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17 Jun 2013: Objects and Journeys is a new exhibition of work by artist Professor Paul Coldwell exploring Scott’s final expedition and how it might be possible to re-imagine aspects of the tragic final journey through the objects he left behind. The prints and

20 May 2013: Joanna Simpson has been appointed to the new post of Head of Environment and Energy at the University. She provides strategic direction to the University and is responsible for developing and implementing long-term plans to reduce the University’s

31 Jan 2013: Most of us have an extremely narrow view of disability. Asked what springs immediately to mind when imagining a person with a disability, most people come up with the same answers: someone using a wheel chair or a guide dog. This response neatly

18 Mar 2013: The exhibition will feature exclusive recent works, and will raise money for Syrian mothers and their families. Excavating the Present will run from 22 March to 7 April at the 6/16 Gallery in King Street, Cambridge. It combines X-ray images of the

22 May 2013: She takes up her new role on 26 June 2013 and brings with her a wealth of experience in health research – both in industry and academia. She has senior administration and project management experience and joins the Research Operations Office from

31 Jan 2013: In a cycle-savvy place such as Cambridge, many of us who can cycle to work are doing so. The 2007 University Travel Survey showed that 39 per cent of employees use a bike to get work, compared with a national average of 19 per cent of all workers.

20 Feb 2013: Mr Knox is currently Director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in London where he has been since 2005. He studied History of Art at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and was appointed Assistant Curator at the Royal Institute of British Architects

14 Mar 2013: Getting Connected: insights and opportunities for research staff will take place on 20 March in the University Centre. This is no run-of-the-mill induction event detailing the finer points of contracts, policies and benefits. Instead, attendees will

31 Jan 2013: 1) Bring a friend - or several Membership to the University Centre is free to all current University employees, students, alumni, CamCard holders and retired staff, which makes it handy to grab lunch or a drink with your co-workers. But members are

15 May 2013: The University’s Senior Academic Promotions CV Scheme will be launched at the start of July and is looking for participants. The scheme aims to address the under-representation of female academics in senior positions by encouraging and supporting

20 May 2013: Mr Taylor will retain his current position at the North West Cambridge Development, devoting approximately 25 per cent of his time to work there and 75 per cent to the Estate Management Division. He will be supported in both roles by two new posts

31 Jan 2013: If you have used one of the University’s 280 lifts recently, there is a strong chance that you got to where you were going, quickly and safely, thanks to either Lee Hilsden or Scott Herrington. Lee and Scott work as part of a small team in Estate

8 May 2013: Gathering Light, which opens tomorrow at the ArtCell Gallery in the Li Ka Shing Centre at the Cambridge Research Institute, captures the unique relationship between patient and doctor, and the hope and human spirit wrapped up in research projects.

20 Feb 2013: Dr Glover, currently Reader in Evolution and Development in the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “The Botanic Garden is a central and much-loved part of both the University and the wider community, and I am very much looking forward to working

31 Jan 2013: “Two American students called us at half-past two in the morning to ask us to remove a spider from their room.” “Several years ago, a part-time porter – who has since moved on to pastures new – put up our college flag. The only problem was

2 May 2013: X5, the new full economic cost and pricing tool for research grant applications, has been launched across the University, replacing the pFACT system, which reverts to read-only access on 1 August. It is an essential tool for the research community,

20 Feb 2013: Professor Leyser, formerly Associate Director of the Laboratory and also Professor of Plant Development at the Department of Plant Sciences, said: “This is a really exciting time to be a plant biologist. We have an impressive array of tools and

20 May 2013: The Environment and Energy Section will co-locate the currently separate Environment and Energy offices, and make a number of new appointments to support carbon reduction across the University. Led by Joanna Simpson, the team will work closely with

2 Aug 2013: Cambridge's collections are opening up for a week of family-oriented activities next week as part of Summer at the Museums. Participating University museums include the Fitzwilliam, the Polar, the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Sedgwick

20 Feb 2013: Professor Queloz said: “I am delighted to be moving to Cambridge. It is a real honour for me to join a University that has been the home and source of inspiration to so many great scientists.” Extra-solar system planets, or exoplanets, were

31 Jan 2013: The Female Tatler was in circulation for just nine months after it was started in July 1709 as a rival to its more famous male namesake. It was clearly a trailblazer for the plethora of similar, modern-day glossy publications such as Cosmopolitan

4 Mar 2013: Sigrid Fisher, Head of the Equality & Diversity section at the University, said: "As we see in the news all too often, women face challenging times professionally, economically and socially, both in

4 Oct 2013: Professor Ward was Vice Principal for Students and Staff at Royal Holloway College, where he previously served as Dean of Arts. Prior to that he was Professor of English and Head of Department at the University of Dundee before taking on the role of

25 Sep 2013: These three key aspects of global engagement – partnership, opportunity and risk – are explored in more detail in a paper approved last term by the General Board and the Council of the

16 Jul 2013: A new scheme to support the career development of research and academic staff who are going on, or have returned from, caring responsibilities has been launched. The Returning Carers Scheme offers funding to assist qualifying staff who have had a

31 Jan 2013: Keeping Jesus green Allan Moore dresses for work in a charcoal fleece with “Jesus College Groundsman” embroidered in two lines over his heart, and clean jeans and mud splattered work boots. On this day in January, the weather is windy and damp,

