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  • Pembroke College, Cambridge

    December 2015 e-newsletter

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

  • Publication

    CAM 76

    Celebrate CAM’s fresh new look, plus 200 years of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and take to the road for one rather big adventure.

  • Publication

    Unbound 9

    The ninth edition of Unbound, published in November 2015, features Cambridge Alumni Travel Programme trips for 2016

  • JSTOR logo

    JSTOR access

    In partnership with the University Library we are delighted to offer alumni access to the JSTOR digital library of academic journals.

  • Gemini Observatory by night
    Travel
    28 March 2016 to 7 April 2016

    Chile: Astronomy capital of the world

    Ever since Copernicus claimed the Earth was not the centre of the universe, man has endeavoured to understand our place in space and time and to answer fundamental...

News

Research

King’s College Chapel: an architectural masterpiece and the man who told its story

16 December 2015

Five hundred years ago the masons working on one of the world’s most famous buildings completed the stonework of a chapel conceived some 70 years earlier. For several decades, King’s College Chapel had stood partially built in the heart of Cambridge. The story of the chapel is told in riveting detail by John Saltmarsh, who died in 1974 before completing his magnum opus.

Research

“Never was so much owed by so many to so few”: Could phrases like this hold clues about universal grammar?

16 December 2015

A new research project examining a linguistic construction called the Verb Second constraint could, academics believe, help to explain how people acquire language.

Research

Low cost, safe and accurate test could help diagnose rare childhood cancers

16 December 2015

A non-invasive, low cost blood test that could help doctors diagnose some types of malignant childhood tumour has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Forthcoming events

Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703 Kneller, Godfrey 1689

Samuel Pepys - Plague, Fire and Revolution

Friday, 20 November 2015 to Monday, 28 March 2016

Immerse yourself in one of the most vibrant and chaotic periods of our history through the diary of Samuel Pepys at the Royal Maritime Museum.

The beaux arts Municipal Theatre in downtown São Paulo.

Sao Paulo Christmas Lunch

Saturday, 19 December 2015 - 1.00pm BRST

Join the Cambridge University Brazilian Alumni - Sao Paulo for Christmas Lunch at the São Paulo Municipal Theatre.

Bunting

End of Year Garden Party, Lagos

Saturday, 19 December 2015 - 4.00pm WAT

Join the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Nigeria their end of year garden party.

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Alumni Groups

Alumni Groups map

With over 450 volunteer-led alumni groups around the world, find one near you using our online group directory. Search on the map, or by location, interest or College.

Travel

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

Am Hof, Vienna (engraving c 1760)

Opera in Vienna

April 2016
Mozart, Strauss, Verdi