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This item is part of the Alumni Weekend 2007 collection of the Alumni Office. To view more media from the Alumni Office, please visit the Alumni Office video page. The Abolition of the Slave Trade in America and Britain. Internationally-renowned historian Professor Simon Schama was an undergraduate, and later Fellow, at Christ's College, Cambridge before becoming Fellow and Tutor in Modern

Cambridge Zero, the University's ambitious new climate initiative, will generate ideas and innovations to help shape a sustainable future - and equip future generations of leaders with the skills to navigate the global challenges of the coming decades. With thanks to our narrator Dr Emma Liu. Image credit NASA

“Best wishes for the Michaelmas term!” As the new academic year springs to life, Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Debbie Prentice welcomes staff and students back to the city. #UniversityOfCambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Cambridge #University #GoingToCambridge

The first phase of the development is focussed on creating the foundations for a long-lasting and sustainable community, with some 700 homes and facilities to support new residents, neighbours and the wider Cambridge community. Join us for a day of talks and tours by the architects and professionals who have created the scheme and find out more about our ambitions for this new neighbourhood.

Cambridge student and YouTube star Ibz Mo tells new first-years why they should enter our new vlogging competition. Find out more at www.cam.ac.uk/vlogbridge See more of Ibz Mo on his channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/ibstarsns

A drug which was developed in Cambridge and initially designed to treat a form of leukaemia has also proven effective against combating the debilitating neurological disease multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, led by researchers from the University of Cambridge, has found that alemtuzumab not only stops MS from advancing in patients with early stage active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

They are 40cm tall, made of white plastic, and don’t look like your average students, but robot avatars have taken their place in the classroom at Cambridge University – to help two mothers with new-born babies continue their Masters degrees in Genomic Medicine. http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/meet-the-robot-avatars-helping-cambridge-students-combine-education-and-motherhood

New Cambridge students: how are you getting on with your formal gowns? Some new @SidneySussexCollege students told us a bit about theirs during matriculation day #Cambridge #Freshers2023 #CambridgeUni #CambridgeUniversity #Uni

The conviction of Oscar Pistorius for committing culpable homicide in relation to the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp made worldwide news. In this video Professor Christopher Forsyth reflects on his previous comments (see https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/news/2015/01/law-focus-mental-element-murder-reflections-pistorius-case-christopher-forsyth) about the original conviction, and

Meet Zoe: a digital talking head which can express human emotions on demand with "unprecedented realism" and could herald a new era of human-computer interaction. The system, called "Zoe", is the result of a collaboration between researchers at Toshiba's Cambridge Research Lab and the University of Cambridge's Department of Engineering.