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  • 10 Nov 2023
    Sebastian Rasinger, Guido Rings

    The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication: Q&A with Sebastian Rasinger and Guido Rings

    Associate Professor Sebastian Rasinger and Professor Guido Rings, authors of The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication, discuss Intercultural Communication and their latest textbook What is Intercultural Communication? Is it about speaking to people from other countries? Yes – and no. Traditional approaches to intercultural communication predominantly focused on face-to-face interaction between people of different national […]

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  • 19 Oct 2023
    Mor Harchol-Balter

    The Importance of Probability in Computing

    A Q&A with Professor Mor Harchol-Balter, author of the new Cambridge textbookIntroduction to Probability in Computing In today’s blog post, we’re delighted to catch up with the author of a ground-breaking textbook on probability for computing. We’ll discuss the inspiration behind the book, its target audience, and unique features that make it stand out from […]

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  • 5 Apr 2023
    Roel Snieder, Cortney Holles, Qin Zhu, Cynthia James

    Love in the Higher-Education Classroom?

    In the book The Joy of Science, Seven Principles for Scientists Seeking Happiness, Harmony, and Success, one of us with co-author Jen Schneider discuss the pressures that academic faculty operate under. As an antidote to these pressures, Snieder and Schneider introduce practices of self-care for faculty that increase wellbeing. They also propose habits that allow […]

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  • 17 May 2022

    Meet the Author: Andrew A. Chien

    In a 25-year career, Professor Andrew A. Chien  has been a chair professor, led Intel Research, and served as Editor in Chief of Communications of the ACM, and been an active researcher in cutting edge topics in computer science. We recently caught up with him to find out more about what motivates him and to […]

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  • 28 Mar 2022
    Xenophon Papademetris

    I Want to Save the World!

    My co-authors and I were having our first meeting with Sara Epperson, Yale’s Director of Digital Education, to discuss our proposal to record a Coursera online class based on our then-upcoming textbook “Introduction to Medical Software: Foundations for Digital Health, Devices, and Diagnostics.” Her opening question to us was “why do you want to record […]

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  • 8 Jan 2022
    Nick Wilkinson

    Managerial Economics: A Q&A with Nick Wilkinson

    Professor Nick Wilkinson, the author of Managerial Economics, took some time to answer our questions about inspiration, the digital revolution, and the rewards of teaching. The second edition of your textbook Managerial Economics is publishing later this month, what originally inspired you to write on this subject and how has that developed with this new […]

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  • 11 Nov 2021
    Colin G. Anderson

    How reliable is wind energy?

    Using wind energy to generate electricity has been a big topic in the climate change discussion for many years. But can we rely on renewables like wind to take up the slack as we begin to phase out fossil fuels? With the promises and ambitions of COP26, this point is increasingly important. One of our […]

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  • 10 Nov 2021
    Bhavik R. Bakshi

    Climate Change, Sustainable Engineering & Technology

    Edited by Ellie Pawsey, Marketing Executive, Cambridge University Press How can technology help us create a greener future? The UK is hosting the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021. “The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of […]

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