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30 May 2023: A new Master. Sir Hermann Bondi becomes the third Master. First female Honorary Fellow elected: Lady Mary Soames.

24 Apr 2023: You can set up a regular Direct Debit donation online by Credit/Debit Card by visiting our main site. Or, support a specific project through our project pages. Want to receive updates about the Think Forward Campaign? 44(0)1223 336 240. Churchill

10 Aug 2023: News. As well as giving alumni the opportunity to connect with current students and hear about Churchill College today, telephone campaigns form the foundation of the College’s annual fundraising programme.

30 May 2023: A new decade, a new Master. Alec Broers becomes the fourth Master.

21 Feb 2023: News. Churchill College’s 2023 Giving Day will take place from 09:00 GMT on Wednesday 8 March to 21:00 GMT on Thursday 9 March.

30 May 2023: New boathouse opened. New boathouse (with King’s, Selwyn, and Lees School) opened.

21 Mar 2023: News. Over 270 donors made a gift to the College this Giving Day, raising over £146,500.

30 May 2023: New graduate housing opened. The new graduate housing at 36 Storey’s Way is opened in September 2019 by the Vice-Chancellor, Stephen Toope.

28 Mar 2023: News. It has been a joy to see the spring flowering bulbs starting to appear across the College site this year.

30 May 2023: A new look for the Buttery. Buttery extended and remodelled. Share your memories of this year.

28 Mar 2023: News. Choonzo Chiyumba is from Zambia, Namwala district and a first year PhD student at Churchill College. ... Studying Artificial Metalloenzymes (ArMs). The title of Choonzo’s PhD research project is “Evolving complexes between synthetic porphyrins

17 Oct 2023: First women Fellow elected: Daphne Osborne First Churchill Association alumni dinner in College Southern African Bursary established to fund black African students John Piper’s glass unveiled in the chapel Churchill students win TV’s University

30 May 2023: 36 hours and 3 funds to support undergraduate students at Churchill College.Visit the Giving Day website ChuGives.chu.cam.ac.uk to learn more and to add your support.

13 Jun 2023: News. Many congratulations to Churchill College PhD student Awa Farah who received a Vice Chancellor’s Social Impact Award in recognition for her work providing free mentoring to students from refugee

30 May 2023: First Honorary Fellow elected: Sir Winston. First female Fellow Commoner appointed: Helen Clover (New Hall, History).

28 Mar 2023: News. The College is delighted to announce the next round of ISLA Award Cambridge at Churchill College winners!

30 May 2023: The extension to the Archives Centre, housing the Thatcher papers, was opened in 2002.

28 Mar 2023: News. As part of our sustainability strategy, we have set 6 priority areas to make sure Churchill College operates in a sustainable and responsible way. ... For instance, all housekeepers have been trained in how to use the new compactors, to make sure

12 Jul 2023: Fellowship at Churchill and he encouraged me to apply as Head of a new department at Sevenoaks to teach Economics.

30 May 2023: First female Middle (postgraduate) Common Room President elected Cambridge University Radio starts broadcasting from a College basement First alumni reunion dinner hosted by the College

28 Mar 2023: News. Joining a student-led College club or society is a great way to meet new people, have fun and be part of College life and Churchill offers a diverse range ... What gave you the original idea to launch this new society?

30 May 2023: Second and third women Fellows elected: Alison Finch and Pat Wright

30 May 2023: College becomes a national ‘listed’ building Study Centre opened First Churchill Lectures in Economics (annual series) Governing Body votes to disinvest in British American Tobacco Title of ‘Fellow Commoner’ replaced by ‘By-Fellow’ First

28 Mar 2023: News. We’re extremely proud to have three Churchill College women playing rugby at university level! ... As Amy recalls, ‘it was also the appeal of doing something new and different and I’ve played since then.’ When Amy was offered a place at

30 May 2023: The College celebrates its 50th Anniversary with numerous events throughout the year including the 50th anniversary Summer Ball and 50th anniversary exhibition on the College’s scientists. Robert Edwards, Fellow, awarded Nobel Prize for in-vitro

