Tag: Cambridge University

• Tuesday, April 11th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine politicians invited to Cambridge University symposium on governance (Malvinas issue expected to creep in)

  

  A group of Argentine politicians, have been invited to a political symposium organized by the University of Cambridge in UK, to address among other issues governance, environment and the impact of new technologies.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:49 UTC

  Millennials more disillusioned with democracy than previous generations, Cambridge study

  

  Young people are less satisfied with democracy and more disillusioned than at any other time in the past century, especially in Europe, North America, Africa and Australia, a study by the University of Cambridge has found.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 06:48 UTC

  British historian who said slavery was not genocide, quits Cambridge University

  

  A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins. The comments from Professor David Starkey came during a period of soul searching in Britain over its colonial past.

• Monday, January 14th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  British foremost mathematician and Fields Medal Sir Michael Atiyah had died

  

  One of the world's foremost mathematicians, Prof Sir Michael Atiyah, has died at the age of 89. Sir Michael, who worked at Cambridge University before he retired, made outstanding contributions to geometry and topology.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Enzyme research delivers Chemistry Nobel Prize to two Americans and a Brit

  

  The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in enzyme research. Americans Frances Arnold and George P Smith will share the prize with Briton Gregory Winter, who is based at Cambridge University.