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27 Jan 2006: The Schlumberger Foundation African Scientist Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall is open to African nationals based at African universities and in the early

26 May 2006: The event takes place in the Cambridge Union and Jeffrey Archer has been confirmed as the celebrity auctioneer. Last year’s auction raised £21,000 for charity.

26 Sep 2006: More than 40 teams representing students, colleges and university departments were among nearly 400 teams of six runners competing over the 1.7 mile course.

7 Nov 2006: More than 250 pupils from Chesterton Community College and Cottenham Village College visited the site. In the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Dr Christina

17 Jul 2006: More than 120 Chinese university leaders, as well as 15 presidents and vice-chancellors from Europe, Australia and the United States heard Professor Leslie’s

14 Dec 2006: Dr. Wendy Pullan of the University of Cambridge won the award for Outstanding University-led Research with her work, Conflict in Cities: Architecture and Urban

21 Jun 2006: The students have been asked to produce posters that show the importance of their work and summarise a piece of their current research. The posters should be

16 Oct 2006: The Cambridgeshire Travel Plan Excellence Award recognises organisations with mature travel plans that are wedded to the way they do business. 23 county

11 Apr 2006: The school/college students, aged 13 to 18, have been tasked with designing the quietest aircraft undercarriage they can in a project based on the

13 Dec 2006: Jeremy returns to Cambridge from the University of Southampton, where he is Director of NanoScience, NanoTechnology and Nanomaterials, and leader of the

16 Nov 2006: The University of Cambridge also came second in the category of ‘Best Student Experience’, as voted by students around the UK. Nominations this year included

27 Feb 2006: “I am enormously grateful to Sigrid Rausing. Her support has been crucial in sustaining world-class research on this little known – but strategically important

28 Sep 2006: The day opened with a welcome from the University’s Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr Kate Pretty, who is keen that the students should see themselves as part of a grand

20 Jan 2006: The University of Cambridge Women’s Forum was set up in 2004 to contribute to the University’s gender equality plan and to identify proposals to put into

4 Jul 2006: From now until the middle of August, various courses are on offer as part of a programme aimed at attracting the brightest and best who might not otherwise

3 Apr 2006: While the headlines are dominated by the Boat Race defeat for Cambridge in challenging conditions, the Goldie v Isis Second Boat men’s race was won by

30 Jan 2006: The Columbia University professor, who was Chief Economist at the World Bank from 1997-2000 and won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001, hit the headlines

3 Jul 2006: Honorary Degrees, the highest honours that the University can give, have a long history, dating back 500 years. One of the earliest recorded ceremonies was in

3 Nov 2006: The Commemoration of Benefactors goes back to the 16th century when Lady Margaret Beaufort, Henry VII’s mother, planned an endowment for such a service in the

21 Dec 2006: As the name suggests these guinea pig-like rodents live along the banks of waterways or ditches. Chubby-faced and fuzzy-eared, they are one of the most

22 Feb 2006: Professor Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor, officially opened the Ospreys’ new premises at 22 Jesus Lane yesterday (Wednesday 22 February). The Ospreys were

18 May 2006: Dr Steve Koonin is Chief Scientist for BP and former Provost of the California Institute of Technology. A highly respected physicist and experienced climate

3 Oct 2006: A year ago Dr Manpreet Janeja, a social anthropologist at Jesus College and Rausing Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, began a long-term research

18 Sep 2006: The Centre’s Junior CULP (Cambridge University Language Programme) Project has won both the 2006 European Award for Languages as well as the Spanish Embassy

8 Dec 2006: The anniversary will be marked this weekend with the opening of Harrison House, a new Graduate Building at the College. It is the latest in a series of new

30 Jun 2006: Armstrong's work combines old and new ideas and methods. His gallery pieces combine his interest in pattern, visual complexity, optical illusions and kinetics.

12 Dec 2006: Cambridge Coach Tony Rodgers had predicted that his team would have to grind out a victory and so it proved with the forward packs dominant in a hard-fought

22 Nov 2006: The event aims to provide information on how funding schemes work and is also an opportunity for sponsors and researchers to find out more about each other’s

21 Nov 2006: Organised by Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE), the event is primarily aimed at those interested in entering this year’s £1k Business Ideas competition,

26 Sep 2006: ‘Future Electricity Technologies and Systems’ considers how future electricity will be generated in the UK and also how the country will use it. It draws

6 Apr 2006: Cambridge has been home to presenters Liz Barker & Konnie Huq over the years. Liz grew up in the Cambridge area, and Konnie was a student at Robinson College

30 Mar 2006: Racing starts at 1.30pm with the Men’s Lightweight Reserves, followed at half hourly intervals by Women's second boats Blondie and Osiris, the Women's

2 Jun 2006: Their keynote lecture, which is open to the public, will conclude the first ever conference on 'Art Theft: History, Prevention, Detection, Solution', which

18 May 2006: Dr Fleet was educated at Lewes County Grammar School in Sussex and first came up to Cambridge to study at St John’s College. His first post in 1962 was

20 Apr 2006: The Australian artist will provide a stunning array of work which will give the viewer an insight into the unique colours and textures of the Australian scrub.

29 Sep 2006: The EPF works to facilitate communication between the electricity industry, its regulators, policy-makers and academics across a number of disciplines. It also

1 Dec 2006: Cambridge University Students Union (CUSU) run an annual scheme designed for pupils with little family experience of university, pupils who have “great

29 Nov 2006: The seminar will be invaluable for anyone involved in national security, the protection of critical infrastructure, defence intelligence, terrorism analysis,

31 Jan 2006: An MD, the Doctor of Medicine degree, is the highest medical degree awarded by the University, given to medically qualified graduates who submit a dissertation

15 Dec 2006: In 1981 two papers appeared that reported the derivation of pluripotent stem cell lines from cultured mouse embryos. Now called embryonic stem (ES) cells, they

24 Mar 2006: Following the popularity of last week's Science on Saturday at the start of the Cambridge Science Festival, nine more venues will open their doors on Saturday

21 Sep 2006: Chaired by Lord Oxburgh, with keynote speakers from both academia and industry, the symposium aims to motivate delegates to address the challenges of future

28 Sep 2006: Nominations this year include six Cambridge entries across the 18 categories available. Sam Chamberlain and Danielle Turner, both working within the Department

28 Feb 2006: Cam Connect remains popular amongst local employers and Cambridge students deciding to stay and work in the Cambridge sub-region, which is a healthy indicator

6 Jul 2006: All of the lecturers have made outstanding contributions to the development of teaching in their departments. The benefits of their work have reached not only

28 Mar 2006: The Varsity Football Match returns to Craven Cottage in 2006. Home to Fulham FC, the stadium is on the Middlesex bank of the Thames less than a mile up from

24 Jan 2006: In a Cambridge first, a film historian will give the annual Slade Lecture series. The free art lecture series begins today, Tuesday 24 January, and is open to

17 Nov 2006: Arthur Schnitzler was an inspirational Viennese novelist and playwright, but a large part of his work, which was hampered by both aesthetic criticism and

30 Nov 2006: First awarded by the Royal Society in 1731, the Copley medal pre-dates the Nobel Prize by 170 years. It is awarded for outstanding achievements in scientific

31 Oct 2006: The German Mineralogical Society gave the medal in recognition of Professor Salje’s contribution to the industrial use of mineral research. Salje’s work has