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12 May 2016: Nikku Madhusudhan (Institute of Astronomy) has been given the Bappu Gold Medal for contributions to astronomy and astrophysics by a young scientist.

13 Nov 2016: Dr Meritxell Huch, Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, has been awarded a Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence 2015-2016 for her work on liver disorders.

24 May 2016: The Higher Education and Research Bill (HER Bill) is the first higher education-dedicated legislation to be laid before Parliament since the Higher Education Act 2004. The Bill’s guiding principles and objectives are explained in the

4 Jul 2016: He will manage the new interdisciplinary research centre, announced in December, which will bring together computer scientists, philosophers, and social scientists to examine the technical, practical and philosophical questions artificial

20 Sep 2016: Dr Andy Harter, Fellow of St Edmund’s College and the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, has been awarded the Faraday Medal, the most prestigious award of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

27 Jun 2016: Andy Martin, Lecturer in the Department of French and author of 'Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of "Make Me"', has been awarded a Norman Mailer Nonfiction Fellowship.

17 Jul 2016: Rashmi Becker, PHD Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry is recognised for her 'Outstanding Contribution to Innovation' at the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards.

6 Nov 2016: Dr Siddharth Saxena has been recognised for his role in the preservation of ethnic and cultural traditions of the people of Central Asia and assistance in establishing international cultural cooperation.

29 Sep 2016: The Royal Society has announced the appointment of 44 new University Research Fellows for 2016, including four academics from the University of Cambridge.

8 Jan 2016: of cosmic magnetic fields, limits on the time variation of physical constants, and extensions of General Relativity. ... Professor Barrow has been indefatigable in his passion to demonstrate the importance of science within the general culture of mankind.

8 Sep 2016: The news has been reported by the New York Times and Associated Press.

10 Mar 2016: Professor Jane Stapleton FBA will become the 38th Master in September, succeeding Professor Frank Kelly CBE FRS, who has been Master since December 2006. Professor Stapleton is a distinguished academic lawyer who currently holds posts at the

7 Oct 2016: Barak Kushner, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Cambridge, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 John K. Fairbank Prize for his book Men to Devils, Devils to Men: Japanese War Crimes and Chinese Justice (Harvard

13 Sep 2016: Professor Andy Neely, Head of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Manufacturing, Founding Director of the Cambridge Service Alliance and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, has been awarded the Achievement Medal (Viscount Nuffield Silver Medal)

1 Jun 2016: Following on from their success in the annual Nursing Times Awards, the Cambridge BioResource Nursing Team are now about to have an article published in the Nursing Times.

1 Oct 2016: In his seventh and final address to the University of Cambridge, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, emphasised the University’s key role at the centre of a global community of scholars. “The collegiate nature of the

18 Nov 2016: Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz. “It has been almost five months since we woke up to the news that a majority of the British electorate had voted in favour of

11 Oct 2016: Dr Frederick Baker and Dr Christopher Chippindale are among the winners of this year's European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards.

14 Aug 2016: A history of science book has been highly commended for the 2016 DeLong Book History Prize, awarded by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP).

6 Apr 2016: Pro-Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and was formerly Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. ... Educated at the Universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Oxford (Oriel College), Iain Torrance entered ordained ministry in

13 Jun 2016: Scientists at the University of Cambridge are to explore how India can provide a high-quality multilingual education system to primary school pupils. A research project led by Professor Ianthi Tsimpli will measure 1,600 children's language, literacy

28 Sep 2016: Search site. For staff. Study by Cambridge medical student awarded 'Royal College of General Practitioners Paper of the Year 2016'. ... The team used data from the English General Practice Patient Survey (2012), including 195,364 people who

28 Oct 2016: Dr Paul Schofield, from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, is awarded the Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative prize.

12 Apr 2016: Search site. For staff. Getting started: information for new staff. 12 April 2016. 2024 University of Cambridge.

19 Dec 2016: Individual and team winners for this year’s UAS Employee Recognition Scheme were announced at an awards ceremony last week.

16 Feb 2016: Dedicated to modern and contemporary art, the gallery’s first exhibition is Generation Painting 1955-65: British Art from the Collection of Sir Alan Bowness. A former Director of the Tate Gallery, Bowness is an alumnus of Downing and his

20 Jan 2016: On hearing the news, Jackson said "It is a great honour to receive the 2016 King Faisal International Prize for Science.

