Cambridge in America

08/13/2026

What will your Cambridge legacy be?

A gift in your will is simple, accessible, and can help future generations of students, researchers, and scholars pursue ideas that change the world.

This August is National Make-a-Will Month. Learn how you can include Cambridge in your estate plans and make an impact for years to come by visiting https://cantab.myplannedgift.org/wills-and-living-trusts

Questions about how to include Cambridge in your will? Please contact David Stiles, CAm's Planned Giving Advisor at [email protected] or 212-201-0781.

07/31/2026

Today is the last day to make your gift!

On the final day of CAm’s 25th Anniversary year, we are so grateful to everyone who attended events, shared their stories, and extended their generosity to Cambridge in America. If you haven’t yet made your gift, please join the thousands of US alumni and friends who have already come together in observance of this special milestone. Cantab.org/givenow

Over the past year, Cambridge in America has commemorated the special occasion by highlighting the best and brightest of our alumni, the great achievements of our transatlantic partnership, and the potential that our future holds for Cambridge.

By making a gift before midnight tonight, you invest in the success of students, world-renowned academics, and groundbreaking research for the next quarter-century. You make it possible to grant bursaries, provide world-class teaching and learning, and make breakthroughs on the most urgent global challenges. Your gift is invaluable to the mission of Cambridge.

Thank you again for your dedication to Cambridge. Now at twenty-five years of distinguished accomplishment, we look forward to the next twenty-five.

07/29/2026

Celebrate CAm’s 25th Anniversary and add your gift now!

There are just two days left in Cambridge in America’s 25th Anniversary year. Alongside celebrating a quarter-century of excellence in partnership and collaboration across the pond, your gift provides the resources researchers need to take on the world’s most pressing challenges and helps students make the most of the unique Cambridge education.

Will you make your 2026 gift and celebrate this historic moment with Cambridge in America? Cantab.org/givenow

By giving this summer, join your fellow Cantabrigians to help prepare the Collegiate University for the next chapter of life-changing teaching and cutting-edge research. Your gift of any amount to Cambridge in America (CAm) in support of your college and/or any area of your choice, made before midnight on July 31, is fully tax-deductible.

Thank you for supporting Cambridge.

07/28/2026

For more than a century, the May Bumps was one of Cambridge's great traditions. This year, history was made.

The Wall Street Journal looks at how Cambridge alumna and world champion rower Camille VanderMeer (Peterhouse 2025) helped reshape one of the University's oldest sporting events. Following a landmark change that replaced the men's division with an Open division, allowing mixed crews to compete, VanderMeer led her crew to victory.

It's an inspiring story of talent, determination, and tradition evolving with the times. Read the article here: wsj.com/sports/an-american-woman-shook-up-one-of-the-oldest-of-englands-old-boys-sports-d4a32b09

07/27/2026

This year, Cambridge in America (CAm) is celebrating 25 years of generosity and achievement in North America. The support of our alumni and friends helps Collegiate Cambridge deliver its distinctive, world-class education and drives pioneering research. If you haven’t had the chance, we invite you to mark this important milestone—the 25th anniversary of CAm—by making a gift in support of our mission. Cantab.org/givenow

Your contribution of any size to your College or any part of the University helps ensure that a transformative Cambridge education remains accessible to talented students who might otherwise be unable to attend. On this special anniversary, your support honors 25 years of impact and strengthens Cambridge’s role in shaping a better future for the world.

This summer, help us close this historic occasion by adding your support. We look forward to another excellent year of keeping you connected with your fellow alumni, friends and the University.

07/24/2026

What do award-winning video games, archaeology, ancient Greece and Cambridge have in common?

For Gates Cambridge Scholar Jakub Szamalek (Clare 2009), they are all part of the same story. After earning a PhD in classical archaeology at Cambridge, he helped write “The Witcher 3” and is now launching his own studio's debut title, “The Blood of Dawnwalker”, one of the most anticipated RPG releases of 2026.

Discover how Cambridge shaped his path from scholar to game creator:
cantab.org/cam-homepage/from-academia-to-rpg-master-jakub-kuba-szamalek%E2%80%99s-next-dark-adventure

07/20/2026

Congratulations to Andy Burnham on becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The new Prime Minister graduated from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge with a degree in English in 1991.

Whilst at Cambridge he won inter-collegiate football tournaments and helped set up the women's cricket team at his College.

He also met his wife Marie-France at Cambridge, who studied SPS (Social and Political Sciences) at the same College.

07/20/2026

In late May, a volunteer archivist made an extraordinary discovery in London's National Archives: a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that had remained hidden for 250 years. How it traveled from revolutionary America to the British archives is a remarkable story.

“It reminds us that it still takes someone working through physical collections to uncover an object that can reshape our understanding of an event or provide entirely new historical context,” said Nicholas Guyatt, professor of North American history at the University of Cambridge.

Read the full story of its extraordinary journey and discovery from NBC News
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/rare-declaration-independence-found-in-uk-rcna352852

Photo: Shivansh Gupta / PA via Getty Images

07/17/2026

“The terrorists are not waiting for us to make A.I. safe.” - Dr Antonia Juelich

Dr Antonia Juelich, a researcher at the University of Cambridge’s Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy, has uncovered a largely hidden dimension of how violent extremists are using artificial intelligence.

Read the full story from The New York Times on how terrorist groups are using A.I. to gain an edge in battle:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/ai-terrorism-boko-haram-nigeria.html

Photo: Joris Bolomey/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

University of Cambridge

07/17/2026

At 100 years old, Sir David Attenborough (Clare College 1945) continues to inspire audiences around the world.

This week, the legendary broadcaster, natural historian, and writer made history when he became the oldest Primetime Emmy nominee, earning two Outstanding Narrator nominations for “A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough” and “Ocean with David Attenborough.”

Watch this CBS Sunday Morning celebrating this extraordinary milestone:
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/milepost-david-attenborough/

This week, British documentarian Sir David Attenborough, who turned 100 years old in May, broke the record for oldest nominee for a Primetime Emmy Award, earning two nominations this year.