Image:The Polar Museum and Library Visit

20 April
2026

The Polar Museum and Library Visit

CPS members enjoyed a guided tour of the Polar Museum and Library.

Image:Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

22 March
2026

Book Launch of Annotated Edition of The Descent of Man

Authors to speak at Department of Zoology, Main Lecture Theatre on 13 May.

Image:107th Conversazione and NatHistFest

20 March
2026

107th Conversazione and NatHistFest

Annual exhibition has run continuously since 1921 and will take place on 10th and 11th April 2026.

Image:CPS President Professor John Carr awarded BSPP Honorary Membership

05 March
2026

CPS President Professor John Carr awarded BSPP Honorary Membership

CPS President Professor John Carr awarded BSPP Honorary Membership for exceptional contribution to plant pathology.

Image:Travel Grant helps PhD student present his work in Hawaii

15 January
2026

Travel Grant helps PhD student present his work in Hawaii

A CPS Travel Grant helped PhD student John Hancock to present his work at the World Federation of Neuro-Oncology Societies meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Image:Professor John Carr becomes CPS President

01 January
2026

Professor John Carr becomes CPS President

Professor John Carr from the Department of Plant Sciences becomes CPS President.

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What Did Viruses Ever Do For Us? The Evolution of “Good” Viruses

Professor John Carr - President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Booking Recommended
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Do Children and Other Animals Think Like Scientists?

Professor Marta Halina

  • 17:30 - 18:30 Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Michaelmas Term Larmor Lecture
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