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2 Jun 2015: The Royal Geographical Society's Gill Memorial Award has been presented to Dr Charlotte Lemanski for early career achievement in the field of urban geography.

20 Oct 2015: Judith Lieu, Fellow of Robinson College and Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity since 2007, will be the Lady Margaret's preacher at the commemoration and will preach the University Sermon on 'We can hardly guess at what is on earth, and what is at

11 Sep 2015: Dr Alexandra Turchyn remembers when the email announcing the new Returning Carers Scheme (RCS) dropped into her inbox. For Professor Jeremy Sanders, who piloted the scheme in 2012, it was designed to improve the gender balance of academic staff by

9 Mar 2015: Professor Ian McFarland has been appointed Regius Professor of Divinity. Professor McFarland’s research focuses on Christology, theological anthropology and the doctrine of creation. His interests also include the use of the Bible in theology, the

8 Apr 2015: They include the first Scholars from Guatemala, Albania and the Dominican Republic. Competition for the Scholarships is fierce. The 54 successful candidates were selected from a total pool of 3,535 applicants on the basis of their intellectual

11 Jun 2015: The 2014-2015 Green Impact award ceremony was held last night (June 10) to recognise the achievements from teams across the University.

2 Mar 2015: The default method of voting in ballots of the Regent House is now online, having come into effect on 1 January, 2015. Regents should also note that voting closes today (2 March, 2015) at 5pm to elect a member of the Council - the first online b

21 Jul 2015: A number of teams in the UAS will be moving to Greenwich House at the end of the 2015 calendar year. The areas affected are: Estate Management; Research Operations; the Pensions Office; Personal and Professional Development; Recruitment and

17 Mar 2015: Professor Sharon Peacock has been appointed as the first Director of the Bloomsbury Research Institute, a partnership between the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and UCL dedicated to addressing the global challenge of infectious disease.

23 Jun 2015: Professor Gilbert Lonzarich of the Physics department has been selected for the 2015 Kamerlingh Onnes prize, in recognition of his 'visionary experiments concerning the emergence of superconductivity for strongly renormalized quasiparticles at the

28 May 2015: Staff and students are being encouraged to help shape the future of the University Travel Plan, which is due to be updated later this year. Travel is a key part of the new Environmental Sustainability Vision, Policy and Strategy approved by Council

28 Jul 2015: It’s a bright spring morning when I meet Barbara and Roger Goodden at the café in the Fitzwilliam Museum. They’ve agreed to speak to me about Portals to the World, an art appreciation course for people with dementia and their care partners.

15 Dec 2015: Cambridge's world-class research in archaeology was recognised twice at this year's Shanghai Archaeology Forum.

12 Oct 2015: Dr Sophie Van Der Zee moved to Cambridge in 2013 as a postdoc in the Computer Laboratory’s Security Group, where her research involves online deception. “I found a beautiful and affordable place to live on Craigslist,” she said. “Although

2 Feb 2015: The accounts of the University. • The annual report of the Council (including the annual report of the General Board to the Council). •

27 Feb 2015: Professor Tim Whitmarsh wins a Charles Goodwin Order of Merit for Beyond the Second Sophistic: Adventures in Greek Postclassicism.

10 Nov 2015: In addition to helping Colleges and Institutions hire out their buildings to external businesses, the Conference Cambridge team regularly help University staff find venues for their own events. They are currently reviewing their services to ensure

2 Oct 2015: They may be mythical beasts, but a flock of new gargoyles on the roof of Gonville & Caius College in Cambridge are well and truly corporeal. In an attempt to ensure the replacement stone creatures survive the weathering that occasionally made their

8 Jul 2015: Professor Lorraine K Tyler, Department of Psychology, has been awarded her second Advanced Investigator Award by the European Research Council.

19 Jan 2015: Members of USS can read the details of the proposed reforms by clicking on USS News and Publications in the Further Links section.

28 Apr 2015: Land Economy student wins Rolls-Royce sponsored award.

20 Oct 2015: For news and updates on University travel, sign up to the Greenlines newsletter by emailing environment@admin.cam.ac.uk.

16 Oct 2015: It’s October and the new academic year brings with it an influx of new PhD students. Among them this year are five PhD students from Ghana, Nigeria, Niger and South Africa, and Cambridge-Africa’s project manager Dr Pauline Essah is delighted.

