The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff.
Newby Trust Research Fellow Dr Hannah Lucas explores what we can learn from medieval contemplative practice to support wellbeing and bring calm to our fast-paced lives. Alone in her room and poring over texts,…
Three years after she left the UK Foreign Office, Alison Rose was invited to take part in the British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, which records the recollections of former diplomats. The programme aims to…
Newnham’s former Principal, Professor Dame Carol Black, and Met Office Chief Executive, Professor Penny Endersby (NC 1988), have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List. Honorary Fellow Dame Carol Black was awarded the…
The crucial role of a Newnham College alumna who discovered the vitamin folate and its importance in tackling anaemia features in a new book published this year. The Folate Story by Victor Hoffbrand is…
Professor Dame Mary Beard (NC 1973) attended a ceremony last week at Newnham to mark her Honorary Fellowship. Professor Beard, who taught Classics for nearly four decades at Cambridge and has published many books,…
A new exhibition is on view in the Supervision corridor in the Dorothy Garrod Building at Newnham, featuring seven artworks created by current members of Newnham’s JCR and MCR. The exhibition, which continues into…
Newnham celebrated the 75th anniversary of women being granted full membership of the University of Cambridge with a special Christmas formal hall this week, attended by the University’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Debbie Prentice. The event…
At last week’s Education Committee, Fellow Dr Orsola Rath Spivack was chosen as the recipient of the Terri Apter Prize for Teaching, usually awarded by the College every two years. Orsola joined Newnham as…
We were sorry to hear of the death of Honorary Fellow and Newnham alumna Dame Antonia Byatt Duffy, known professionally as AS Byatt, who made such a great contribution to English literature. Her novels…
Professor Catherine Hall gave an overview of suggestions for repair or redress in a talk at Newnham College last week, as part of a speaker series organised by Newnham’s postgraduate students (MCR). A former…