30 May 2023: First United States Churchill Foundation scholars arrive First issue of the College Record (later Churchill Review) Oscar Nemon’s bust of the Founder gifted by the UK government

28 Mar 2023: News. Churchill Fellow Professor Liz Soilleux is one of thirteen inspirational academics honoured for the outstanding quality and approach to their teaching in the annual Pilkington Prizes, which honours excellence in

30 May 2023: Churchill becomes the first men’s college to decide to admit women (8 March) Student representatives admitted as observers to College Council: first reps are Julian Filowchowski (U66) and Edward Libbey (U&G66) Students (in particular Michael Trier,

30 May 2023: Opening of the New Study Centre and Music Rooms. Cambridge University Radio (broadcast from Churchill) winner of UK Best Student Radio.

27 Feb 2023: News. The College is extremely proud to have two students involved in the university’s prestigious rowing programme as part of the aspiring Boat Race squad. ... and something new in the form of rowing.

30 May 2023: Cowan Court opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester who cut the ribbon at the entrance to Cowan Court as part of a ceremony attended by 130 guests comprising: Fellows and staff, benefactors and alumni on 26th September 2016. The Royal party, including

30 May 2023: Statutes amended to admit students as members of College Council

30 May 2023: First Roskill Memorial Lecture (biennial thereafter) Main concourse enclosed and its north side infilled with offices

30 May 2023: Carol Robinson is the first alumna to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2004.

30 May 2023: Lady Soames plants a weeping mulberry tree for 50th anniversary in the grounds of Churchill College, near the oak planted by her father on October 17, 1959. She used the same spade he had used.

30 May 2023: Archives Centre opened Cap on number of female student admissions abolished First female Junior Common Room President elected

30 May 2023: Maisonneuve Collection of French art received

30 May 2023: Roger Tsien (G72) is the first alumnus to win a Nobel Prize, it was awarded for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie. Winston

30 May 2023: Michael Cowan (U70) becomes first Winston Churchill Benefactor Fellow College celebrates its 60th Anniversary, however majority of events are cancelled due to Corona-virus. Students are taught remotely for Easter Term 2020 as the UK enters lockdown

30 May 2023: Men’s First Boat achieves highest ever position in the Lent Bumps: 5th

30 May 2023: The first female Bursar of Churchill College, Jennifer Rigby (later Brook) was appointed in 1999.

30 May 2023: Death of the Founder, Sir Winston Governing Body votes to rescind men-only clause in its Charter Bevin and Bracken Libraries and Wolfson Hall opened by the Lord Chancellor The Library includes an archives room Wolfson Flats completed Prime Minister

30 May 2023: Ladies First Boat Head of the River in May Bumps (first of six times) World’s first ‘test tube’ baby born: Bob Edwards, Fellow, later wins Nobel Prize

30 May 2023: Our first-ever Giving Day, ChuGives ran for 36 hours in March 2022. During this time our entire community of alumni, students, Fellows and staff were encouraged to join together, from all over the world, to celebrate the best of the College and

30 May 2023: First female Professorial Fellow elected: Mary Jacobus. Post of Teaching By-Fellow created. Hugh Baillie-Scott’s Arts & Crafts house 48 Storey’s Way sold.

30 May 2023: Møler Foundation undertakes to fund building of the Møller Centre. Malcolm Bradbury’s TV drama ‘Anything More Would be Greedy’ is filmed at Churchill.

30 May 2023: Bracken Library Gallery constructed

30 May 2023: Cloister infills undertaken throughout residential courts to create ensuites. Barrie Hesketh, Artist Fellow Commoner, paints Crucifixion at High Table

30 May 2023: National Heritage Lottery Fund awards £13.25m to acquire Sir Winston’s personal papers through childhood to 1945 A further £1.75 million was given by the National Heritage Memorial Fund for cataloguing, conservation and endowment First student

30 May 2023: The Trustees transfer the endowment to the College, enabling it to be designated a full College of the University of Cambridge The College now liable to contribute to the intercollegiate fund The College already reaches its original target size of