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The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff. Please also see Newnham's upcoming events.

Panel discussion
News

Legacies of Enslavement

At Newnham we have an ongoing programme of work to better understand our institution’s foundation within its historical setting, to...

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Legacies of Enslavement
Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin
News

Written in the stars

“Though her epoch-making discoveries are yet to come, she is now to be found on starry nights among the moths...

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Written in the stars
poppy
News

80th Anniversary of VE Day

As we mark 80 years since VE Day, we reflect on the contributions of so many Newnham alumnae to the...

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80th Anniversary of VE Day
Amelia Gardner-Thorpe PhD candidate in History
Video

Meet our students: Amelia Gardner-Thorpe

Amelia Gardner-Thorpe is studying for a PhD in History. She explains the focus of her research on the experience of the plague in medieval Novgorod...

Meet our students: Amelia Gardner-Thorpe
a street dog in Chinteni village, Cluj County, Romania. Image credit: Marian Taulescu. And Elizabeth Murchison at Newnham College
Research

Street dogs shed new light on cancer evolution

DNA from a 2000-year-old dog shows horizontal gene transfer can occur in cancer. Newnham Fellow Elizabeth Murchison explains more and...

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Street dogs shed new light on cancer evolution
Hamda Hassan and Nuzli Karam
Research

Mind over matter 

Newnham postgraduate students carry out world-class research which has a real impact. In our cluster of medical and biological research...

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Mind over matter 
View of Sidgwick and Clough from the gardens at sunset
News

Exhibition considers College’s legacies of enslavement

An exhibition highlighting the links of Newnham College founders to the transatlantic enslavement economy, is to open at the College...

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Exhibition considers College’s legacies of enslavement

Newnham events

A photo of a pudding seminar in the Lucia Windsor Room
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Pudding Seminar: Magdalena Holloway (MCR)

All staff, students, senior members and alumnae are very warmly invited to attend the Pudding Seminars. Talks usually last between...

Pudding Seminar: Magdalena Holloway (MCR)
Old Hall -1875
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Summer Party and Campaign Celebration

Newnham alumnae, family and friends are invited to our annual day of celebration on Saturday 28 June. This summer, we...

Summer Party and Campaign Celebration