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Papers and relics testifying to Stephen Hawking’s life’s work will be displayed in UK archive

Science & Technology

The collection includes a wide variety of items, from Hawking’s scientific papers to letters he received from popes and presidents.

Fourteen black male students pose in front of the gates of St Johns College, Cambridge

Cambridge has a shortage of black students. Some of them are out to fix that.

Culture
Middle school teacher Jenny Chung was wounded by shrapnel in the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013.

Resilience: This Boston Marathon bombing survivor could teach a course on it

Health

From British Fairgrounds to Cambridge Degree

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