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Read more at: Cavendish and cricket, a long and rich history
Group photograph of the cricket team with Sir Lawrence Bragg, 1953

Cavendish and cricket, a long and rich history

#AnniversaryStory HOWZATTTT! It’s another day and the Cavendish is not out* of sports to talk about! Today, we look at the rich history of cricket being played by the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. You’re in luck because cricket is the most well-documented sport that the Cavendish played! E. Rutherford and J.J. Thomson...


Read more at: Breaking Barriers: Athene Donald's Advocacy for Women in STEM
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Breaking Barriers: Athene Donald's Advocacy for Women in STEM

#AnniversaryStory Professor Dame Athene Donald is a retired Cavendish professor of Experimental Physics, former Gender Equality Champion for the University of Cambridge and former Master of Churchill. She’s also a first of many things: first female lecturer in the Cavendish, first female professor in any of Cambridge’s...