Microsoft Research Cambridge, public talks

Using reason and evidence to do the most good

Eve McCormick - Effective Altruism Cambridge & Olly Crook - University of Cambridge.

Auditorium, Microsoft Research Ltd, 21 Station Road, Cambridge, CB1 2FB.

Wednesday 31 July 2019, 14:00-15:00

Second Language Education Group

Promoting multilingual literacy and reader identity:Global Storybooks and open technology

Bonny Norton , FRSC, Professor and University Scholar , Department of Language & Literacy Education, UBC, Canada.

Murray Edwards College, Lecture Theatre.

Friday 13 September 2019, 14:00-15:00

Trust & Technology Initiative events

Trust & Technology Initiative 2019 Symposium

Speaker to be confirmed.

Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Thursday 19 September 2019, 14:00-20:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Transformation of perception

Dr Hannah Jongsma, UCL.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 11 October 2019, 17:45-19:10

Peter Whittle Lecture

Title to be confirmed

Elchanan Mossel (MIT).

Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2.

Monday 14 October 2019, 17:00-18:00

Statistics

Title to be confirmed

Elchanan Mossel (MIT).

MR12.

Tuesday 15 October 2019, 16:00-17:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

James Watt

Dr Malcolm Dick, University of Birmingham.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 18 October 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

LARMOR LECTURE - Professor Serena Best - title to be confirmed

Professor Serena Best, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 28 October 2019, 18:00-19:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Aging, Intelligence, and Slowing of Thought

Professor Patrick Rabbitt.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 08 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Maths of Whole Universes

Professor John D Barrow, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 11 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

CCIMI Seminars

Title to be confirmed — CCIMI Colloquium

Professor Mark Girolami, University of Cambridge.

MR2 Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

Wednesday 13 November 2019, 17:00-19:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Prevention of mental illness in the adolescent years

Professor Ian Goodyer, OBE,MD, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Cambridge.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 15 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Cambridge Philosophical Society

Dr Susannah Gibson - title to be confirmed

Dr Susannah Gibson, Affiliated Scholar, Department of History and Philosophy of Science .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 25 November 2019, 18:00-19:00

Wolfson College Science Society talks

Prevention of cancer

Professor Elio Riboli, MD, MPH, MSc, Imperial College, London.

Wolfson College, Gatsby Room.

Friday 29 November 2019, 17:45-19:10

Darwin College Lecture Series

Human Origins

Dr Adam Rutherford, Author, Broadcaster.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 17 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Mysteries of Modern Physics

Professor Sean Carroll, Caltech.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 24 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

G I TAYLOR LECTURE - Professor Nigel Peake - title to be confirmed

Professor Nigel Peake, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics .

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Monday 27 January 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Decoding the Heavens: The Antikythera Mechanism

Dr Jo Marchant, Journalist, Author.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 31 January 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

Dr James Grime, Mathematician, Lecturer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 07 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigma of Emotion

Dr Tiffany Watt Smith, Queen Mary, University of London.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 14 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Enigmatic Premodern Book

Dr Erik Kwakkel, University of British Columbia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 21 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

HONORARY FELLOWS LECTURE - Professor David Baulcombe FRS- title to be confirmed

A COMPLIMENTARY DRINKS RECEPTION TO FOLLOW ON AFTER THE LECTURE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE FOYER TO THE LECTURE THEATRE FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Professor Sir David Baulcombe, Department of Plant Sciences.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Wednesday 26 February 2020, 18:00-19:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Volcanic Behaviour

Dr Tamsin Mather, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 28 February 2020, 17:30-18:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Archaeological Mysteries

Dr Albert Yu-Min Lin, Explorer.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 March 2020, 17:30-18:30

Cambridge Philosophical Society

The Futures of Medicine - One Day meeting

ONE DAY MEETING FREE ENTRY NO BOOKING REQUIRED

Organisers: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman and Dr James Fraser.

Cambridge University Engineering Department LT0.

Friday 20 March 2020, 09:00-17:15