There was standing room only in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre as friends, family, postdocs, students and academics watched Yusuf Hamied receive the inaugural Alumni Medal from The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz.

Dr Helen Czerski will give the Alex Hopkins memorial lecture on Friday 18 March in the BMS Lecture Theatre.

The award venerates eminent leaders in protein science who have made sustained, high impact research contributions to the field. 

Professors John Pyle, Christopher Abell, Christopher Dobson and Clare Grey are all slated to speak at the Alumni Medal Ceremony on Thursday 17 March.

Over 1500 people, the majority of them children, descended on the department for the annual Chemistry Open Day and lectures. 

 Dr Peter Wothers' popular Science Festival lectures attracted full houses again this year.

Dr Christopher Forman will speak on Tuesday, 15 March as part of the University of Cambridge Science Festival.

The Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Impact 2016 have been launched to recognise and reward those whose research has led to excellent impact.  

Postdoctoral researcher Dr Oliver Pecher was featured in Cambridge News on 2 March 2016.

Professor Jane Clarke will speak on Thursday, 10 March at Lucy Cavendish College as part of the University of Cambridge Science Festival.

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The always popular Chemistry Open Day, held as part of the Cambridge Science Festival, is scheduled for Saturday 12 March 2016.

The Department of Chemistry will present its first ever Alumni Medal to Dr Yusuf Hamied in a ceremony on Thursday 17 March at 2:30 pm in the Wolfson Lecture Theatre.

A new University of Cambridge Public Engagement with Research Awards scheme has been launched by the Public Engagement team on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

Applications are now open for the Returning Carers Scheme.