Public engagement
To mark International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the Cambridge Festival (16 March–2 April) is spotlighting the outstanding achievements of women across a wide range of disciplines.
For Brain Tumour Awareness Month 2026, we spoke to Dr Inês Prata Machado about her work at the CRUK Cambridge Centre where interdisciplinary teams translate scientific discoveries into real-world benefits for patients.
Ahead of Grandparenting: Perspectives from Across the Globe on 29 March 2026, our speaker spotlight with Dr Terri Apter, family expert and author, dives into grandparents’ underestimated role, the evolving meaning of grandparenting, multi-generational family dynamics, and the hidden ways they...
In our speaker spotlight, we talk with Dr Prashant Kakoday about his upcoming event, Training the Brain for Calm: Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, on 19 March.
In this speaker spotlight, we chat with Professor Ljiljana Fruk ahead of her Cambridge Festival talk, The Future of Nanomedicine, on 21 March.
Professor Keyoumars Ashkan MBE, Professor of Neurosurgery at King’s College Hospital, explains why he performs deep brain stimulation with patients awake and playing instruments – and what those moments in the operating theatre reveal about the brain that no scan can capture.
As global conflict intensifies, what would it really take to move from endless war to lasting peace? Ahead of An end to war: Creating peace in a turbulent world on 28 March, we spoke to Jenifer Varzaly, Assistant Professor of Law at Durham University and Research Associate at Cambridge.
How did the UK economy shift from 1990s confidence to stagnation and crisis? In our Speaker Spotlight with Professor Jagjit S. Chadha, former Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, ahead of Boom, Bust and Blunders: The UK’s Economic Journey and Policy Pitfalls, 1990–...
What if sunlight could turn waste into the fuels and chemicals we rely on every day? In our next Speaker Spotlight with Professor Erwin Reisner, ahead of Beyond photovoltaics: Unlocking the photon economy with solar chemical technologies on 21 March 2026, we explore bold new solar-powered...
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