Friday 24 September 2021, 12.00am BST – Tuesday 28 September 2021, 12.00am BST
Join the Conservation team at the University Library as they discuss and demonstrate the making of model books as part of their work to preserve medieval manuscripts for the Polonsky Foundation Greek Manuscripts Project.
Friday 24 September 2021, 12.00am BST – Tuesday 28 September 2021, 12.00am BST
Join artist James Epps in conversation with Dr Susanne Turner, Curator, as they tour the Museum of Classical Archaeology's summer exhibition, A twist of the hand.
Join Dr Robert Heuschkel and Dr Louise Allen as they explore plans for a pioneering new children’s hospital and discuss how it will transform healthcare for Children and Young people.
In this fireside chat, Professor Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb and Professor John Aston will discuss the important links between maths and medicine and how these links are leading to a revolution in medicine and healthcare.
In 2020 Professor Gupta and Dr Kenyon had to rapidly pivot their HIV knowledge and research to learn more about COVID-19. In this session they'll discuss their experience and what we still need to know about COVID-19.
Join Dr Joshua Nall for a tour through the Whipple Museum as he recounts its history and introduces some of the instruments, models, and globes from its world-class collection.
Join Dr Dee Scadden (Darwin 1996), Dr Matthias Landgraf (St John’s 1992) and Dr Tim Weil as they discuss opportunities for innovative changes in education, made possible by a pandemic.
Join Professor Brendan Simms and a panel discussing the inter-relationship between the Irish Question, the British Problem and the European balance of power since 1500.
Join Dr Thomas Roulet and Tyler Shores (Queens' 2015) as they explore the impact of COVID-19 on the nature of work and what we will need to consider with the rise of the hybrid office.
Join University Director of Sport, Nick Brooking, as he talks to student athletes Louise Shanahan and Imogen Grant about their time at the recent Tokyo Olympics.
With the recent arrival of Stephen Hawking's archive at Cambridge University Library, this unique session will provide an insight into the archives of three era-defining scientists.
Led by Sarah MacDonald (Robinson 1992), broadcast live from Selwyn College Chapel, in aid of the University's ground-breaking Centre for Music Performance - this is a live interactive musical bonanza!
Join Jonathan Prentice (Emmanuel 1990), Head of Secretariat of the United Nations Network on Migration, and Dr Tugba Basaran (Bye-Fellow of Newnham) as they discuss the UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
In this session we will learn about the results of Dr Julieta Galante's groundbreaking study, which led the University to establish regular mindfulness training in 2015.
Join Anna Lapwood and current Cambridge University student Robbie Boyd discussing topics ranging from preserving the best of music-making during the pandemic, to aspirations for music revival beyond the pandemic, and myths and challenges of establishing a music career.
Learn more about our current understanding of the formation of galaxies and black holes with Professor Roberto Maiolino, Professor of Experimental Astrophysics at the Department of Physics.
Gold of The Great Steppe at the Fitzwilliam Museum (28 September 2021 – 30 January 2022) will display hundreds of outstanding gold artefacts from extraordinary ancient burial mounds built by the Saka people of East Kazakhstan. Ahead of the exhibition opening, curator Rebecca Roberts offers a fascinating preview.
Join a panel discussion with Professor Bhaskar Vira (St John's 1988) on the growing global crisis of youth (un)employment, working lives and the challenges of making a living in the 21st century.
Join the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Stephen J Toope (Trinity 1983) for a thought-provoking conversation on the present and future of energy transition.
Join Professor Simon Goldhill (King's 1975) as he explores the great revolution in our understanding of time brought about by the development of Christianity in the Roman Empire.
Join Katy Roper from the Cambridge Science Centre as she investigates why it’s important to have a variety of species, how plants and animals around us are connected, and what you can do to support greater biodiversity.
Join Newnham Fellows Dr Claire Barlow (Girton 1973) and Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran (Sidney Sussex 2006) as they discuss their careers and the impact of women in engineering.
This session with Professor Wendy Pullan (Darwin 1989) will explore cities at the centre of conflict and the key drivers that can impact their renewal.
Join Emeritus Professor Charles Melville (Pembroke 1969) as he explores the image of Tamerlane through Persian manuscripts from the 14th to 17th century.
Professor Jaideep Prabhu, Dr Tanya Filer (Robinson 2004), Michael Kitson and Stephen Taylor discuss how governments are using new levers of state power to deliver change for citizens and what the future of government might look like.
Join Professor Oren Scherman to learn more about his research into Glioblastoma and how the tailoring of therapeutic loaded gels allows for improved survival rates in vivo.
Find out more about the work of Cambridge Public Health from Co-Directors Professor Carol Brayne (Department of Psychiatry) and Professor John Clarkson (Department of Engineering).
Dr Jodi Gardner and law students Natasha Godsiff (Corpus Christi 2017) and Amelia Quince (Churchill 2020) will discuss their award-winning pro bono activities.
Join Professor Paul Fletcher, the Bernard Wolfe Professor of Health Neuroscience, as he examines how video games are helping clinical scientists understand and manage mental distress.
In a debate chaired by Dr Lucy Delap (Queens' 1991), Professor Eugenio Biagini, Professor Richard Bourke (King's 1987) and Dr Niamh Gallagher (St Catharine's 2009) will discuss the formative years of 1920-1 for Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The Right Hon Lord David Loyd-Jones (Downing 1970), Professor Alison Young and Professor Mark Elliott (Queens' 1993) discuss if the UK Constitution is fit for purpose as current affairs put unprecedented pressure on it.
Join three Cambridge Olympic Rowers Dr Cath Bishop (Pembroke 1989), Sarah Winckless (Fitzwilliam 1993) and Anna Bebington-Watkin (Newnham 2001) as they discuss their rowing careers and how leadership in sport is essential in today’s society.
Dr Mireia Crispin, Professor Evis Sala (St John’s 1996) and Dr Ramona Woitek will discuss new developments in radiogenomics and how these can help our understanding of ovarian cancer.
Emily Farnworth, Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement, discusses climate change leadership on boards with Dr Emily Webster, Ismail Sami (Hughes Hall, 2018) and Helen Mahy CBE.
In this conversation, Professor Anna Korhonen (Trinity Hall 1996), Dr John Suckling and Professor Per Ola Kristensson discuss why it's critical to place humans at the centre of AI development and why they are launching a new interdisciplinary Centre dedicated to this cause in Cambridge.
Join Lady Hale (Girton 1963), Dr Pippa Rogerson (Newnham 1980), Tolu Mustapha (Fitzwilliam 2019) and Julia Freytag (Fitzwilliam 2020) for a discussion about diversity in the legal profession today, the changes that have taken place and the objectives that are yet to be met.
Dr Stephen Baker (Fellow of Wolfson), Director of Research in Infectious Disease, will take you on a tour of the large intestine and the friendly and not so friendly bacteria that live there.
What happens when robots work together to achieve complex tasks, and how do we program our robots to work together efficiently? In this talk, Dr Prorok will explore how new algorithms for coordination can help us solve some of the most pressing problems in transport and logistics
Join Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education), Professor Graham Virgo (Downing 1984), Matt Rogan (Fitzwilliam 1993) and Kerry Potter (Fitzwilliam 1993) as they discuss the wide range of areas in which exercise can have a positive impact on society.
