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Archaeological finds on observatory site

Digging an ‘Imperial Philosophical Machine’: Iron Age and Telescope Archaeology at the University of Cambridge Observatory

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Discover your carbon footprint - and what it means for the planet

Climate change and the spectre of global warming are rarely out of the headlines.

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Varsity Boat Race and Football Match this weekend

Oxford go into this weekend’s Boat Race as the heavier of the two crews, although Cambridge remain narrow favourites with the bookmakers to make it two wins in a row on Saturday.

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The “Bambi Factor” a new book by a Cambridge University

Loveable family entertainment they may be, but when it comes to environmental awareness, Disney films have rarely been seen as contributing much more than a clutch of cuddly talking animals to the cause.

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Promising new drug targets identified for Huntington's disease

Research at the University of Cambridge funded by the Wellcome Trust has provided a number of promising new drug targets for Huntington's disease, a neurodegenerative disease.

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Sword-dancing student wins ticket to Beijing

A Selwyn College student has come top in an inter-university Chinese competition after impressing the judges with her sword-dancing skills and breadth of cultural knowledge.

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UK’s number one student radio station takes over Radio 1

Seven award-winning student radio presenters from Cambridge’s student radio station CUR1350, will be hitting the airwaves for a special two-hour show on Monday morning.

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Clare Hall President’s art exhibition

The President of Clare Hall, Ekhard Salje, as well as being an earth scientist, is an accomplished artist. Though the demands of college and department preclude his spending much time painting in Cambridge, he looks forward to time spent in his Paris flat where he has produced many of his recent paintings.

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Ghostly goings-on at Madingley Hall

Things may be going bump in the night at Madingley Hall on March 27.

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Massive fenland re-development to be discussed at Cambridge University

The development of the biggest environmental scheme of its kind in East Anglia will be discussed at this evening’s final Cambridge Science Festival lecture.

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Indian internship beckons five lucky students

Five University of Cambridge students will spend eight weeks in India on an internship scheme launched by one of the sub-continent’s most famous organizations.

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Banco Santander and Abbey sign funding agreement with Cambridge

A senior delegation from Banco Santander, owners of Abbey National plc in the UK, visited Cambridge today to sign a three-year Agreement of Cooperation with the University.

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