Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Issue 102 - Easter term 2024
Finding answers to the really big questions no longer depends on human ingenuity alone: machine science is enabling scientists to go further faster than ever before.
You’ll never make the Blue Boat, and Blondie and Goldie are only a dream. But you still fancy your day on the water with an oar in your hand. It’s time for messing about on the river.
Professor Carol Brayne has pioneered specialist research into dementia prevention and treatment, dedicating her life to a world where medicine meets statistics.
Cambridge students, academics and alumni share what books they will – and should – be packing in their suitcase.
Forget the Tree of Life, meet the Network of Life: a new model that is about to change everything you think you know about the principles of evolution.
Read the editor’s letter and all your emails, comments and posts in response to CAM 101.
A Neanderthal skull, Medieval money mystery and recycling cement.
Creating CHaOs – the students taking their love of science to UK schools.
Journalist Dharshini David meets Jiyaad Ali to discuss the challenges of a work-life balance and why the must-have gadget in her day was… a microwave.
Sandi Toksvig (Girton 1977) discusses the Mappa Mundi project.
Study shows disadvantaged children’s struggles are not down to a simple lack of character or attitude.
For David Pickard, Cambridge was about discovering new music, converting people to opera… and performing terrible shows in Edinburgh.
Dr Nazia Habib says we must focus on the potential – not the challenges – of isolated island communities.
Your directory to alumni life: events, benefits and updates.