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  • September 2014 e-newsletter

    This month’s bulletin connects you with the University and alumni community through news, events and research.

  • Global Cambridge: India
    Event
    19 September 2014

    Global Cambridge: India

    Join the Vice-Chancellor, academics and thinkers from India and Cambridge as they discuss their work to identify solutions in three areas of global concern: health,...

  • Alumni Festival 26-28 September 2014
    Event
    26 September 2014 to 28 September 2014

    Alumni Festival 2014

    Reconnect with Cambridge thinking over three days of discovery and intellectual adventure. Come for just one event, one full day or for the entire Festival - online...

  • Royal Albert Hall

    Verdi Requiem

    Join five distinguished choirs from Cambridge in the majestic setting of the Royal Albert Hall as they perform Verdi’s choral masterpiece on 24 October at 7.30pm....

  • Bengal Murshi Palace from boat
    Travel
    26 September 2015 to 9 October 2015

    Bengal by River

    Discover Bengal by visiting historic Calcutta (now Kolkata) and cruising the mighty Hooghly river in the company of Dr Rosie Llewellyn-Jones.

News

Research

Study offers clues to how breast implants may cause lymphoma

16 September 2014

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, together with colleagues specialising in plastic surgery or histopathology in Austria, Australia, Liverpool and Swansea, have identified clues to explain how breast implants may, on very rare occasions, contribute to the development of lymphoma.

Research

Fancy pants: skirmishes with the fashion police in 16th-century Italy

16 September 2014

With the autumn 2014 fashion shows in full swing, all eyes are on the top designers. In 16th-century Italy, the latest looks didn't always go down well with the authorities. Historian Giulia Galastro is researching the sumptuary laws regulating the level of opulence that could be paraded in public – and how the dandies of the day neatly side-stepped the rules.  

Sunlight through the fountain in Great Court, Trinity College
News

Cambridge takes joint second place in QS World University Rankings 2014

16 September 2014

The University of Cambridge and Imperial College London take joint second rank in this year's QS World University Rankings.

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Forthcoming events

Lima, Peru (San Isidro District)

Alumni Group Annual Dinner - Peru

Thursday, 18 September 2014 - 8.30pm PET

Join Cambridge and Oxford alumni at this year's annual dinner for the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Peru.

Global Cambridge: India

Global Cambridge: India

Friday, 19 September 2014 - 10.30am to 7.30pm IST

Join the Vice-Chancellor, academics and thinkers from India and Cambridge as they discuss their work to identify solutions in three areas of global concern: health, education and society.

Frogmore House

Visit to Frogmore House

Saturday, 20 September 2014

Join the Cambridge Society of Surrey as they enjoy a visit to Frogmore House, a 17th-century country house standing at the centre of the Frogmore Estate.

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Alumni Groups

There are over 400 volunteer-led Alumni Groups across the world.

Travel

Fascinating destinations, congenial companions and expert insights. Visit the travel page to find out more.

Northern Lights

Arctic Highlights

February 2015
Explore the beautiful frozen wilderness within the Arctic Circle