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Does your empathy predict if you would stop and help an injured…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/does-your-empathy-predict-if-you-would-stop-and-help-an-injured-person31 Oct 2016: Our results support the theory that people who do good are, at least partially, driven by empathy.”. ... why some people may or may not stop to help a person in distress.
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Opinion: Speaking dialects trains the brain as well as bilingualism…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/opinion-speaking-dialects-trains-the-brain-as-well-as-bilingualism-does23 May 2016: There has been a lot of research to back up the idea that people who use two or more languages everyday experience significant advantages. ... two dialects may share a cognitive profile with people who speak two languages.
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Celebrating impact | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/general-news/celebrating-impact21 Jun 2016: He has engaged audiences at more than 40 public events, including science festivals and design fairs, reaching thousands of people in seven countries.
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Multi-drug resistant infection spreading globally among cystic…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/multi-drug-resistant-infection-spreading-globally-among-cystic-fibrosis-patients10 Nov 2016: Dr Janet Allen, Director of Strategic Innovation at the CF Trust, said: “This paper highlights the risks posed through transmission of multi-drug resistant organisms between people with cystic fibrosis. ... Please read our email privacy notice for
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Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain #2 |…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-brexit-and-the-importance-of-languages-for-britain-27 Oct 2016: There are hundreds of urgent responses to this question that range from the ethical to the pragmatic to the idiosyncratic – indeed, for many people, it seems shocking that it needs to ... If this plan is to work (and there is a lot to figure out), the
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Reading the face of a leader | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reading-the-face-of-a-leader10 May 2016: Jochen Menges. Past studies have shown that, in competitive settings, people prefer both male and female leaders to have masculine facial characteristics – because these are perceived as signalling competitive personality traits. ... The study finds
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Kepler's Trial: An Opera | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keplers-trial-an-opera15 Dec 2016: Thousands of people, mostly women, were executed for supposed dealings in the occult, and families were torn apart in a climate of paranoia and distrust. ... Around 25,000 people were executed for witchcraft in the 16th and 17th centuries,” Rublack said
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How to build a healthier city | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-to-build-a-healthier-city13 Jun 2016: When new infrastructure integrates opportunities for walking and cycling, we see people shifting their commuting behaviour. ... Given the stereotype of the British as a very private people, how did people respond?
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The Team | Graduate Admissions Project (GAP)
https://www.gap.admin.cam.ac.uk/team9 May 2016: The key people within the project are as follows:. Project Sponsors. -
Landscapes from other worlds | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/landscapes-from-other-worlds25 May 2016: In both art and science, people are communicating with other people,” he says. ... Painters do the same. It was a surprise to discover how similar were the techniques used by both groups of people.”.
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Explaining the European Union | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/explaining-the-european-union11 May 2016: This has led people to ask for ‘the facts’, as if they will be decisive. ... That will come down to their political views. “The idea that if you give people the facts people will agree is bogus.
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Spotlight on: IT | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/features/spotlight-on-it5 Feb 2016: It can benefit not only the group of people doing the innovation (if UIS were to provide tools and resources to facilitate that) but also other areas of the University (if ... This has fallen into two key categories: first, establishing a governance
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Chicken korma, Eton mess and a genetic variant provide clues to our…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/chicken-korma-eton-mess-and-a-genetic-variant-provide-clues-to-our-food-choices4 Oct 2016: They tested lean people, obese people, and people who were obese because they have a defect in a gene called MC4R. ... After taking a small taster of each meal, people were allowed to eat freely from the three kormas.
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The man we love to hate: it’s time to reappraise Thomas Robert…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-man-we-love-to-hate-its-time-to-reappraise-thomas-robert-malthus18 May 2016: Yet Malthus also thought the number of people on that poverty line could and should be reduced. ... So eager were new world people to read him that his text appeared in a pirated edition produced in the United States.
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Partha Dasgupta awarded Tyler Prize | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/partha-dasgupta-awarded-tyler-prize15 Mar 2016: His work has ensured that we keep in mind both people and the way we use our natural resources to benefit present and future generations.”.
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Questions of life and death | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/questions-of-life-and-death4 Nov 2016: Stockley focuses on three people whose lives are ending. They and those they love share their feelings. ... She spoke of the closeness that developed between her team and the people they filmed – and her own emotional response.
