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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge

A collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1209.

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The University of Cambridge is a United Kingdom-based institute of higher learning with a focus on teaching and research. It has 31 colleges and offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

COVID-19

During the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, the university used its research facilities to develop diagnostic equipment to expedite the testing for the virus for workers who serve the National Health Service (NHS). It is a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and takes four hours to get results. The research sector of the university was also developing a vaccine based on a protein subunit and S protein.

Timeline

People

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Professor Stephen J. Toope

Vice Chancellor

Further reading

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Cambridge Uni urges students to 'return home'

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-51950678

Web

March 18, 2020

Coronavirus: Everyone should wear masks in COVID-19 crisis, say University of Cambridge researchers

Gemma Gardner

https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/coronavirus-everyone-should-wear-masks-in-covid-19-crisis-say-university-of-cambridge-researchers-9106195/

Web

April 10, 2020

Documentaries, videos and podcasts

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Link

Women at Cambridge: The ladder of academic success

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wYVRdiLjoU

Companies

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News

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Skeleton found in cave could reveal Neanderthal death rites
Ashley Strickland, CNN
February 18, 2020
CNN
Around 70,000 years ago, a Neanderthal was laid to rest in Shanidar Cave. Excavations in recent years have slowly revealed its entire upper body, including a lower back, the clenched bones of a right hand and the left hand almost acting as a pillow beneath the skull.
Police patrols on London Underground platforms create 'phantom' crime-stopping effect
By Jonathan Chadwick For Mailonline
January 16, 2020
Mail Online
Just four 15-minute police patrols a day on platforms of some of the London Underground's worst stations for crime create a 'phantom effect' where crime decreases even when officers aren't there.
Cambridge Uni caterers reduce their carbon footprint by 11 per cent by cutting out beef and lamb
By Ian Randall For Mailonline
September 10, 2019
Mail Online
The menu changes were made by the University Catering Service (UCS), which operates 14 outlets across the university and caters more than 1,500 hospitality events each year.

References

cam.ac.uk

Other attributes

Also known as
Cambridge University
Country
United Kingdom
Founded date
1209
Full address
University of Cambridge The Old Schools Trinity Lane Cambridge CB2 1TN United Kingdom
Headquarters
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Subsidiary
Trinity College, Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge–MIT Institute
Cambridge Judge Business School
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
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Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
Wikidata ID
Q35794

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