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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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Role
LinkedIn

Professor Stephen J. Toope

Vice Chancellor

Further reading

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Author
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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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Date
Link

Women at Cambridge: The ladder of academic success

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

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News

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Author
Date
Publisher
Description
World's poorest children missing out on pre-primary education
Tom Kirk
July 21, 2021
phys.org
Eight in 10 of the world's poorest children--almost 50 million boys and girls--are missing out on vital education in the first few years of their life because of a chronic lack of funding in pre-primary education, according to a new report published today.
Cambridge University Researchers Use AI to Find 200 Drugs For COVID Treatment
Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk
July 2, 2021
NDTV Gadgets 360
Researchers at Cambridge University combined computational biology and machine learning to study proteins linked to COVID-19, and then studied 2,000 drugs to find suitable treatments, coming up with a list of 200 possibilities.
Horologist Dr John C Taylor decides it's time to reduce the size of his clock collection
The John C Taylor Collection
June 22, 2021
www.prnewswire.com:443
/PRNewswire/ -- One of the world's most successful inventors, the philanthropist Dr John C Taylor OBE, has decided to allow others to also enjoy some of his...
'Pre-bunk' tactics reduce public susceptibility to COVID-19 conspiracies and falsehoods
Science X staff
May 12, 2021
phys.org
A short online game designed to fight conspiracies about COVID-19 boosts people's confidence in detecting misinformation by increasing their ability to perceive its "manipulativeness" compared to genuine news, according to a study.
Bamboo bats could be the next game-changing weapon, but MCC hurdle awaits
May 11, 2021
The Indian Express
A recent study published in the Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology says that replacing willow with bamboo could make the sweet-spot even sweeter.
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

Company attributes

Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Subsidiary
Trinity College, Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge–MIT Institute
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Cambridge Judge Business School
ADC Theatre
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
...
Spinout
Echion Technologies Ltd
CellCentric
AptaCam
Nu Quantum
Full address
University of Cambridge The Old Schools Trinity Lane Cambridge CB2 1TN United Kingdom
Founded date
1209
Phone number
+44-1223-337733+44-1223337733
Also known as
Cambridge University

Other attributes

Owner of
Trojan Room coffee pot
Senate House, Cambridge
William Gates Building, Cambridge
Old Addenbrooke's Site
Country
United Kingdom
Headquarters
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Invested in
Paragraf
‌
Cambridge Touch Technologies
Official name
The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge
Wikidata ID
Q35794

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