How ‘two amazing people’ addressed the ​urgent need​ for postgraduate funding for climate solutions research.

How the Lasting Legacy of Dr Brian Dodsworth is inspiring a new generation of Icelandic Studies scholars.

At the University of Cambridge, our eight Museums and Botanic Garden are about far more than the pleasure and enjoyment of science and culture; they are tools for teaching, research, insight, and innovation.

Forty-two years ago, artist Angela Taunt and her husband Derek (Jesus 1936) led the setting up of the Friends of Kettle’s Yard, which is still going strong, financially supporting the gallery each year through its activities.

To mark International Legacy Giving Day, we are pleased to share a story of a legacy gift which has helped promote race equality at the University of Cambridge

‘We all see the artefacts in a different light after hearing the stories behind them.’

Professor Jennifer S. Read shares the story of a passionate family tradition of philanthropy and high hopes for its impact

The Dolbys’ philanthropic support for science research and higher education has helped secure the UK’s status as the epicentre of physics discovery for the world.

Thanks to a generous legacy gift from alumnus, John Frederick Fitz Miller (Downing 1978), over 50 Downing medical students have all been awarded a generous grant from the fund.

Alice Macek, Associate Director of Legacies, reflects on why estate planning is vital — at any stage of life!

In a leafy Surrey village, an extraordinary musical story has unfolded over the course of more than a century, with its roots in mid-19th century France and a narrative spanning Belgium, London, the USA and Haslemere, Surrey. Its next chapter? At the University Library, Cambridge.

Most of us will — at some point in our lives, whether directly or indirectly — feel the tremendous impact of cancer. The disease has a unique poignancy and resonance: in its suddenness or its duration, in the uncertainty and changes it brings, and in the meaning it contains, cancer touches and transforms lives dramatically.

What links the famous Cambridge Corpus Clock to an unexpected legacy from a pioneering entomologist? Answer: New Zealand cave wētā.

David Manns (Trinity 1964) believes in the power of philanthropy to address the deepest roots of the problems we face as a species and a society — and he trusts Cambridge to lead the way.

Very few people can boast of having served as director of the International Mummy Database. The remarkable Professor Rosalie David OBE is one of the few.

Formidable, gifted, and just as passionate about her own work as her students’ learning and success, Joyce Reynolds was, and remains, an inspiration. Warm and admiring anecdotes about her abound — and one thing is clear: no one whose life was touched by Joyce will ever forget her. Now, her spirit and commitment will continue to support future generations thanks not only to her own legacy giving, but to the giving she inspired in others.

After a long and rich life in tune with both numbers and notes, computing trailblazer Margaret Marrs leaves a bequest as well-rounded as she was.

Thanks to his bequest to Cambridge in America for Clare Hall, future scholars will have the opportunity to explore Cambridge in the curious, tinkering, and enthusiastic spirit of Professor John Kessler.

An anonymous legacy gift will help the Early Cancer Institute invest in state-of-the-art equipment.