Join librarian Jenni Lecky-Thompson for a guided tour around Trinity Hall's wonderful Old Library.

Globally, we are connected by complex supply, financial, trade, and production networks. But what happens when these networks are damaged? Join two leading Cambridge economists as they identify vulnerabilities and offer solutions. 

Take the opportunity to visit Magdalene's stunning New Library, winner of the 2022 Stirling Prize.

Join librarian Jenni Lecky-Thompson for a guided tour around Trinity Hall's wonderful Old Library.

A journey through the history of the light microscope, the principles behind state-of-the-art techniques, and efforts to unravel molecular mechanisms of human diseases.

Join librarian Jenni Lecky-Thompson for a guided tour around Trinity Hall's wonderful Old Library.

From developing AI 'Truth Tellers' that can combat online misinformation to presenting data about our environment in ways that makes it easier to understand, computer scientists in Cambridge are working in a wide range of fields.

The pressure to change our bodies is constant and damaging. Across genders and cultures, ages and occupations, we feel compelled to defy ageing, build muscle, cure disabilities and conceal quirks. It is time, argues Clare Chambers, to say ‘stop’.

Professor Harro van Asselt analyses seven cross-cutting trends that characterise the changing architecture of global climate law.

A tour of the Engineering Department’s West Cambridge Sites, with researchers giving brief descriptions of their work at locations along the route.

Join Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian, for a tour of the 17th-century Pepys Library, which houses Samuel Pepys's diaries and private collection.

Join Dr Jane Hughes, Pepys Librarian, for a tour of the 17th century Pepys Library, which houses Samuel Pepys diaries and private collection

Join Cambridge Enterprise to discover new initiatives and approaches to reduce the barriers to and increase the acceleration of University impact. With a panel of leading voices, we will delve into the challenges hindering women from fully realising their entrepreneurial potential and explore ways to support the next generation of innovative women.

How can we convert waste and solar energy into sustainable fuels to power the circular economy? Professor Erwin Reisner and his team will explain the concept of the Circular Economy, and give an entertaining and instructive presentation on their research.

Come and join fellow Lucy Cavendish alumni and friends over this reunion dinner and drinks.

Join Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald and Professor Jean Abraham as they discuss the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.

In this panel, three members of the Cambridge Heritage Research Centre will present cutting-edge research at the intersection of heritage and identity formation, drawing on three very different case studies.

One of the world’s top experts on fighting misinformation, Sander van der Linden, reveals the psychology behind its power – and how we can protect ourselves, in an amazing conversation with Roger Mosey, Master of Selwyn College and previously Editorial Director at the BBC.

Join a panel of experts from Cambridge's Centre for the Study of Existential Risk as they discuss the complexities of global risk, and offer suggestions to bring the threat to a close.

Volcanism: one of the most fascinating, powerful and violent phenomenons in the natural world. Join John Maclennan as he shares knowledge of the processes and impacts of volcanism in Iceland. 

Hear Dr Brigitte Stenhouse, Lecturer in History of Mathematics at The Open University, explore both the mathematical work Mary Somerville produced in her twilight years, and how she cultivated a mathematical community for herself when living a somewhat isolated life in Naples.

Join us for a discussion about whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) can really transform healthcare in the 21st century, as many doctors and scientists claim, and whether we should trust it. 

What does it take to be Vice-Chancellor? Join Professor Deborah Prentice at her first Alumni Festival, and ask her your questions.

In this talk, LHCb physicist Harry Cliff will explain the science of LHCb and the Large Hadron Collider, and the tantalising anomalies that could be showing us the first outlines of a deeper picture of nature.

Join Baroness Sally Morgan, Hugh Rayment-Pickard, Clare O'Sullivan and Neil Macleod as they discuss the importance of subject knowledge in teaching

Can you trust your memories? Maybe not.

Join our distinguished panel of alumni from the world of economics and business as they discuss the future of the British economy.

How can plants and microbes can be used in renewable energy generation?

An exciting workshop on canine anatomy using a state-of-the-art anatomage table, unique in Cambridge to Selwyn College.

Hear Dr Sam Lucy discuss the lives of Cambridge residents from long ago.

Mindfulness meditation in lyrical prose and poetry - Dr Elizabeth English will read from her book "Journeys to the Deep: A Gentle Guide to Mindfulness"

Stephen Cave will relate the rise of AI to the great technological transformations of the past.

The Margaret Beaufort Institute is now 30! To celebrate this milestone, Blackfriars Priory will be opening its gardens to alumnae, friends and those with an interest in learning more about the Institute for a lavish tea party.

Join Brigid Ehrmantraut of the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic to find out why a fashion designer was interested in druids.

Join us for an evening of wonderful music in the surroundings of Great St Mary's Church.

This popular series was established in 2008 and has become one of the highlights of the Alumni Festival weekend

Join Hidden Cambridge on their one-hour walking tour to discover some of the things we think you might have missed when you were here.