News

What do potatoes, pigs, and pollinators have in common? They are all essential to feeding a growing global population, yet modern intensive farming has pushed the natural systems we depend on to a breaking point. As Professor Lynn Dicks from the Department of Zoology notes, “We're taking more out of the environment than...

don_broom_face.jpg The Department of Veterinary Medicine is proud to celebrate a remarkable academic achievement by Professor Don Broom and his research group, whose collective body of work has now surpassed 800 peer-reviewed papers, alongside an additional 33 books. Spanning decades of pioneering research, this extensive...

vetcam2026.jpg Each year, we host VetCam , our residential taster experience designed for Year 11 and 12 students who are thinking about studying Veterinary Medicine at Cambridge. It’s an opportunity to go beyond prospectuses and really experience what the course – and student life – is like. From exploring the science...

What a truly outstanding and inspiring week it’s been for the Department of Veterinary Medicine as part of the Cambridge Festival 2026! Across the past week, we were proud to welcome over 750 people to our Cambridge Festival events - making our 2026 programme of events, the Vet School’s most successful festival season to...