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Cambridge is shaping AI for everyone

07 April 2025

Explore how Cambridge is using AI for better healthcare, smarter public services and new ways of tackling climate change. Meet our community and discover how ai@cam is supporting the development of AI that works for science, citizens and society.  

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Beyond the pandemic: re-learn how to govern risk

25 Jan 2021

As the pandemic crisis has played out across the world, different governments have taken different approaches to controlling the spread of virus and...

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When Symptoms Don't Stop

22 Jan 2021

Treating those most severely affected by COVID-19 has necessarily taken priority during the pandemic. But could long COVID be the next wave of the...

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Mapping the world - one digitisation at a time

20 Jan 2021

They transport us, educate us, and inspire us but when was the last time you used a map? Explore the world of maps on the Cambridge Digital Library.

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̽»¨Ö±²¥course director forging a new pathway to higher education

18 Jan 2021

Dr Alex Pryce is the Course Director for the ̽»¨Ö±²¥â€™s new Foundation Year, which offers a pathway to higher education for disadvantaged students...

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Heritage science investment to unveil secrets of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥ collections

07 Jan 2021

̽»¨Ö±²¥ ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge has been awarded £3m from the AHRC's Capability for Collections Fund to invest in equipment and refurbishment that will...

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Digital delights, dark deeds and a date with Google

18 Dec 2020

Hot air balloon disasters, scandalous court records and a boom in digital collections all feature as we look back at some of Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥...

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̽»¨Ö±²¥volunteers who went virtual but still delivered Christmas

16 Dec 2020

When Vanessa Chuang and Olivia Taylor became student volunteers, they had no idea they’d need to re-invent their activities as a virtual programme...

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Tales from the edge of modern fertilities

15 Dec 2020

A major research project sees sociologists situated at emerging hot spots of reproductive change, investigating the new ‘haves and have-nots’ in our...

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Fire: ̽»¨Ö±²¥Great Manipulator

14 Dec 2020

Climate change is driving more frequent and intense wildfires, damaging ecosystems and causing major carbon emissions. A Cambridge researcher is...

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Surviving birth

10 Dec 2020

Researchers at one of the busiest maternity hospitals in the world aim to help more women survive complications giving birth.

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11 hip-hop artists who had something to say about mental health

09 Dec 2020

How hip hop artists are opening up about their struggles with depression and anxiety, helping reduce stigma and encouraging others to seek support.

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Beyond the pandemic: re-design our public health system

09 Dec 2020

COVID-19 has highlighted debilitating flaws in England’s public health systems decades in the making. Carol Brayne and John Clarkson from Cambridge...

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