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Celebrating the arts, sciences, and ideas that shape our world 🌍✨ 📆 19 March - 4 April 2025 https://www.festival.cam.ac.uk/
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Get hands-on with cancer research in Cambridge at @cambridgefestival.bsky.social! 🧠🔬🧪🧬  Saturday 22 March 11am-4pm Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology No need to book, just turn up on the day for lots of fun activities! Find out more 👉 zurl.co/e36Hq

A new film is exploring the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge. We spoke to project co-lead Dr Kenny Monrose about the film and what he hopes viewers will take from it. Catch the film at #CamFest: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/blac... @crasshlive.bsky.social

Places going fast for our free @cambridgefestival.bsky.social events! See all our upcoming events here and book your place 📅✅ www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cambridge-...

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Join us on 24 March for a fun evening of comedy and science in Cambridge! @cambridgejunction.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Dr Mireia Crispin is leading a team looking understand how tumours evolve and respond to treatment as well as co-leading the Ovarian Cancer Programme @crukcamcentre.bsky.social. Read more about her critical research: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb... @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

Is sticking to a healthy weight really possible? Find out in this live webinar on 3 Apr 6-7pm with @mrcepid.bsky.social's Prof Nick Wareham & Dr Amy Ahern, part of the 2025 @cambridgefestival.bsky.social. Book your free ticket on EventBrite https://bit.ly/RESmaHW @cuhnhs.bsky.social

Plus floating bus stops & Copenhagen crossings for Madingley Road, market traders feel their petition was 'ignored', Addenbrooke's nurse honoured by the king, our picks from @cambridgefestival.bsky.social & debate on public toilet closures & higher swimming prices & college's Project Agora

Our giant puzzle board is back at Cambridge Academy for Science & Technology's family day on Sat 22 Mar, part of this year's @cambridgefestival.bsky.social. Not yet had a go? All ages enjoy finding out how research happens on Cambridge Biomedical Campus! @cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

There are around 7,000 languages spoken across the world, but it is estimated that only 35% of these are safe with up to 90% of its distinctive writing traditions to be lost in the next century. In some cases, it is already too late.

Looking for some #CamFest event recommendations? Here's what the team think you should book on to 👇 Highlights include @ai.cam.ac.uk, @chuarchives.bsky.social, @whipplemuseum.bsky.social, @whipplemuseum.bsky.social, @heong-gallery.bsky.social, @atjcagan.bsky.social, @crukcamcentre.bsky.social

Dr Carol Ibe is spearheading an event at @cambridgefestival.bsky.social which will launch an innovative food security project for Africa - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/c... #foodsecurity

Why do some animals, like whales, live exceptionally long lives free from many age-related diseases? 🐋 Join @atjcagan.bsky.social to see how nature’s solutions to longevity may hold the key to tackling our own health challenges: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/impos...

Our giant board puzzle is back! Kids & adults love exploring how much #research goes on at @CamBioCampus & now YOU can join in the fun at Cambridge Academy for Science & Technology's family day on Sat 22 Mar, part of the 2025 @cambridgefestival.bsky.social @cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

We're super excited for this year's latest and greatest Cambridge Festival, with two ThinkLab (@thinklab.bsky.social) events in April! Come join us for The Science of Neurodiverse Workplaces, with our colleagues from BBC: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/scien... @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

Can health research unlock the secrets on maintaining a healthy weight? Find out in this live webinar on 3 Apr 6-7pm with 's Prof Nick Wareham & Dr Amy Ahern, part of @cambridgefestival.bsky.social. Book your free ticket on EventBrite https://bit.ly/RESmaHW

Curious about a career in preventing human extinction & civilization collapse? Join us at the Cambridge Festival for an informal talk with CSER & experts to learn about study & career opportunities in existential risk. 📅 Thursday 20th March, 12-1pm, Cambridge. Book below ⬇️ bit.ly/3CLsxpH

We're delighted to be welcoming back Human Rights lawyer (and @corpuscambridge.bsky.social alum) Philippe Sands to #CamFest. Philippe will be joining us to discuss his new book which follows stories of the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London and the post-war life of senior SS officer Walther Rauf.

We are delighted to be hosting an exciting and exclusive glimpse of a new work-in-progress musical for @cambridgefestival.bsky.social! 1/3 #NewMusical

📣Join us for our @cambridgefestival.bsky.social Open Afternoon 📅 Saturday 22nd March ⏰ 1:30-4:30pm 📍 Churchill Archive Centre, Churchill College ⭐️Visit our reading rooms, document repair shop, meet our friendly team to learn more about our collections & work. https://buff.ly/4hyzGIV #CamFest

🎮 This is not a game: as part of @cambridgefestival.bsky.social, we invite you to a critical discussion in the fight against climate change— the role of climate interventions. Find out more and sign up here: www.climaterepair.cam.ac.uk/events/clima...

How can we harness the power of #AI for public benefit? Bookings now open for our #CamFest panel discussion! Hear from... 🔷 @lawrennd.bsky.social 🔷 @ginasue.bsky.social @mctd.bsky.social 🔷 Jess Montgomery 🔷 Robert Pollock @camcitco.bsky.social 🔷 Liz Watts 📅 18:00 | 2 April 🎟️ lu.ma/3e3spf0s

The third edition of the #CamFest newspaper, Matter, is here and it's a beauty 😍 The newspaper is packed with interviews, features, event highlights, comics and a science sudoku. Pick yours up from sites across Cambridge or drop us an email and we'll send you one via post.

SAVE THE DATE: The @mrccbu Science Night event is back! ‘Inside the Mind: Exploring the Human Brain’ on Wednesday 19 March from 6pm. Full schedule to follow. www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/insid... @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

You will find us as part of the Family weekend with a variety of genetic themed, hands-on activities 🪰🔬🐣🍓🧬 🗓️Saturday 29 March 🕑 10am - 4pm 📍Pathology Labs, Downing Site #CamFest

We're looking forward to being part of #CamFest 2025! At our Open Day on Sat 22 March visitors can 'tour' the Dawn supercomputer, chat to a robot, make music with code, discover how AI can help you with your insomnia - or turn you into a guitar genius! - and more. www.cst.cam.ac.uk/news/tour-su...

Gates Cambridge Scholars are speaking at a Cambridge Festival panel on 21st March on Ideas that could change the world. Bookings are now open - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/2... #bioprinting #foodsecurity #simprints #whistleblowing #InfectiousDiseases #GatesCambridge25

Cambridge Festival programme live today! We've three free events on the theme of 'Reproductive Justice in a Changing Climate' bookings open now on Eventbrite 📅✅ www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/cambridge-...

📢 Wanna know more about solar-driven chemistry? Save the date on Saturday 22nd March. Erwin will give a talk to the public in the framework of the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social on #solarfuels technologies and #circulareconomy ☀️♻️ Get your tickets here: t.co/5BKzcxTH68

Hello BlueSky 💙 We're new here and we're delighted that our first post is announcing the 2025 #CamFest programme! Events are now live and ready for booking so get exploring: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events