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Cambridge engineer awarded top accolade from Institution of Engineering and Technology

Dr Andy Harter, Fellow of St Edmund’s College and the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory, has been awarded the Faraday Medal, the most prestigious award of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).

Professor Andy Neely recognised as world-leading engineer by Institution of Engineering and Technology Achievement Awards

Professor Andy Neely, Head of the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Manufacturing, Founding Director of the Cambridge Service Alliance and Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, has been awarded the Achievement Medal (Viscount Nuffield Silver Medal) for Manufacturing.

Indian scholarship recipient prepares for Cambridge law degree

Prathiba M Singh Scholarship awarded in India.

Christine Holt awarded €1 million prize for research on connection between eye and brain

Prof Christine Holt from the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience has received the 2016 Antonio Champalimaud Vision Award, the largest in the world in the field of vision

Hamilton Fairley Award

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has granted this year’s Hamilton Fairley Award to Professor Carlos Caldas (University of Cambridge), whose research has opened up new horizons for understanding the biology of breast cancer.

Leading scientists awarded Royal Society Research Professorships

Professor Andrea Brand FMedSci FRS and Professor David Klenerman FMedSCi FRS have been awarded Royal Society Research Professorships.

European Investment Bank-ERSA Prize in Regional Science 2016

Professor Bernard Fingleton, Director of Research in the Department of Land Economy, was awarded the EIB-ERSA Prize in Regional Science at the 56th European Regional Science Association (ERSA) Congress in Vienna, Austria.

Haeckel’s Embryos: Images, Evolution, and Fraud by Nick Hopwood highly commended for the 2016 DeLong Book History Prize

A history of science book has been highly commended for the 2016 DeLong Book History Prize, awarded by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP).

Prof Christine Holt awarded Ferrier Medal 2017

The Royal Society award recognizes Holt's work in understanding molecular mechanisms involved in nerve growth, guidance and targeting

National Learning Disabilities & Autism Awards: Outstanding Contribution to Innovation Award

Rashmi Becker, PHD Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry is recognised for her 'Outstanding Contribution to Innovation' at the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards.

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