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Mowing a meadow, Cambridge style 🐎💐🌼 Watch fan favourites, Cosmo and Bryn from Waldburg Shires, pull a traditional hay wain across the beautiful wildflower meadow at King's College. Catch Cosmo and Bryn Tuesday and Thursday between 10am and 1pm. Head to @kingscollege.bsky.social for more info.

What's a maths student's favourite number? 🤔🔢 We asked some of our students to tell us their favourite number, and why. The answers were as surprising (and calculated) as you'd expect 😉 Now it's your turn! What's your favourite number? ➖➕

Congratulations and a round of applause for this week’s graduates 🎓🎉👏 We wish you all the best for the future and we’re very proud of everything you’ve achieved 🥳 📸 Nick Saffell

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Cambridge University and Trinity College have launched a global hunt for a new Professor of Sustainability 🌍 The Hatton Professorship of Sustainability will be advertised this summer, with the successful candidate starting in the academic year 2026/27. Find out more: https://bit.ly/4weOeVh

Photograph of the Wren Library, Trinity College

From this year’s World Cup to Coldplay’s tours, a new study finds the biggest climate impact isn't the event itself, but how the fans get there 🌍⚽🎵✈️ Cambridge researchers say FIFA should reward fans with rebates for greener travel to matches. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/3T1Fd3t

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Today, we welcomed His Majesty King Charles III for the formal opening of the New Whittle Laboratory. The £58m facility will accelerate innovation in aerospace, energy and defence, helping develop and deploy new technologies at record pace. Read more about today's event: https://bit.ly/4yrt8EZ

This image shows a group of four individuals, including King Charles III, engaged in conversation in front of an aircraft engine display. The King is wearing a light suit with a patterned tie. Another is in a dark suit with a striped tie. The setting appears to be a technical or industrial environment.A group of people seen outdoors engaging in conversation. King Charles III, wearing a light-coloured suit, is shaking hands with Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice in a grey-checked outfit. They are surrounded by others in formal attire. There is greenery and a road in the background.A large aircraft engine is on display in a modern, industrial setting. King Charles III and Professor Rob Miller are walking and talking near the engine. The space includes metal structures and a spiral staircase in the background.Two individuals stand beside a plaque at the University of Cambridge's New Whittle Laboratory. King Charles III is unveiling the plaque, while Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice looks on. The plaque commemorates a visit to the laboratory.

The New Whittle Laboratory officially opens today, marking a major milestone in Cambridge’s mission to accelerate innovation in aerospace, energy and defence. The £58 million facility aims to transform how new technologies are developed and tested. Discover more: https://bit.ly/4vH48Xz

Want to overcome your fear of public speaking? Dr James Mannion from Oracy Cambridge @hugheshall.bsky.social shares three simple tips to help you become a more confident speaker. Oracy Cambridge, based at Hughes Hall, works to promote effective spoken communication in schools and wider society.

Did you know @theul.bsky.social's tower is one of the tallest buildings in Cambridge? 📚 Opened in 1934 and standing at 157 feet tall, it remains one of the city's most recognisable landmarks. Can you guess which College this view of the tower was captured from? 📸 Lloyd Mann

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