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Textbook story of how humans populated America is “biologically…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/textbook-story-of-how-humans-populated-america-is-biologically-unviable-study-finds10 Aug 2016: On paper, this fits well with the argument that Clovis people were the first to disperse across the Americas. ... but either way, the first people to reach the Americas in Ice Age times would have found the corridor itself impassable.”.
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Opinion: Decision time in the US | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/opinion-decision-time-in-the-us5 Nov 2016: Some people have seen parallels with 1964, when another insurgent candidate, Barry Goldwater, won the Republican nomination and split his own party. ... People do not make voting choices purely on a logical basis, and the presidential contest is as much
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Hay Festival 2016 | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/hay-festival-201614 Mar 2016: 27 May, 5.30pm-6.30pm - Africa’s digital revolution: power to the people? ... But the facts of the last 50 years - a period of unprecedented social mobility - suggest that people may be just as mobile however much or little education they have. -
2016 Winners | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/public-engagement/2016-winners15 Jun 2016: Through his engagement, he has reached thousands of people, in multiple countries, and is currently developing an educational toolkit to further engage school students with advances in biophotovoltaic technology. -
How humans and wild birds collaborate to get precious resources of…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/how-humans-and-wild-birds-collaborate-to-get-precious-resources-of-honey-and-wax22 Jul 2016: Honeyguides give a special call to attract people’s attention, then fly from tree to tree to indicate the direction of a bees’ nest. ... While many people consider wilderness not to have people in it, at Niassa people are an essential part of the
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On the life (and deaths) of democracy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/on-the-life-and-deaths-of-democracy26 May 2016: In essence, Cartledge argues that this truly represented government of the people by the people for the people. ... This system is so rarely used, and so risky, but it’s the nearest thing to trusting the people.
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British Academy welcomes new Fellows | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/british-academy-welcomes-new-fellows26 Jul 2016: Lord Sainsbury of Turville Hon FRS, Hon FREng, Hon FMedSci, Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has been appointed Honorary Fellow, and five Cambridge academics have been appointed Fellows of the British Academy.
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The myth of quitting in anger | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-myth-of-quitting-in-anger31 May 2016: part of their self-definition, and hence such people are less likely to respond to negative feelings by disengaging. ... The research focused on a large company in the pilot training and certification business, with a final dataset of 135 people employed
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Teaching in conflict zones | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/teaching-in-conflict-zones18 Dec 2016: A large part of that is because people misunderstand what education in emergencies is about.
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10,000 higher flyers and counting | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/10000-higher-flyers-and-counting29 Jan 2016: I love the people here, everyone is really friendly, like-minded and it helps that everyone is in the same boat. ... We all have loads of work to do and the intensity of it brings people together so you have friends who all support each other.”.
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The 2016 Heineken Prize for Medicine | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/the-2016-heineken-prize-for-medicine10 May 2016: Heineken Prize for Medicine," said Jackson, adding: "I would like to thank all the many dedicated, innovative and highly talented people who have worked in my laboratory, as it is their
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Global carnivore conservation at risk | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/global-carnivore-conservation-at-risk6 Apr 2016: New strategies that involve better integration of people and carnivores inside and outside of protected areas will be needed if further species of carnivores are not to become extinct. ... There is need to implement conservation strategies that promote
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Dementia: Catching the memory thief | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/dementia-catching-the-memory-thief21 Sep 2016: Most people, by the time they’re in their eighties or nineties, have some of these changes in their brains, regardless of whether or not they ever develop dementia.”. ... Then we wouldn’t need to worry about identifying people at highest risk of
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Facebook updates could provide a window to understanding – and…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/facebook-updates-could-provide-a-window-to-understanding-and-treating-mental-health-disorders28 Oct 2016: People with schizophrenia and psychosis, for example, have reported that social networking sites helped them socialise and did not worsen their symptoms. ... However, the use of social networking sites in the context of mental health and young people
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Lines of Thought: Understanding Anatomy | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/lines-of-thought-understanding-anatomy9 Sep 2016: For many people the stand-out object of Lines of Thought is Vesalius’ Epitome, published in Switzerland in 1543,” said Jones. ... 7 of 7. Learning from the body itself may be the ideal, but the limited supply of cadavers and challenges to
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How does your smart city grow? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/how-does-your-smart-city-grow17 Jun 2016: Professor Lord Robert Mair. It can be tough getting people excited about infrastructure because we often don’t notice it until something goes wrong. ... But just think how different expectations were for people living in Victorian London.