13 Feb 2013: A quick glance through the programme reveals some exciting highlights: Professor John Gurdon, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, will discuss his research and the future of cell replacement; Professors Andy Parker and Val

1 Feb 2013: As well as being home to a world-leading university, Cambridge can lay claim to being the UK’s capital of cycling, and in February a new velocipede arrives in the city. Looking like a cross between a gym bike and a unicycle, it should get staff

31 Jan 2013: The Newsletter regularly covers major scientific, technical and medical advances made by Cambridge researchers: results are described; methods mentioned; academics quoted; and funders name-checked. But what about the subjects – those anonymised

31 Jan 2013: Cambridge is a multifaceted, multi-layered structure that has developed organically over eight centuries. Perhaps the easiest way of understanding it is to look at the functions of the College and University, how they differ and how they overlap.

19 Dec 2013: Professor Graham Virgo has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education. He will take up position in October 2014. The Pro-Vice Chancellors support the work of the Vice-Chancellor, providing academic leadership to the University and work in

1 Feb 2013: Each morning hundreds of undergraduates pour into the Mill Lane Lecture Rooms. Many exchange a friendly smile with Ivan Waghorn, custodian of the building. None, however, are likely to be aware of the extraordinary series of events that took place

1 Feb 2013: Ulcerating lesions, botched burglaries and mysterious, blood-sucking flies – Dr Henry Disney’s passion for an order of winged insects has taken him from courtrooms to tropical rainforests, where his meticulous attention to detail has solved

28 Oct 2013: The Lady Margaret's Preachership was founded in 1504 by Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII. Since the Nineteenth Century, when the terms of the foundation were revised, the appointment has been made annually, and it is now the duty of

31 Jan 2013: Variously described as “charming”, “decorative” and “a supreme achievement in British map-making”, John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine is more than a map – it is a slice of Tudor and Jacobean life in miniature. The

1 Feb 2013: In the early mornings, during term time, the River Cam experiences its very own rush hour. Scores of rowers in dozens of eights from the more than 30 college boat clubs descend on the narrow ribbon of water that winds its way from Jesus Green to

1 Feb 2013: The frontispiece of Worthington George Smith's 1894 book The Primaeval Savage is as striking today as it must have appeared over 100 years ago. Lying on her back, knees bent to form a lap, the skeleton's head and torso are turned down and to the

12 Nov 2013: Next stop: Cambridge. So read the placards and banners when a group of transport campaigners gathered in Priory Country Park, Bedford, on a Saturday in June. Their plan was to walk the seven-and-a-half miles to the Market Square in Sandy,

31 Jan 2013: DeHigh up in a shiny glass building on the New Museums Site, materials scientist Samuel Wilberforce bends over a machine that makes small grey shapes, roughly the size of a teaspoon. He is working on the next generation of bone implant substitutes

31 Jan 2013: An example of this came in 969, when the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II was slain in his bedroom by his wife Theophano and his chief general, John Tzimiskes.

17 Jun 2013: The University of Cambridge should be open with data that relate to the recruitment, progression and retention of female academics to stimulate genuine progress on gender equality, the Vice-Chancellor said last week. “Straightforward statistics

8 Apr 2013: Professor David MacKay has been appointed Regius Professor of Engineering at the University. An eminent researcher in machine learning and information theory, and a Fellow of the Royal Society, Professor MacKay is perhaps better known to the public

18 Sep 2013: Professor Abell, who will work part time in the post and draw on the help of a small Post-Doctoral Affairs Office, will champion the cause of post-docs at Cambridge and work with a range of offices and groups to develop a coordinated network of

31 Jan 2013: Vice-Chancellor, what do you consider to be the main challenges facing Cambridge? The first thing to stress is that Cambridge is an incredibly successful institution. We are the best University academically in Europe. We are well managed financially

29 Apr 2013: This year, the University can endorse up to ten Cambridge MBA students and a further ten ‘general’ endorsements – from either other graduates or postdoctoral workers. ... To be eligible for general endorsement, applicants must have a Bachelor,

31 Jan 2013: Perhaps if you’re a butler, having a locked cupboard in your office which opens up to reveal a hidden staircase is par for the course. In the case of Sara Rhodes, that staircase leads into the Trinity Hall Fellows’ wine cellar. Keeping track of

28 Mar 2013: Staff and students are being asked how they would invest £50,000 to help the University make savings in energy use. Last month people and teams in departments, Colleges and other University institutions were inspired by Switch Off Week, turning off

1 Feb 2013: 1908. It was the year that bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their deaths in Bolivia, Baden-Powell set up the Boy Scout movement and the first Model T rolled off Henry Ford’s production line in Detroit, Michigan. Less well known,

24 Apr 2013: The University will confer honorary doctorates at the Congregation at 2.45pm on Tuesday, 18 June 2013, at which the Chancellor, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, will preside. The distinguished individuals the University is expecting to honour are: Doctor

31 Jan 2013: A mid-August afternoon at the University Accommodation Service and staff are coping admirably with a relentless stream of enquiries. No sooner has one call been answered than another takes its place. The front door is opening and closing pretty