5 May 2016: The Ramsden Sermon takes place in the University Church, Great St Mary’s, at 11.15am, and focuses on Church extension overseas, especially within the Commonwealth of Nations. It will be delivered by Dr Bill Musk who, until retirement in 2015, was

26 Jan 2016: PDN researcher Dr Erica Watson has been awarded the Lister Institute Research Prize for her promising work in transgenerational epigenetic effects of folate metabolism.

20 Apr 2016: Robin Kirkpatrick, Emeritus Professor of Italian and English Literature, has taught in the Department of Italian and the Faculty of English since 1978. After an undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, he subsequently completed his PhD at

6 May 2016: Two members of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience have received commendations for their work in teaching during the CUSU Teaching Awards 2016.

8 Sep 2016: Curated by Cinthia Willaman, a Cambridge PhD student in Art History, and part of an ongoing project by artist Gyunel Rustamova, the free exhibition will feature pieces that reflect on topics of social importance - such as climate change, domestic

24 Mar 2016: Responding to the news of the prize, he said, “I feel honoured to receive with the Colworth Medal which I accept this on behalf of my amazing students and many senior

3 Mar 2016: The agreement allows more than 10,000 members of staff to download Office 365 ProPlus – a package of popular programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher and Outlook – to their personal devices. The applications can be

8 Feb 2016: The Hulsean Sermon, to be preached on 'The Truth and Excellence of Revealed Religion, or the Evidence of Christianity', originates in the will of John Hulse, of St John's College, who died in 1790. Werner Jeanrond has been Master of St Benet's Hall

7 Jun 2016: Rashmi Becker, PhD researcher at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge has been shortlisted as a finalist for the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards in the Making a Difference Category.

23 Feb 2016: Celebrations began earlier this month when Cambridge’s e-Luminate Festival let visitors see the library’s iconic 17-storey tower in a whole new light. This will be followed by Lines of Thought: Discoveries that Changed the World, the first

17 Sep 2016: Professor Bernard Fingleton, Director of Research in the Department of Land Economy, was awarded the EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science at the 56th European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress in Vienna, Austria.

24 Jun 2016: You will be aware of the referendum result in favour of leaving the European Union, and I appreciate that this is likely to be of concern to many within the University. Many staff and students will have specific questions about how this affects them

5 Sep 2016: Professor Andrea Brand FMedSci FRS and Professor David Klenerman FMedSCi FRS have been awarded Royal Society Research Professorships.

12 Apr 2016: Geneticists and historians, lecturers and librarians, staff from departments and tutors from Colleges all rubbed shoulders yesterday at the University’s inaugural Teaching Forum. The forum – a new annual event – has been designed to provide a

12 Sep 2016: Prathiba M Singh Scholarship awarded in India.

8 Jan 2016: Professor Slater began his term as Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Regional Affairs on Friday. He is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, and was previously Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering

28 Apr 2016: The Department of Chemistry received a silver Athena SWAN award while the Department of Pathology and Department of Earth Sciences both received bronze.

29 Jun 2016: Managed by Whippet, the service – called Universal - will be the first to directly link the West Cambridge site to the railway station, with an additional stop at the North West Cambridge Development planned for early next year. Staff will

5 Sep 2016: A programme to empower mid-career female scientists from India brought 23 delegates to visit the labs and lecture halls of Cambridge this week.  Female scientists from across India applied to take part in the programme, with the first 23 staying at

28 Jun 2016: New and innovative plans to enhance Cambridge’s already outstanding teaching and learning were laid out at last week’s open meeting for administrative staff. Speaking just before Friday’s historic referendum result, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for

1 Dec 2016: University Information Services (UIS) is launching a programme of improvements this month after surveying members of the Unified Administrative Service about the service they receive. One of the greatest strengths highlighted by the survey – which

9 Nov 2016: A summary of the previous open meeting, which took place in June, is available in the staff news section.

13 Jan 2016: 47 members of staff were recognised for reaching the milestone this year, providing a combined total of 1,175 years of service to the University. Representatives from across the academic schools, the University Library, Botanic Garden and several