http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/images/general/logo.gif 2013-06-19T13:53:42+01:00 http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/ http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/ http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#guardian2014 2013-06-04T00:00:00+01:00

The Guardian University Guide has once again given top place to the Geography Degree at Cambridge for 2014. Our online course guide has full details on the Geography Degree at Cambridge.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#gregorylecture 2013-05-28T00:00:00+01:00

On 22 May, Ron Martin gave the 21st Annual Gregory Lecture at the University of Southampton. Every year an internationally leading geographer is selected to give this prestigious public lecture in the fields of physical, human or environmental geography. Ron's lecture was on "Resilience and the Economic Landscape".

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#opendays2013 2013-05-16T00:00:00+01:00

Thinking of applying to Cambridge as an Undergraduate in Geography? Check out our prospectus and come to our open days: Open days - Thursday 4th & Friday 5th July 2013 Undergraduate course guide Cambridge Geography ranked best degree by the Guardian University Guide and the Complete University Guide

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#foundersmedal 2013-05-13T00:00:00+01:00

Professor Keith Richards has been awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society. This is one of the two Royal Medals awarded by the Society each year, as approved by HM The Queen. The Medal has been awarded to Keith 'for the encouragement and development of physical geography and fluvial geomorphology', and will be presented at the AGM on 3rd June.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#climatechangenature 2013-05-08T00:00:00+01:00

Flooding, landslides, crop failure, water shortages. Across the globe, the frequency with which humans are suffering the ill effects of climatic variability and extreme weather events is on the increase. Can natural environments be used effectively to help people adapt to the effects of climate change? The first systematic review of this question – facilitated by the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) Collaborative Fund for Conservation and involving three members of the Department of Geography – finds much evidence of their effectiveness.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#kelbyhicks 2013-04-25T00:00:00+01:00

Members of the Department of Geography have been saddened by the sudden and untimely death of Kelby Hicks, a volcanologist and PhD student in the Department. Our heartfelt sympathies go to his family and friends. A memorial service was held in St Edmund's College chapel on Friday 26 April at 1.30pm.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#sciencelive 2013-04-22T00:00:00+01:00

Professor Phil Gibbard joined Bruce Smith from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, USA, for a Science Live web chat discussion entitled 'Archaeologists say that the 'Anthropocene' is here - but it began long ago'. It took place on Thursday 25 April 2013 and can be watched on the Science website.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#ccclaunch 2013-04-12T00:00:00+01:00

Students from the Masters in Conservation Leadership were privileged to attend an inspiring and insightful lecture by Sir David Attenborough in the University of Cambridge Senate House on 2nd April. The event was attended by over 400 guests from across the University and associated conservation organisations in and around Cambridge, to mark the official launch of the Cambridge Conservation Campus.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#righttofood 2013-04-08T00:00:00+01:00

Dr Bhaskar Vira and Dr David Nally have written a short piece for The Guardian Poverty Matters website, and for Al Jazeera, discussing the recent adoption of a National Food Security Bill by the Indian cabinet, and its implications for wider debates about the Right to Food, welfare and social security. These issues will be discussed at an event organised by Dr Vira and Dr Nally at King's Place in London, being held on Monday 8 April as part of the University Strategic Research Initiative on Global Food Security, at which particpants will debate issues relating to the Right to Food. One of the participants in the London debate, Mr Harsh Mander, who is Special Commissioner on the Right to Food to the Indian Supreme Court, will be visiting the Department this week. He will participate in a research workshop on food security in India, on Tuesday, and deliver a public lecture in the Department entitled 'Inequality and Indifference: the Indian Story' at 11 am on Wednesday 10 April.

http://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/news/previous.html#scottlastletter 2013-03-29T00:00:00+00:00

A letter written by the dying Captain Scott - one of only two remaining in private hands - can be revealed in full for the first time after being acquired by the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge.