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8 Oct 2001: Cambridge students swept the board in this year's prestigious Science, Engineering & Technology (SET) Student of the Year Awards, winning four of the 13

14 Aug 2001: Travelling and Sculpture 11 - 25 August 2001 The Botanic Garden's contribution to the Year of the Artist continues this month with the return of Mary Butcher

17 Sep 2001: Physics at Work Exhibition starts at Cambridge University Have you ever wondered how to design a training shoe, or what kind of things you need to know before

22 Jun 2001: The Faculty of Divinity's new building has won an award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The building, which was designed by Edward

27 Nov 2001: Professor Malcolm Grant has been appointed a Pro-Vice-Chancellor for three years from 1 January 2002. A Fellow of Clare College, Professor Grant is Head of the

6 Jun 2001: Amongst its alumni are Mike Atherton, John Crawley, Ted Dexter, Steve James, Majod Khan, Derek Pringle, Peter May and Deryck Murray.

24 Aug 2001: A major fundraising event will be held at King's College Chapel, Cambridge on Thursday 27 September 2001. The Cambridge Concert for Cancer will feature the

1 Nov 2001: Government, industry and academic leaders from both sides of the Atlantic are attending a summit at Cambridge today, hosted by the Cambridge-MIT Institute

21 Mar 2001: Stonehenge is Britain's most famous ancient site - but how far has science helped us understand what it was used for? Dr Chris Chippindale, curator of the

22 Jan 2001: Professor Elizabeth Anscombe, who held the chair of philosophy at the University of Cambridge between 1970 and 1986, died on 5 January 2001. A memorial service

21 Jun 2001: Cheering news for Depressed Mussels One of Britain's rarest animals could soon be enjoying a revival in the country's waterways, thanks to researchers at the

12 Nov 2001: A new initiative which will support and improve the practice of leadership in schools will be launched this week by the University of Cambridge's Faculty of

8 Nov 2001: The extraordinary world of bandits, religion and daily life in the backlands of Brazil is brought to life in Heroes and Artists: Popular Art and the Brazilian

26 Nov 2001: Knowing how ground might change form during an earthquake; whether it will collapse if a tunnel is built through it; or whether innovative foundation solutions

22 Nov 2001: Mental time-travel, the ability to use memories of past experiences and plan for the future, has traditionally been considered a quality unique to humans. Now

18 May 2001: Oxygen supply may be the key to miscarriage and pre-eclampsia A Cambridge scientist has been awarded an international prize for research into two of the

10 Aug 2001: The Judge Institute of Management Studies, Cambridge University's business school, has launched a new course for senior staff in community-based regeneration

7 Nov 2001: This week sees the launch of the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) Distinguished Lectures, a programme of monthly videoconferences linking MIT and the University

2 May 2001: Nelson Mandela visited Magdalene College today, Wednesday 2 May 2001, where he was made an Honorary Fellow. The former President of South Africa received his

8 Mar 2001: The Faculty of Classics has received full marks in its recent Subject Review by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), scoring a remarkable 24 marks out of 24.

9 Oct 2001: The University Library has launched a major new exhibition of the papers of Sir Isaac Newton, offering an unparalleled insight into the working life of

14 Sep 2001: New research published The future of public service broadcasting, the effects of commercial pressures on the BBC and the prominence of fair trading concerns

6 Aug 2001: Scientists uncover dinosaur in Cambridgeshire Dinosaur experts at the University of Cambridge's Sedgwick Museum have excavated a Jurassic crocodile, found by

5 Oct 2001: The Scott Polar Research Institute, which holds one of the world's finest polar archives, has just acquired two valuable additions to its collections. The

27 Jul 2001: Last week (19 July 2001) saw the publication of an independent review of the origin of BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) undertaken by a team of

14 May 2001: particular.". An audience of current students, Faculty members and alumni will take part in a subsequent discussion chaired by A S Byatt, another distinguished literary alumna and a former winner of

28 Jun 2001: A leading international research programme in finance will be launched today at the University of Cambridge, following a donation of $10 million from William H

24 Sep 2001: 'Town and Gown' joined forces on Sunday 23 September to celebrate Cambridge's octocentenary. University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Alec Broers, and the

16 May 2001: In the first decade of the 20th century, St Mark's Square flooded less than ten times per year. By the 1980s, flooding was occurring 40 times a year and

31 Jul 2001: Kettle's Yard Gallery July 28 - September 23 Kettle's Yard Gallery is celebrating summer with an exhibition of the paintings of Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981),

19 Jun 2001: Pupils at Coton Primary School had a very unusual lunch break today, Tuesday 19 June, 2001. They spent their lunchtime riding the World's Largest Bike around

20 Aug 2001: M-Theory - a 'theory of everything' confronts the real world Centre for Mathematical Sciences Wilberforce Road 8.00pm, Wednesday 22 August, 2001 This Wednesday

28 Nov 2001: Under the new Scholars Programme students can register, study, and submit for PhDs at Cambridge but receive co-supervision at both Cambridge and NIH. It is

4 Oct 2001: Britain's foot-and-mouth epidemic would have been over much sooner if the slaughter and cull policy currently in operation had been implemented from the

2 Mar 2001: New research by a team at the University of Cambridge suggests a clear link between daily vitamin C intake and risk of death. The research findings, published

15 Aug 2001: 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

3 Oct 2001: Insects may give many of us the creeps but forensic scientists can't afford to be so squeamish. Insect evidence can often provide them with vital clues in

11 Sep 2001: Launch of new research centre A major new gas turbine research centre, based in Cambridge, has been announced. In a unique new partnership with the University

14 Sep 2001: We want you to know that we share with you a sense of grief and horror at the attacks on the whole civilised world which were mounted this week in New York,

13 Dec 2001: The TLRP office will move to Cambridge from its current base at the University of Exeter in March next year. As new TLRP Director Professor Pollard will be

23 Jan 2001: Researchers on an expedition to the Seychelles have discovered a new species of frog never seen before in the islands. The team were undertaking surveys of two

1 Feb 2001: Dr Jonathan Miller leads actors' workshop The author, broadcaster and director Jonathan Miller conducted a workshop on non-verbal communication at Lady

6 Apr 2001: A drug used to treat breast cancer has been shown to improve blood flow in men with coronary artery disease. The Cambridge research team who conducted the

16 Jul 2001: Members of the Cambridge University Opera Society are among the cast of a new production due to open in the town this week. The ADC Theatre will be hosting a

30 Apr 2001: Scientists working in the field of nanotechnology have stumbled upon a discovery which could revolutionise computing. The breakthrough, made by a team at the