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21 Oct 2019: How we will communicate with you:. Information on immigration, research funding, mobility and other key issues is available on the University’s Brexit webpages, which includes all the latest information about

14 May 2019: Professor Sadaf Farooqi of the Institute of Metabolic Science will receive the prestigious award at the 79th Scientific Sessions of the ADA in San Francisco, California in June.

26 Mar 2019: Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, appointed Master of Fitzwilliam College Fitzwilliam College has appointed Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, as the College's next Master, from 1 October 2019, to succeed Professor Nicky Padfield.

7 May 2019: The University’s application included an extensive action plan, which will guide its work on gender equality over the next four years. This plan is fully integrated with other work to support staff that the University is undertaking under its

5 Jul 2019: Professor Ulinka Rublack, Early Modern European History specialist and a Fellow of St John’s College, wrote The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Defence of his Mother about Katharina ... Rublack’s book about the pair has now scooped the

7 May 2019: Dr Nédélec brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience in cell and developmental biology with a multidisciplinary background in mathematics, physics and biology, combining theoretical and experimental investigations to exploring cell

3 Jul 2019: Anthony Odgers (University Chief Financial Officer) spoke about the work of the Joint Expert Panel (JEP), which was set up by UCU and UUK to review the USS valuation methodology.

30 May 2019: Professor Trevor Robbins has been awarded the 2019 British Psychological Society Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychological Knowledge.

5 Sep 2019: Dr Pryce joined the University of Cambridge this week to lead preparations for the Transition Year pilot programme which aims to provide talented students from a background of educational disadvantage with teaching, support and guidance to raise

5 Mar 2019: Staff and students keen to keep up to date with developments within the higher education sector can do so courtesy of a new institutional subscription to the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. The University has signed a three-year deal that

6 Jan 2019: Umar Sadat (Christ's College, 2008), currently a Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, has been made Hunterian Professor 2019 by the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

2 Dec 2019: Saskia’s warm disposition and extraordinary intellectual creativity was combined with a strong belief that people who have committed criminal offences should have opportunities for rehabilitation. Though she completed her MPhil in Criminology in

2 Oct 2019: Ángel studied International Relations at El Colegio de México, in Mexico City, before moving to Cambridge as a postgraduate student. He completed a PhD in History at Emmanuel College, under the supervision of Professor Peter Burke, after which he

10 Jan 2019: Responding to news of the award Professor Paluch said: “I am absolutely delighted to be this year’s UK Blavatnik Awards Laureate in Life Sciences.

1 Apr 2019: For the first time in the history of the University, certain student support units have been brought together under one roof to provide a more efficient and centralised service. Approximately 250 staff will co-locate in the new space on the New

19 Nov 2019: Esteemed Mechanical engineer, Dame Ann Dowling OM DBE FREng FRS has been rewarded for her outstanding contribution to the engineering profession, with an Honorary Fellowship from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

8 Aug 2019: We are lucky to have her.”. The Fund has distributed on average about £75 million annually over the last 10 years to help support the University in its mission to contribute

10 Oct 2019: The University of Cambridge is one of a group of twenty UK universities that has struck a landmark deal to buy £50m of renewable energy from windfarms, providing a stepping stone towards zero carbon. The group of universities has joined forces to

22 Mar 2019: Samer Kurdi, a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, has been selected to participate in the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting later this year.

9 Jul 2019: However, from what complainants have told us about how fair the procedure seems to them, we know that this change will have a significant effect.".

24 Apr 2019: The CIMR is one of the flagship non-clinical research facilities on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. It brings together clinicians and non-clinical researchers in a mutually productive partnership, using cell biology to understand the cellular basis

27 Mar 2019: I love science communication and care very deeply about the way science is represented in schools. ... about plant science.

23 Oct 2019: about race, and identify and challenge racism whenever they encounter it.

25 Apr 2019: Professor Judith Driscoll from the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy has been awarded a Chair in Emerging Technologies by the Royal Academy of Engineering

31 May 2019: This is an update about the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). It was sent directly to USS members at the University on Friday 31 May via the USS e-bulletin.

