Cambridge-MIT Partnership Launched
23 November 1999A ground-breaking partnership was announced between the Cambridge City Campus and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Monday, 8 November.
Information on Tackling Meningitis at Cambridge
22 November 1999If you are a first year student and did not have the vaccination then you should visit your doctor. Overseas students should register with a local doctor and have the vaccination as soon as possible.
Cambridge-MIT Partnership Speeches
08 November 1999Professor Sir Alec Broers, Vice-Chancellor of the Cambridge City Campus, made this speech following the announcement of the partnership by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown.
Economic History Book Prize
05 November 1999Cambridge economic historian Sheilagh Ogilvie has been awarded the prestigious Gyorgy Ranki Prize for her book, State Corporatism and Proto-Industry: The Württemberg Black Forest, 1580-1797. She is co-winner of the prize, which is awarded by the Economic History Association for the best book on European Economic History published in 1997 or 1998.
A Celebration of Apples: Apple Day 1999
27 October 1999Hog's Snout, Old Golden Russet, Braddick Nonpareil, Wyken Pippin, Cottenham Seedling and Hoary Morning. All are varieties of apple, and so the subject of a special day of events and celebrations at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.
President of China Visits the University
22 October 1999China's President Jiang Zemin is shown a Chinese Oracle bone by Charles Aylmer of the University Library while touring the Aoi Pavilion.
Working to Increase Women's Representation
08 October 1999Dr Judith Sturnick, Director of the American Council of Education (ACE) Office of Women, visited the University on Thursday, 7 October. She was here to share her experiences of raising the representation of women in American universities and colleges. Her visit came less than week after the Vice Chancellor made the need to increase the representation of women at the highest levels of the University a major theme of his 1st October address in Senate House.
History Lectures to Mark the Millennium
08 October 1999Celebrating the Millennium means looking to the past as well as the future. The History Faculty are marking the Millennium with a series of special lectures, The Millennium As History, beginning this Saturday, 9 October.
Vice-Chancellor Highlights Issues of Women and the Arts
01 October 1999In his 1 October address to the Regent House, the Vice-Chancellor stressed the contributions of women and the humanities to the activities of the University.