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Keeping patients safe in hospital | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/keeping-patients-safe-in-hospital15 Nov 2016: In other words, people focus on the areas that are being incentivised, but neglect other areas. ... It is not, he says, just about technology, but about the system and the people within the system.
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Why be human when you can be otherkin? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/why-be-human-when-you-can-be-otherkin16 Jul 2016: People upon hearing that we are elves simply do not believe their own eyes and ears. ... on an obsolete paradigm, while the same people could have found a supporting community off- and online.”.
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55 new Gates Cambridge Scholars selected | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/55-new-gates-cambridge-scholars-selected7 Apr 2016: Professor Barry Everitt. Fifty-five of the most academically exceptional and socially committed people from across the globe have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars after interviews in Cambridge in March. ... Discovering that one of his students
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Man on a mission to beat cancer | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/man-on-a-mission-to-beat-cancer14 Nov 2016: People say it’s because children don’t smoke or live for 70 years or do those things which cause mistakes in a cell’s DNA. ... What we will see increasingly in cancer is a push towards diagnosing early, and people becoming increasingly used to
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Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/lines-of-thought-communicating-faith27 May 2016: had the right to interpret it to the people. ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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The amazing axon adventure | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/the-amazing-axon-adventure5 Feb 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People. Places.
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Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/reconditioning-the-brain-to-overcome-fear21 Nov 2016: Ben Seymour. Fear related disorders affect around one in 14 people and place considerable pressure on mental health services. ... To apply this to patients, we need to build a library of the brain information codes for the various things that people
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Honorary Degrees 2016 | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/honorary-degrees-201615 Jun 2016: Voted one of the 50 Most Influential People in Finance globally by Bloomberg Markets in 2013 and 2014, she has been named one of Fortune Magazine’s World’s 50 Greatest
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St Catharine's elects new Master | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/appointments/st-catharines-elects-new-master22 Feb 2016: Sir Mark will take up office in September 2016, succeeding Professor Dame Jean Thomas, who has been Master of St Catharine’s since 2007. Professor Sir Mark Welland is Professor of Nanotechnology and Head of Electrical Engineering at the
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When is a book not a book? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/when-is-a-book-not-a-book10 Oct 2016: The thing that people always hoped was the digital world would get simpler and it’s actually a whole lot more complicated because your end result isn’t the same. ... static. Many people working in the industry worried that publishing would go the
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The fall and rise of Native North America | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-fall-and-rise-of-native-north-america26 Sep 2016: In Canada, 1.4 million people identified as Aboriginal in 2011, some 4pc of the population. ... contribution to global culture, far outweighing the number of Native people there are today.
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Going green: why don't we all do it? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/going-green-why-dont-we-all-do-it10 Jun 2016: But what is considered an acceptable level of risk differs widely across people and households.”. ... Neuroticism and Agreeableness lead people to be more risk averse, while Extraversion has a positive association with risk.
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“It’s not worth me having a long-life lightbulb”: Attitudes to death…
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/its-not-worth-me-having-a-long-life-lightbulb-attitudes-to-death-among-the-very-old5 Apr 2016: time. “As people get older, as their friends die, there’s an element of ticking them off,” said one proxy. ... Few people wanted to be admitted to hospital in the event of such an illness, though rarely gave reasons.
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Peterhouse elects new Master | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/peterhouse-elects-new-master2 Feb 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. People.
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Living on the edge: succeeding in the slums | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/living-on-the-edge-succeeding-in-the-slums30 Jun 2016: As recently as 1997, the city’s most prestigious club denied membership to Black people.”. ... Similarly, animals and plantations kept by people along the riverbank also present an opportunity.
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The Fitzwilliam Museum is 200 today | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-fitzwilliam-museum-is-200-today4 Feb 2016: From the records we have discovered he appears to have been as generous as he was learned: he arranged music concerts to raise funds for charity, and helped many people escaping ... Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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Prof Christine Holt awarded Ferrier Medal 2017 | For staff
https://www.staff.admin.cam.ac.uk/awards/prof-christine-holt-awarded-ferrier-medal-201720 Jul 2016: The Royal Society award recognizes Holt's work in understanding molecular mechanisms involved in nerve growth, guidance and targeting
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Smarter than the average bird? | University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/smarter-than-the-average-bird15 Jun 2016: Please read our email privacy notice for details. Subjects. People.
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