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10 Jul 2024: At Cambridge we also call courses ‘triposes’. Immerse yourself.

10 Jul 2024: He is the clinical lead for the Reversible Dementia project (revertproject.org), which aims to improve the care of patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus through the development of new diagnostic tests,

10 Jul 2024: Dr Judy Hirst, Director of Studies in Chemistry, is one of the authors of 'Architecture of mammalian respiratory complex I', published in Nature 515, 80–84 (06 November 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13686

10 Jul 2024: Its broad interdisciplinary training, which develops the ability to analyse data, construct abstract (grammatical) models, and test alternative hypotheses, means that Linguistics graduates emerge with the kind of transferable intellectual skills

10 Jul 2024: Search. Mooting success. On Monday 9 March, Dominic Bielby (second-year law student and President of the JCR) and a teammate from Magdalene College won the prestigious University Law Society’s Brick Court Mooting Competition. The final was

10 Jul 2024: An exhibition at Fen ​Ditton Gallery of artists’ perspectives on trees in celebration of the work of Oliver Rackham OBE (1939-2015) and the Woodland Trust.

10 Jul 2024: Search. Down to(n) the Bar. Hugh Bonneville (m1982) delighted current Corpus students by dropping into the Pelican bar after talking at the Cambridge Union. Zara Overton (m2012) invited Hugh to come to the bar via Twitter, she tweeted "can we hope

10 Jul 2024: Anything that is made will have engineering processes at its heart; engineers test, design, build and understand the artificial word around you.

10 Jul 2024: Dr Philippa Hoskin shares fourteenth-century reflections on healing the sick.

10 Jul 2024: He went to the London School of Economics for an LLM in Public International Law before returning to Cambridge for a PhD.

10 Jul 2024: Our brilliant Domus Bursar since 2021, Gemma Donaldson, has left Corpus to take up the post of Bursar at St Cross College Oxford. Gemma will be very much missed by staff, students and the Fellowship as she packs up her oars and loads up her bike

10 Jul 2024: Economics. No. Engineering. No. English. Two essays. You should submit essays from your English Literature A Level (or equivalent).

10 Jul 2024: In celebration of Pride Month, Corpus was delighted to hold its second annual Pride event on 4 June, featuring a series of LGBTQ+ talks, followed by a Pride Formal.

10 Jul 2024: Writing in The Guardian, Dr Christopher de Hamel argues that he has identified among the manuscripts held in the college's Parker Library, Thomas Becket’s personal book of psalms: an ancient manuscript the martyred saint and so-called “turbulent

10 Jul 2024: Congratulations are in order for our two incoming student Presidents: Sophie Oldroyd, MCR President and Neve Baskar, JCR President. Fittingly, as we enter the 40th anniversary year of female students at Corpus, they are both women. We know they'll

10 Jul 2024: Professor John Carr, Director of Studies in Biology, comments in the Guardian on work producing bioluminescent plants using fungal DNA. Read the Guardian article here.

10 Jul 2024: This isn't part of a test or exam – it simply acts as a starting point for discussions in the interviews.

10 Jul 2024: Search. Out of the Ashes of Empire. Corpus Fellow Dr Barak Kushner is the focus of a fascinating article concerning his research into the formation of post-war east Asian identities and ideologies. Kushner investigates this through a variety of media

10 Jul 2024: His research focuses on economic and social developments in Anglo-Saxon England.

10 Jul 2024: The oldest surviving illustrated Latin Gospel book, known as the Gospels of St. Augustine (MS 286) can be seen by anyone with an internet connection. From the 10th of January 2018, this codex, along with a further 555 medieval and

10 Jul 2024: Search. The Corpus ducks 2016. Yesterday saw the annual migration of the Corpus ducks from their nest, across New Court, through the main gate, across the road, and towards the river. This event requires careful coordination by the porters at Corpus

10 Jul 2024: The small instrument is built in Scottish oak which blends well with the decoration and furniture in the chapel, and is mounted on wheels for ease of movement.

10 Jul 2024: The Leckhampton development for Corpus Christi College has been named the People’s Choice in the Cambridge Design and Construction Awards for 2013.    

10 Jul 2024: His research and teaching interests cover Contract, Tort, Human Rights and Constitutional Law—including their historical, theoretical, and economic dimensions.

10 Jul 2024: Dr Ewan St John Smith, Fellow in Pharmacology, discusses his research on Cambridge TV.  (His interview begins at 12m 30s.)

