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̽»¨Ö±²¥diplomat Sarah Squire has been elected the new President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, with effect from 1 October 2006.

Seven distinguished individuals are set to receive honorary degrees from the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge in a ceremony at the Senate House on Tuesday 27 June at which the Chancellor, HRH ̽»¨Ö±²¥Duke of Edinburgh, is expected to preside.

A painting of a Cambridge academic is among recent acquisitions by the National Portrait Gallery.

̽»¨Ö±²¥third joint open lecture held by Cambridge Genetics Knowledge Park (CGKP) and Cambridge Network will be held on Wednesday June 8 at Robinson College.

̽»¨Ö±²¥ applicants in Barking and Dagenham have been getting tips on admissions interviews at a workshop run by Newnham College, Cambridge and their local education authority.

School/college students thinking about applying for 2005 entry to Cambridge (or deferred entry in 2006) are welcome to come along to one of the many open days and information days taking place this month.

̽»¨Ö±²¥Chancellor of the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, conferred honorary degrees at a traditional ceremony in the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Senate House today (Monday 21 June 2004).

Europe’s unity throughout history has been a unity of ideas and the arts. But the marginalisation of intellectuals and artists in the creation of the European states has stirred up controversy, including a petition by 20,000 intellectuals in France accusing the centre-right government of "waging war on intelligence" and instituting "a new state anti-intellectualism". This shift in power will be the subject of the final seminar in the ‘Future of Europe’ series, taking place at the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge’s Faculty of Law.

Frances Partridge, one of the last surviving members of the Bloomsbury Group, has died at the age of 103.

A new academic year, a new leader. Professor Alison Richard will be installed as the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s 344th Vice-Chancellor today (Wednesday 1 October 2003) in an early morning ceremony in the Senate-House.