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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: Following the horrific news of the invasion of Ukraine, the Corpus Christi College community wanted to express its solidarity with Ukraine in the best way possible – by taking action. Two events were organised by a group of postgraduate students

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

10 Jul 2024: The annual May Bumps start tomorrow and the Corpus Christi Boat Club is ready to race! We have four crews competing this year:

10 Jul 2024: Last night saw Adam excel in the Signature dish test, with great feedback from Marcus Wareing, Greg Wallace and Monica Galetti, who described his Lobster and Smoked Salmon filled Raviolo as ... Adam has described the experience as the toughest test he

10 Jul 2024: Three Corpus members have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.

10 Jul 2024: It's that time of year! Here's a roundup of recent and upcoming sporting events where you can cheer on your fellow Corpuscles. Best of luck to all the competitors! Rowing The May Bumps continue for the next two days, and we have four crews on the

10 Jul 2024: Honorary Fellow Dr John C Taylor (m1956) featured on BBC The One Show . 

10 Jul 2024: Corpus rowers had a great week on training camp in Portugal. Read their stories here:

10 Jul 2024: We are pleased to announce that Mr Stuart Laing (Honorary Fellow, former Master), Dr Rory Naismith, Ms Tamsin Starr and Dr Qingyuan Zhao were admitted as Fellows by the Master on Monday, 10th February; more information about their work and

10 Jul 2024: The Custodian of the Corpus Clock, Dr Ewan St. John Smith, shares some little-known facts about the famous Chronophage. Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, which is the Name Day of our College. One of my jobs on our Name Day is to provide a tour

10 Jul 2024: Over the Easter holidays Corpus hosted a Teach First programme for teenagers aimed at increasing their chances of entering Higher Education.    

10 Jul 2024: This year's Cambridge Festival tickets are now available, and there are several opportunities to attend events by Corpus members. 

10 Jul 2024: The Parker Library of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge owes most of its treasures to the efforts of one man: Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-1575). However, not all of the manuscripts now housed in the Library came from his original bequest to the

10 Jul 2024: The Reverend Dr Andrew Davison, Fellow in Theology, celebrates Corpus Christi with an exploration of the text of Finzi’s well-loved anthem.

10 Jul 2024: Everyone at Corpus wishes you a merry Christmas and a wonderful 2019!

10 Jul 2024: Search. Corpus student helps COVID-19 testing. As featured in the Pelican in Brief, to meet the urgent need of diagnostic COVID tests, Isabella Ferreira (m 2019), Gates Cambridge scholar and ... Working under the supervision of Professor Ravi Gupta,

10 Jul 2024: Search. 500 Years of Cambridge Spies. Before "On the Brink", at 2.00 pm on Friday 16 October in the McCrum Lecture Theatre, Professor Christopher Andrew will give an illustrated powerpoint presentation on “500 YEARS OF CAMBRIDGE SPIES” “Spies

10 Jul 2024: Corpus Christi College Boat Club took on the biggest challenge of their rowing lives on Saturday 18th September, rowing 21 miles across the legendary waters of Loch Ness. Having gone out for a practice paddle the day before in less than ideal

10 Jul 2024: Thanks to the JCR Green Officer, Andre Ediagbonya-Davies, we can all learn and share about sustainability this weekend.

10 Jul 2024: Oliver Rackham's beautiful memorial stone has been completed and set in the chapel floor, where it is available for all to see.  The stone will be dedicated at Evensong on Sunday 18 October (6.00 pm).

10 Jul 2024: Engineering or Economics. ... helpful. How is contextual data used in admissions? We are committed to ensuring that we offer admission to students of the highest intellectual potential, irrespective of socio-economic background.

10 Jul 2024: The College fully endorses the statement on Ukraine issued by the Vice-Chancellor.

10 Jul 2024: Elected: The Lord Sainsbury of Turville, K

10 Jul 2024: What does it take to display a priceless and unique historical object in a modern televised event? We at the Parker Library had to take this question seriously when we were asked to lend one of the most precious items in our collections: the

10 Jul 2024: Search. Gold, crowns and coronations. Who could have escaped the news of the coronation ceremony of King Charles III which took place in Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 May 2023? For the Parker Library of Corpus Christi College Cambridge the event

10 Jul 2024: The digital archives of the Parker Library are about to become more widely available and user-friendly in an update that will go live next week.

10 Jul 2024: Some of the most precious manuscripts of the Parker Library are being exhibited in museums in the UK and USA.

10 Jul 2024: Her research was in public economics with particular reference to health economics.

10 Jul 2024: Classics. Computer Science. Design. Economics. Engineering. English. 2024 Corpus Christi College University of Cambridge.

10 Jul 2024: impact tests at high velocities — essentially smashing things into her models and measuring the results.

10 Jul 2024: Last week the Master admitted four new Fellows to Corpus: Dr Duncan Hewitt (an applied mathematician), Dr Sarah Loos (a mathematician/theoretical physicist), Dr Chiara Martini (researching ancient philosophy), and Dr Alicia Smith (researching

10 Jul 2024: Corpus Fellow Dr Jenny Zhang is a group leader and BBSRC David Phillips Fellow in the Department of Chemistry, where she is re-wiring photosynthesis to generate renewable fuels. In the University's 'Women in STEM' this week, she shares why she

10 Jul 2024: Dr Barak ​​Kushner, Corpus Fellow and Director of Studies in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, is one of the guests on the BBC World Service discussing 'The Making of Modern Japan'.

10 Jul 2024: These Saturday lunchtime concerts, featuring many of the College’s finest musicians, take place every fortnight in the beautiful chapel.  Entry is free, with a retiring collection taken to support music in the College.  Two further concerts ar

10 Jul 2024: The Cambridge News covers the launch of a new Early Detection Programme at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre.  One of the co-leaders of the research programme is Dr Sarah Bohndiek, Fellow in Physics.

10 Jul 2024: Amy Hunt, who joined the college this term as an undergraduate student, has written her first column for the BBC Sport website.  She talks about combining her academic studies with life training as an elite athlete with an eye on the next Olympic

10 Jul 2024: Francis Maude, m 1972 History and Law, entered the House of Lords on 26 May 2015.  He was appointed Minister of State for Trade and Investment on 11 May 2015.  Francis was previously Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General from May

10 Jul 2024: It is Holy Week and our Service of Music and Readings for Passiontide recounts the events of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion using the music of Stainer’s Crucifixion, sung by the choir, and the words of St Mark’s Gospel, read by members of the

10 Jul 2024: It is with great sadness that the College announces the death of Dr Aaron Rapport, Fellow of the College since 2014 and lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at Cambridge since 2013, on Thursday 27 June 2019, aged 38&#

10 Jul 2024: Dr Philippa Hoskin shares the signs of an impending plague in medieval times.  

10 Jul 2024: Contractors working in our medieval dining hall today uncovered a carved 14th century corbel, which had been hidden for decades. The ongoing renovations will eventually restore these architectural details to be in full view.