10 Jul 2024: Those with an interest in rare books and manuscripts can follow the blog about the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. View the blog.  

10 Jul 2024: The College is extremely saddened to announce the death on Sunday 17 September of alumna Denise Pinto, Chair of the Corpus Association.

10 Jul 2024: Architecture. Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. Classics. Computer Science. Design. Economics.

10 Jul 2024: Charles Read, an economic historian. Our Master, Prof Christopher Kelly, is a historian of the Roman Empire; and Prof Barak Kushner, works on the history of Japan and China.

10 Jul 2024: Search. Choir tour to Italy. Graham Walker, our Director of Music writes: For the second time in three years, the College Choir visited northern Italy in July, where the region was experiencing its hottest summer for twenty years. An early flight -

10 Jul 2024: Abdullah Kattineh, a first year undergraduate student studying Natural Sciences at Corpus Christi, talks about his journey from being an aspiring chemist in Syria to his arrival in Cambridge. Watch his interview with the BBC and hear about his

10 Jul 2024: Search. Admission of new Fellows. We are pleased to announce the admission of an Honorary Fellow, Professor Avinash Dixit, and four new Fellows, Thomas Nelson, Research Fellow in Classics; John Biggins, Fellow in Engineering; Patrick Pietzonka,

10 Jul 2024: A BBC4 TV series on The Beauty of Books begins on Monday 7th February. Part 1 is entitled 'Ancient Bibles', and features the Winchester Bible, the Codex Siniaticus - and Corpus Fellow, Dr Christopher de Hamel.  

10 Jul 2024: Leinarte’s book Functional Responsibility of International Organizations: The European Union and International Economic Law (CUP 2021) provides a novel approach to the allocation of international responsibility in a non-state

10 Jul 2024: After a pandemic-imposed break, the Parker Library Audit took place last week in the Parker Library.

10 Jul 2024: An exhibition and series of events about Corpus alumnus Christopher Isherwood's (1904-86) time at Corpus is currently being held in the Parker Library.

10 Jul 2024: Our second exhibition case is currently dedicated to the study of English literature, which, unlike Theology, was not part of the university curriculum during Parker’s time (and it would have had to wait for another 350 years at least). I focused

10 Jul 2024: Today we celebrate thirty years that Tim Rhodes has served as the College Boatman. In New Court, surrounded by cheering staff and students, the Domus Bursar, Gemma Donaldson, presented him with a bottle of champagne and letter of congratulations

10 Jul 2024: Today (1 September 2020) Corpus publishes its policy on the wearing of face coverings in the College.  This policy takes immediate effect and applies to students, staff and Fellows, as well as to visitors to the College.  With a few exceptions,

10 Jul 2024: Dr Alicia Smith, Parker Early-Career Research Fellow, tells us about her research into a single manuscript with intriguing details.

10 Jul 2024: The Nomination Board has nominated Lord Sainsbury of Turville for the role of Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

10 Jul 2024: The College has been nominated for a RIBA Award for the Old House Kitchens project.

10 Jul 2024: An illustrated Dutch book on astrology from the early sixteenth century might not be a typical work one would expect to find in the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. How would a copy of Tscep vol wonders (Brussels: Thomas van

10 Jul 2024: The annual procession of the ducks from their nest in Corpus, across Trumpington Street, through St Catharine's and Queens' Colleges to the river Cam took place very early on the morning of 27 April. It was captured on video by our friends at St Catz

10 Jul 2024: Today is a special day in the calendar as we celebrate the Commemoration of Benefactors.  College life has been made possible by the collective good will of previous generations of men and women who for nearly seven hundred years have not only

10 Jul 2024: Congratulations!!

10 Jul 2024: The College congratulates Jacob Hallam (m.1991) on his being appointed Queen’s Counsel.

10 Jul 2024: This little early twelfth-century manuscript belonged to Matilda (c.1102-1167), daughter of Henry I of England, who married the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry V, in 1114. The text is a unique account of the imperial family, probably made in Würzburg.

10 Jul 2024: Search. A Very Corpus Enthronement. The coverage of the enthronement of the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, featured some very familiar Corpus faces.The Master and Dr Christopher de Hamel, Fellow Librarian of Corpus Christi, could be

10 Jul 2024: One of the young Cambridge peregrine falcons visited the College yesterday. The 2nd fledged Juvenile (no sign of ring) seen perched on Corpus Christi College @CorpusCambridge at 13:30 #CamPeregrines pic.twitter.com/AIu1HrCoUu — Cambridge