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Cambridge Alumni Magazine
Issue 105 – Easter 2025

The opening of Ray Dolby Centre

Translating cultures, the future of languages

BAFTA-winner Alex Horne returns to Cambridge

 

 

 

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Features

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At your service

Hugo Barraud (Selwyn, Fourth Year) studies Classics and is part of the Cambridge University Officers’ Training Corps, an Army Reserve unit that offers basic officer training and outdoor activities.
Made in the USA

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Made in the USA

Americans who come to study at Cambridge are in exalted company, but no two experiences are the same.

 
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The Legacy Survey of Space and Time

Half the sky. Billions of objects. In six colours. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time, which begins this year, promises to deliver the first motion picture of the universe, answering some of the most pressing questions about the structure and evolution of our world. 
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Remember this...

Memory is strange: sometimes crystal clear on people and places we came across years ago, often much more cloudy on things that happened just last week. 
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Translating Cultures

Languages are the world’s repository of memory and knowledge – and are crucial for establishing our place within it, says Professor Charles Forsdick.

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Alumni life /

Alumni Life

Dr Dana Sinclair’s work in performance psychology has been changing sportspeople’s lives for more than 35 years.
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Changing Course by Nimrod

Solvers must find ways to connect four groups of three (including three nonstandard phrases) from realms – one group each – of history, geography, science/nature and entertainment. Wordplay in each of the normally numbered clues leads to the answer with an extra letter not entered in the grid.
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News /

Easter edition- Campendium

CAM's summary of what's been happening across the University.
Grace Brookes with Taskmaster creator Alex Horne.

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My room, your room

Third Year Grace Brookes surprises Taskmaster creator Alex Horne with a trip back to the Nineties. 
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This idea must die /

This idea must die: “Libraries are just about books”

What is a library?
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Student life /

Society

A launchpad for the innovators of the future, Cambridge University Entrepreneurs has been supporting and accelerating great people and ideas for more than two decades.
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Soundtrack /

I slept through the whole concert – my reputation went up in flames that day

Despite one minor setback, Mary Bevan’s experience with music at Cambridge convinced her that it could one day become her career.
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Museo /

Cast in stone

The Scott Polar Research Institute is home to the largest public collection of Inuit art, a fascinating insight into this traditionally nomadic indigenous culture.
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Editor's letter and inbox

Welcome to the Easter edition of CAM