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Confronting Cyberbullying

On March 16, 2012, Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student accused of spying on his roommate Tyler Clementi, was found guilty of privacy invasion, tampering with evidence, and bias intimidation. News headlines around the world were quick to praise the jury verdict, celebrating the decision as a symbol for an end to cyberbullying.

Shaheen Shariff | 26 Mar 2012

Dickens’ Pessimism

‘A man of genius, simple, warm, sincere’, wrote the American poet James Russell Lowell (1819-91) about Charles Dickens: ‘He left a world grown kindlier than he came’. We know that Dickens was...

23 Mar 2012

Women in Science

Celebrating Women’s History Month, Cambridge continues its “Women in Science” series today in a discussion with three of the Press’ science editors: Ada Brunstein, Laura Clark, and Katrina Halliday.

21 Mar 2012

What Great Judge Are You?

In the baseball game of the law, judges have been famously compared to umpires: impartial observers who apply a set of pre-existing rules onto a specific circumstance. But every so often a judge comes...

19 Mar 2012

Irish Essays: Five Questions for Ray Ryan

Ray Ryan is Senior Commissioning Editor of English and American Literature at Cambridge University Press, and the editor of Irish Essays. For more on the book, check out the Cambridge Book Club. How...

16 Mar 2012

How to Succeed as a Scientist

As March is Women’s History Month, Cambridge University Press is proud to launch its “Women in Science” series. For the inaugural post, we asked Dr. Barbara Gabrys, co-author of How to Succeed as a Scientist, to offer her advice on how to cultivate a successful, rewarding career.

Barbara Gabrys | 14 Mar 2012

Extreme Book Signings

It might have been a bit colder than a bookstore, even one with its air conditioning cranked all the way up, but anyone attending Clive Oppenheimer’s recent book signings would have experienced some remarkable scenery.

12 Mar 2012

The War of 1812: A Q&A with J.C.A. Stagg

For more on The War of 1812: Conflict for a Continent, check out this month’s Cambridge Book Club. The War of 1812 was such a formative event in America’s history that it was also known as its...

9 Mar 2012

International Women’s Day: Q&A with Carolyn Bronstein, Author of Battling Pornography

As March 8th is International Women’s Day, we sat down to chat with Carolyn Bronstein, author of Battling Pornography: The American Feminist Anti-Pornography Movement, 1976–1986. Read More ?

7 Mar 2012

‘Everything connects to everything else’

We asked David Morley how the design of creative writing programs can reflect the industry’s current challenges.

David Morley | 5 Mar 2012

What is opera?: Operas and Their Worlds, Finale

Editor’s Note: In Act I, Opera author Robert Cannon gave us a primer on the powerful tools imparted by opera’s  unique combination of drama and music. In Act II, he took us deeper into the art...

Robert Cannon | 2 Mar 2012