Mrs Anne Jarvis (Murray) has been appointed ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Librarian at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library – the first female to hold the post in its 650 year history.
Mrs Anne Jarvis (Murray) has been appointed ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Librarian at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ Library – the first female to hold the post in its 650 year history.
Research at Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Autism Research Centre (ARC) has found that exposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb is related to the development of autistic traits.
̽»¨Ö±²¥incoming US administration needs to prioritise maths and science education in order to confront the problems of climate change, according to a newly arrived Gates scholar.
As James Bond embarks on his 22nd big-screen outing in ̽»¨Ö±²¥Quantum Of Solace, the question of whether or not he ever went to Cambridge remains something of a mystery.
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Their Royal Highnesses Prince William and Prince Harry were in Cambridge on Tuesday and Wednesday (28 and 29 October) to attend a two-day seminar on the social and ecological challenges facing society.
Some computers can play chess, some can even fool people into thinking they are talking to another person but can a computer see as we see. This will be one topic covered in a lecture to be held in Cambridge this week.
One of the world’s most widely-acclaimed anthropologists will be presenting this year’s Frazer lecture on Friday (October 31), examining the relevance and role of anthropology in modern society.
One of the country’s leading Islamic art historians Professor Robert Hillenbrand will be giving this year’s Slade lectures, organised by the Department of the History of Art at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge.
̽»¨Ö±²¥endowment of a prestigious chair in the Department of East Asian Studies has been marked by a landmark public lecture at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, now available to view online.
Professor John Thoday FRS, who died in 2008 aged 91, was Professor and Head of the Department of Genetics from 1959 to 1983.