14 Feb 2019: Professor Steve Jackson, of the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute at the University of Cambridge, has been selected to receive the 2019 Léopold Griffuel Award in Translational and Clinical Research.

27 Jun 2019: This year’s prizewinners demonstrate an impressive array of achievements, including developing innovative courses from scratch, incorporating the latest research into undergraduate teaching, pioneering the creative use of technology to support

2 Jul 2019: science.”. Dr James Keeler, Head of the Department of Chemistry, says: “Matt's election to the 1702 Chair is great news for the Department and consolidates our strong position in synthetic

25 Jul 2019: We are committed to keeping staff in the USS pension scheme informed about changes to the scheme and the progress of the ongoing 2018 valuation. ... As we expect further news about the completion of this valuation to emerge over the coming weeks, while

4 Dec 2019: Umar Sadat (Christ's College, 2008), currently a Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery at Addenbrooke's Hospital, delivered the Hunterian Lecture at the Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

21 Jun 2019: The University of Cambridge has submitted its views on the USS valuation methodology to the Joint Expert Panel (JEP), whose second call for submissions closed last week. Read the University’s submission The JEP was set up by Universities UK (UUK)

21 Mar 2019: The 2019 MERAC Prize for the Best Early Career Researcher in Theoretical Astrophysics is awarded to Dr Nikku Madhusudhan from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy.

15 Nov 2019: Speaking about the award, Professor Eilís Ferran, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Institutional and International Relations, said: “We are encouraged that the University’s work on race and racism has been acknowledged ... We are optimistic about the

19 Dec 2019: Writing almost four centuries ago, the poet John Donne declared: “Any man’s death diminishes me/ Because I am involved in mankind.” The unspeakably tragic loss of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt in the recent London Bridge attack, during which

22 Nov 2019: The Grand Prix was awarded for the creation of an interactive web platform called 'History Radar 1938', which relays the Nazi annexation of Austria as a 24 hour news stream.

14 Oct 2019: He also spoke in detail about UCU’s position in the USS dispute, and why the union was balloting members on strike action. ... Anthony Odgers, the University’s Chief Financial Officer and UUK-appointed member of the USS Joint Negotiating Committee,

4 Sep 2019: Professor Jonathan Heeney, head of the Lab of Viral Zoonotics, Department of Veterinary Medicine has been awarded a $2 million Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Flu Lab.

15 May 2019: Read more about the UDF here >>. Applications were received from a wide range of applicants including students, academics and professional staff, based in a wide variety of Departments and Non-School ... The Equality and Diversity Section look forward to

1 Feb 2019: If you would like to find out more about the help, support and reporting options available to staff and also students at the University in case of experiencing and/or witnessing

21 Jan 2019: Dr MacGinnis co-won the award for the publication of his book 'Ziyaret Tepe: Exploring the Anatolian Frontier of the Assyrian Empire' (2018).

30 Nov 2019: As part of its commitment to creating accessible and inclusive environments, the University of Cambridge has worked in collaboration with AccessAble to produce detailed information on accessibility across the University estate for students, staff

7 May 2019: Managers and leaders are invited to a launch event in July to find out more about the aims and scope of the programme.

30 Nov 2019: Dear colleagues, Today marks the start of eight days of industrial action at Cambridge over pay and pensions. This will be a difficult time for many at the University, including those members of staff who have chosen to strike, and students who are

1 Dec 2019: On Thursday 28 November at the Times Higher Education Awards in London, Professor Dame Athene Donald, physicist and Master of Churchill College, was awarded the Times Higher Education Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of her enduring and

8 Aug 2019: What is it like to make history and hit the news headlines as part of your Cambridge working day? ... But it reminds us what a huge issue climate change is, and gives us a salutary caution about what is happening to our environment.”.