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23 Oct 2000: Scientists at the University's Institute of Astronomy are involved in two major space missions, one to chart the origins and future of the Milky Way and

27 Apr 2000: Margaret Atwood is a distinguished writer, poet and literary critic, and the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. Renowned Canadian author and critic

17 Aug 2000: Information for students holding an offer at a Cambridge College. If you are holding a conditional offer of a place at a Cambridge College, and have the grades

29 Nov 2000: Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has been presented with Royal Academy of Engineering's highest award, the Prince

10 Jul 2000: This Friday 14 July, the university's Department of Engineering will celebrate its 125th anniversary. Detail from publicity material celebrating the event:

7 Jun 2000: Sir Alan Battersby, Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, is the joint recipient of the 2000 Welch Award, presented annually

16 Jun 2000: Art and science will be brought together in a unique fashion exhibition opening on 19 June at the university's Museum of Zoology. The exhibition aims to

15 Aug 2000: Since 1998, a multi-national archaeological project has been investigating the Iron Age hill-top settlement of Monte Polizzo, in Western Sicily. Part of the

14 Jul 2000: At 11:00am on Saturday 15 July, staff of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences will lead a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum's facilities. Work experience

18 May 2000: A new exhibition has recently opened at the university's Museum of Classical Archaeology. Called What have the Greeks and Romans ever Done for Us? it runs

6 Apr 2000: Image from a three-dimensional animation of an interaction between a drug (yellow molecule) and a receptor. The Department of Pharmacology is the latest

18 Sep 2000: Discover things about the University's scientific museums you never knew "Cambridge Discovery Talks" will be held fortnightly on Thursdays, at 7pm, and will

21 Jan 2000: n01se, a major set of related exhibitions, is now open at Cambridge. Cross Pattern: the destruction of palladium lipoic acid fern pattern by tobacco smoke.

21 Jul 2000: Dr Roger Carpenter, University Lecturer in Cambridge's Department of Physiology, and Director of Studies in Medicine at Gonville & Caius College, was recently

21 Nov 2000: Professor Howard Chase, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Peter Laird, from Esso (both standing) opened the new Esso CAD Centre, along with Dr

22 Sep 2000: Students and staff return to celebrate 10th anniversary This year marks the 10th anniversary of the University of Cambridge's business school. To mark the

24 Feb 2000: One of the long-standing mysteries of the sea-floor has been solved. In this week's Nature, scientists from the University of Cambridge set out a model which

20 Jan 2000: Today the second in a series of articles by Judith Judd appears in The Independent, exploring the realities of the admissions process at Cambridge. A candidate

2 Feb 2000: The creation of the Cambridge-MIT Institute took a major step forward today, when MIT announced the appointment of John Vander Sande as the US director, acting

24 Feb 2000: Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who will be giving his views on the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference. Monsieur Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of

21 Jan 2000: Degenerative brain disease, such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, cause anguish to millions by robbing them of essential functions such as memory and movement.

15 Nov 2000: Churchill College will be hosting the British premiere of Akin Euba's opera, 'Chaka', on Friday 17 November 2000. Euba, Nigeria's leading composer, is the

25 Feb 2000: Professor Hugh Mellor has been appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor until 31 December 2001. His chief responsibilities will be academic co-ordination of the

22 Feb 2000: The Lord Chancellor and Professor John Baker, the current Downing Professor of the Laws of England, inspecting computer facilities in the Maitland Legal

25 May 2000: A major loan exhibition of 128 of the finest European Old Master drawings are on show this summer at Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum. "Three Studies

13 Jul 2000: This Thursday 13 July, the Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, will confer honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony held at

25 Oct 2000: A Celebration of Apples Apple Day takes place on Sunday 29 October 2000, 10am to 4pm, at Cambridge University Botanic Garden, Bateman Street. Admission is

8 Sep 2000: Fascinating physics for schoolchildren The Cavendish Laboratory is throwing open its doors this week to hundreds of schoolchildren during the annual Physics at