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Read more at: Speaker spotlight: Lily Hunter Green

Speaker spotlight: Lily Hunter Green

Digital artist Lily Hunter Green is the artist-in-Residence in the Maori Lab, Department of Biochemistry, at the University of Cambridge and will be bringing Planet Laboratory to the Family Weekend at the Cambridge Festival.


Read more at: Speaker spotlight: Professor Giles Yeo

Speaker spotlight: Professor Giles Yeo

Giles Yeo is the Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology and programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit at the University of Cambridge whose research currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour and body weight.


Read more at: From AI to climate repair: Cambridge Festival returns with bold questions for an uncertain world

From AI to climate repair: Cambridge Festival returns with bold questions for an uncertain world

As public trust in institutions is tested, artificial intelligence reshapes everyday life and the effects of climate change become impossible to ignore, the University of Cambridge has announced the full programme for the 2026 Cambridge Festival, a city-w


Read more at: Family Weekend Activity Funding: Open Call

Family Weekend Activity Funding: Open Call

Have you got an idea for a fun, educational activity for our Family Weekend? Will children or young people be involved in the design and/or delivery of your activity? We want to hear from you!


Read more at: Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue

Record-breaking Cambridge Festival 2025 ends on a high, uniting 45,000 visitors in celebration of ideas, discovery and dialogue

The fifth Cambridge Festival has drawn to a triumphant close, having welcomed a record-breaking 45,000 visitors across 385 events during 17 inspiring days.


Read more at: From family archive to stage The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival

From family archive to stage The remarkable journey of ‘Not for a cat’ play at the Cambridge Festival

A recently rediscovered play, Not for a Cat: A Play for the Nuclear Age, will be premiering at the Cambridge Festival. The play was originally written in the 1950s by Wallace R. Harper, a student at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.


Read more at: Students from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival

Students from across the country get a taste of studying at Cambridge at the Cambridge Festival

Over 500 KS2 and KS3 students from as far away as Warrington got the chance to experience studying at the University of Cambridge with a selection of lectures and workshops held as part of the Cambridge Festival.


Read more at: East of Empire: partitioning of India and Palestine unleashed the violent conflict that continues today

East of Empire: partitioning of India and Palestine unleashed the violent conflict that continues today

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Erin O'Halloran discusses how the partitions of India and Palestine, orchestrated by the British Empire in 1947, have led to enduring conflicts in both regions.


Read more at: Cambridge film 'tells city's black Town and Gown' story

Cambridge film 'tells city's black Town and Gown' story

An alternative story of a university city has been told in a film, which is premiering at the Festival, looking at the voices and experiences of its black students and residents.


Read more at: Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Reuhl

Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Martin Reuhl

Dr Martin Reuhl is a Senior Lecturer in German Intellectual History in the Faculty of History and a University Associate Professor in German History and Thought in the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics at the University of Cambridge.


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