Breaking the cycle of stress, inflammation and depression
Ed Bullmore (Department of Psychiatry) on inflammation and its links to mental health and the brain
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News
College Research Fellow awarded Pilot grant
Dr Lorena Gazzotti has been awarded a £3000 Pilot grant from the Society for Libyan Studies for her next project
Sara Collins announced winner of 2019 Costa First Novel Award
Sara was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2016 and has just been announced winner of the 2019 Costa First Novel Award
Events
Virginia Woolf Talk: Claire Nicholson
On 10 March Claire Nicholson will give a talk entitled ‘A Public of Two’.
Virginia Woolf Talk: Rute Costa
On 4 February Rute Costa will give a talk entitled: 'All is rippling, all is dancing': adapting The Waves into performance.
Save the Date - Alumni Festival 2020 at Lucy Cavendish
Save the date for this year's University of Cambridge Alumni Festival celebrations at Lucy Cavendish College
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Combining a passion for art with academic research
Lucy Cavendish PhD student on drawing her way through her studies
Lucy's Phd and Postdoc announced as photography competition winners
Elisabeth Gill and Zhong-Nan Wang both won prizes at the Engineering Dept 2019 ZEISS Photography Competition
Miriam Dzah: my journey to Lucy and my goals as BME officer
Miriam talks about her work in giving a voice to the diverse experiences of BME students