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Cambridge Dictionary has named 'parasocial' as the Word of the Year for 2025. Simone Schnall, Professor of Experimental Social Psychology, said: “Parasocial is the perfect Word of the Year. The rise of parasocial relationships has redefined fandom, celebrity and, with AI, how ordinary people interact online."

University of Cambridge alumnus Professor John Clarke has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis, for their work revealing quantum physics in action.

"Every single day that we live, we make some impact on the planet. We have a choice as to what kind of impact that is."

Lord Simon Woolley in Conversation with Visionary Entrepreneur and Humanitarian Lynn Fritz

For a quarter of a century the Gates Cambridge Scholar program has been building a global network of leaders committed to improving the lives of others and addressing global challenges.

Tally Arundell (Magdalene 2023) did not consider herself a typical Cambridge-bound student in her early years. Back then, the University did not seem within her reach. 

Each year the Cambridge University American Stage Tour (CAST), featuring talented Cambridge student actors and technicians, tours a Shakespeare production across the eastern US, aiming to bring the Bard’s brilliance to as wide an audience as possible.

Research reveals how political crises cause a shift in the force behind viral online content ‘from outgroup hate to ingroup love’.

Americans who come to study at Cambridge stand on the shoulders of giants – but what is it really like to follow your dreams over an ocean to a world of ancient buildings and supervisions, bops and bedders?

Behind a Transformative Gift to The Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)