13 Nov 2015: Sarah Ormrod, Director of International Programmes, is setting up a network for creative staff to share ideas and run joint art exhibitions in the University. The group will be open to all University staff who create artwork as a hobby and not as

18 Jun 2015: Dr Hugh Hunt, Reader in the Department of Engineering, has been awarded the 2015 Royal Academy of Engineering Rooke Award for outstanding contributions to the public promotion of engineering.

15 Oct 2015: The campaign officially launched in October with a range of events. Cambridge was transformed with banners and posters featuring the campaign’s theme, ‘Dear World… Yours, Cambridge’ and passengers stepping off the train at the city’s

20 Jul 2015: Professor Ben Simons, Affiliated Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute in Cambridge has been awarded the Royal Society’s Gabor Medal 2015, in recognition of his “work analysing stem cell lineages in development,

11 Mar 2015: Staff who are members of the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) will have been aware for some time of the discussions that have taken place between Universities UK and the University and College Union concerning potential changes to the

8 Mar 2015: Angela Breitenbach has been awarded the first CRASSH Pro Futura Scientia Fellowship.

8 Jun 2015: The effect of poor sleep on work and home life is just one of the topics tackled in the upcoming People Matter Week. The series of events is designed to reflect the University’s duty of care to its staff and there are a whole host of ways to get

20 May 2015: The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has announced the election of 58 new Members, including three academics from the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

18 May 2015: The Ramsden Sermon, which takes place in Great St Mary’s, the University Church, at 11.15am on 24 May, focuses on Church extension overseas, especially within the Commonwealth of Nations. Mr O’Mahony studied at the School of Oriental and

13 May 2015: Cell-death mechanism presentation clinches victory for pathology student.

24 Feb 2015: The University of Cambridge has been awarded Fairtrade status after it signed up to source ethically and sustainably produced goods. With more than half a million hot drinks served to students and staff a year the University catering service wanted

27 Feb 2015: Plans to transform Cambridge University’s Museum of Zoology have received another major boost following the award of £200,000 from the Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

15 Dec 2015: The G K Batchelor Prize for 2016 is awarded to Professor Raymond E. Goldstein FRS, Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics and Fellow of Churchill College.

29 Apr 2015: The ESSC will be a joint committee of the University Council and General Board, with a membership that includes the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Regional Affairs, a member of

20 Jan 2015: Twelve inspirational academics honoured for the outstanding quality and approach to their teaching.

13 Apr 2015: Dr Pryce is Bishop's Adviser for Clergy Continuing Ministerial Education in the Diocese of Birmingham and an Honorary Canon of the Cathedral. An undergraduate at the University of Sussex, he trained for ordination at Westcott House and the United

20 Jan 2015: Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly awarded K-J Zülch Prize.

8 Oct 2015: As as well equipment at Cambridge, the database provides access to 237 facilities across its partner institutions at Oxford, Imperial College London, UCL and Southampton, and the project is linked to the National Equipment Portal, which holds

3 Feb 2015: Department of Chemistry researchers win NERC International and Overall Impact Prizes.

2 Feb 2015: A new scheme aimed at helping reduce waste and help staff find a home for “spare stuff” is up and running. WARPit is an online marketplace to help redistribute resources legally and conveniently within the University for free. It is designed to

13 May 2015: Student union thanks staff for supporting students and enhancing the educational experience

30 Jan 2015: Members of USS can read the details of the proposed reforms by clicking on USS News and Publications section in the Further Links section.

11 Oct 2015: A graduate of the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen, Jeremy Begbie is an Associate of the Royal College of Music, a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music and a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music. Currently an Affiliated Lecturer in

2 Nov 2015: Andra Adams (Computer Laboratory) wins the 'Transforming Society' category at the 2015 UK ICT Pioneers awards.

2 Apr 2015: More than 20 tonnes of e-waste was collected at an annual recycling event in Cambridge as university staff, local residents, businesses, colleges and students came out in force to recycle their broken or unwanted electrical items. The annual e-waste

10 Mar 2015: Dr Gilly Carr, Senior Lecturer and Academic Director in Archaeology at the Institute of Continuing Education, and Principal Investigator on the grant, has been awarded a British Academy grant in collaboration with Professor Marek Jasinski of the

26 Nov 2015: The following is a summary of the key points from the Comprehensive Spending Review affecting the University and the higher education sector. Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratories On top of the £6.9bn science capital commitment, £75 million will be