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18 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Revised plaque acknowledges Franklin’s DNA role. September 04th, 2023. The plaque was first installed in 2003, on the Eagle pub where they celebrated, but made no mention of Rosalind Franklin, whose research had

11 Jun 2024: Carol explains, “Growing up in Nigeria gave me the opportunity to understand the struggles that many people living in Africa face, especially to provide food for themselves and their families. ... Researchers like Carol are the people who are tackling

16 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Principal made Honorary Fellow of Hong Kong College of Physicians. October 18th, 2016. Newnham’s Principal has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Physicians for her ‘distinguished

8 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. ‘The Entitlement Gap’ holding women back in the workplace. March 08th, 2021. It’s 2021. Women are still paid less well for doing the same jobs as men. (And lets not even get into the way in which

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Principal takes her message of healthy workplaces to Washington. May 10th, 2018. Health and Wellbeing in the workplace is no longer merely a matter of traditional ‘health and safety’, but of stress, autonomy,

21 May 2024: It creates a modern, multi-purpose space, built with extensive consultation with all members of College, which reflects how people live and work today.

15 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham tackles under-representation of women in the tech sector. October 26th, 2018. Why are women actively self-selecting out of the technology sector? Newnham College and the WoMen’s Leadership Centre at

16 Jun 2024: Professor Mary Joanou, who campaigned for the plaque, said “Clara was a wonderful pioneering feminist, shaped by the women’s movement, who devoted her life to other people.” Joanou described her

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham Politics and Debating Society welcomed Sir Oliver Letwin. February 22nd, 2021. Newnham Politics and Debating Society hosted Sir Oliver Letwin last week for a insightful talk and Q&A session via Zoom. This

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. From a difficult marriage in Pakistan to a PhD in Cambridge – one Newnhamite’s inspiring story. August 16th, 2017. Aliya Khalid is from Peshawar in North West Pakistan where she says ‘a girl is supposed to be

9 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham undergraduate first to receive inaugural Cambridge Leadership Prize. January 25th, 2016. A third year Land Economy student, Aleksandra Pedraszewska, was the first recipient of a recently established

16 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. First female presenter of mainstream comedy show formally becomes Honorary Fellow. December 03rd, 2016. Sandi Toksvig said ‘anyone who can cook dinner and look after children can host QI’ when she gave a

21 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Cambridge college launches £4.5 million research centre for global studies. March 22nd, 2018. A world-class research facility has been founded at Newnham College in honour of Dame Margaret Anstee – the first

15 Jun 2024: The bar will be selling drinks and hopefully we’ll be able to meet like-minded people and have some good discussions about climate activism and COP26!

16 Jun 2024: These talented, committed young people may be up to three times more likely to drop out of University as a result. ... The Realise Project works with young people in care and estranged people pre-University.

8 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Students invited to apply for biennial Ann Duncan travel grants. March 14th, 2023. Applications are invited for small grants for foreign travel during Summer 2023 for students currently studying a language under

23 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham College Boat Club’s new boat named Millicent Garrett Fawcett. May 15th, 2018. In the 100th anniversary year of the first women gaining the right to vote, Millicent Garrett Fawcett slipped into the chilly

24 May 2024: 2019. The building includes study, research, social and living spaces, bringing people together at the heart of this dynamic College.

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. The second Newnham Anthology – Walking on the Grass, Dancing in the Corridors: Newnham at 150. August 04th, 2020. Open the Gates, and walk on the grass with us through 150 years of Newnham…. Walking on the Grass

19 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Death of Miss Sheila Browne, Honorary Fellow and former Principal (1983-1992). August 27th, 2015. Miss Sheila Browne, Honorary Fellow and former Principal (1983-1992) died last night (August 26) at the age of 90.

22 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. The future’s bright: winners announced for 2019 Essay Prize competition. August 06th, 2019. Is fiction like a spider’s web? How would you treat a robot explorer on Mars? Is patriotism a virtue, or a vice? How

17 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Breast cancer scientists use innovative 3D imaging to help track cancer cells. October 25th, 2016. Newnham’s Vice Principal has led a ground-breaking project which tracked the fate of ‘daughter cells’ to find

8 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Eleanor Bron performs play at Newnham written to combat dearth of roles for women over 50. January 31st, 2017. A celebrated actor has written a new play to create new roles for women over the age of 50 and the

8 Jun 2024: Jasvinder calls for people to be far more aware of forced marriage, and to enquire about girls’ wellbeing. ... Jasvinder concluded with an appeal to people to be aware and to raise an alert if they have concerns:.

12 Jun 2024: Some people see Amazon as an online store, but ultimately we are a global technology company and the attendees really embodied the Amazon leadership principles during this task. ... backgrounds – we had six people in the team and we were from six

9 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Dr Thanuja Galhena appointed as Adviser to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students. October 07th, 2020. The College is delighted to announce that we have appointed Dr Thanuja Galhena as our first Adviser to Black,

10 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Prof Fiona Gilbert named Honorary Member of the Radiological Society of North America. December 18th, 2019. Newnham Fellow Prof Fiona Gilbert, an expert on oncologic and musculoskeletal imaging, has been named an

7 Jun 2024: Prof Leyser argues that this is why people are so willing to accept a division between scientists and non-scientists (or ‘boffins’ and ‘people’). ... Instead, over 300 people from all around the world joined us via Zoom – supplying their own

8 Jun 2024: The decision follows a campaign by feminist activist Caroline Criado-Perez, which included a petition backed by more than 74,000 people and an open letter to London Mayor Sadiq Khan, ... She focused on lobbying the Government until the passing of the

7 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Principal reflects on her time as Ambassador in recording for the Churchill Archives . January 08th, 2024. The transcript of her interviews was posted just in time for an event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of

9 Jun 2024: The study of anthropology challenges people to immerse themselves in a culture which is very unknown to them, and this has had a profound effect on the course of Dr ... As a financial journalist, Dr Tett wrote with great prescience in 2005-6 about the

7 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Game-changers of the future? National Year 12 Essay Prize winners receive awards. July 02nd, 2018. Are developments in battery technology the solution to the world’s energy problems? Is globalization the death

14 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Full hearts, minds and bellies – a recap of our 150th Festival of Arts, Science and Ideas. July 06th, 2022. So many treats – four principals in conversation; fascinating talk by Rebecca Abrams; Margaret Drabble

8 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham’s Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran named as one of the ‘100 Most Influential Women in Engineering’. October 21st, 2019. Newnham Research Fellow and alumna, Dr Sakthy Selvakumaran, has been announced as one of

26 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newly-discovered photograph highlights the role of Indian suffragists – Newnham’s Dr Susila Bonnerjee (NC 1891). July 02nd, 2019. A rare photograph discovered in the Women’s Library archives has highlighted