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29 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Playwright Anna Ziegler visits Newnham to talk about Photograph 51. November 18th, 2015. The woman who wrote a smash-hit play about pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin visited Newnham to talk about her work.

19 Jun 2024: These new ERC laureates bring a remarkable wealth of scientific ideas, they will further our knowledge and some already have practical applications in sight. ... Managing ecosystems to promote carbon sequestration, either by avoiding further loss or

9 Jun 2024: Geographical Magazine, New Scientist, The Economist) is also a good background for studying Geography.

15 Jun 2024: 1-4pm Tuesday 9th November, Cynthia Beerbower Room. Drop in between 1 and 4pm to swap your clothes for something new in the Cynthia Beerbower room at Newnham!

28 Jun 2024: Julia was included in Financial News’ 100 Most Influential Women in Europe’s Financial Markets (2010, 2011, 2012, 2021,2022 and 2023), and awarded Industry Leader of the year 2023 by

10 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. The Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology course is taught by the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, which is a separate department to Engineering within

19 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Archaeology. With the Department of Archaeology and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge is one of the largest centres of archaeological research in Britain. Archaeology students at

20 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Emma Thompson tells students ‘Newnham taught me how to think’. June 13th, 2017. Newnhamite Emma Thompson returned to College to talk to students about her life and career and advised them that ‘failure is

16 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Fundraising Promise. This promise outlines the commitment made to alumnae, donors and other supporters by Newnham. Newnham is registered with the Fundraising Regulator and agrees to ensure our fundraising is legal,

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. MCR member Sam Leggett wins European research award. September 07th, 2020. We’re delighted to say that PhD student Sam Leggett was awarded the 2020 Student Award for the best paper given at the European

12 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. ‘Forgotten’ Newnham poet to be celebrated in BBC documentary. November 18th, 2016. The life and work of a Newnham alumna once described by Virginia Woolf as ‘her own heroine – capricious, exacting and very

12 Jun 2024: Whiting judges said: “Mathelinda Nabugodi dazzles with her originality of approach, opening new ways of seeing and reading.

11 Jun 2024: But after twenty one years in post, Peter Robinson, has closed his cookbooks and is heading back home to Derbyshire, where he takes up a new role at a school.

9 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham’s medieval manuscript of Piers Plowman preserved for the 21st Century and beyond. February 02nd, 2024. This manuscript, Newnham MS 4, dates to the first half of the 15th century and contains the B-Text of

6 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Barbara White Room. The Barbara White Room is a light and bright room with doors directly out into the garden. The room can be set up in various styles, and can hold a drinks reception for 70, theatre style for 60

8 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Music. Cambridge is a great place to study music. The undergraduate degree (referred to as the Music Tripos), is carefully designed to give first year students a solid foundation in a broad range of musical skills

12 Jun 2024: I worked in the Anthropology department at the American Museum of Natural History on new exhibits for the ‘Hall of Man in Africa’.

7 Jun 2024: In the ceremony, the new Fellows and Scholars also make promises to “promote the honour and usefulness of the College as a place of education, learning and research,” and sign their ... Seven new fellows also made their Solemn Promise and signed the

9 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Wikipedia edit-a-thon to mark International Women’s Day 2017. Wednesday March 8th, 2017. 12.00 to 20.00. Jane Harrison Room, Newnham College. Join us at Newnham College as we host a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on

10 Jun 2024: destruction in international law, focusing on the proposed new crime of ‘ecocide’.

12 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham student named ‘most committed’ in Sports England awards. August 16th, 2017. A Newnham sportswoman who juggled her PhD studies with playing Goalball around the world has just been given the ‘most

20 Jun 2024: Pioneering botanist and Newnham Alumna Agnes Arber (NC 1899) has been remembered with a new PhD….

21 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Veterinary Medicine. Cambridge is a popular choice for a wide variety of students, providing an intellectually satisfying preparation for clinical studies. The subjects within years 1 – 3 (pre-clinical) of the

16 Jun 2024: Students who saw their favourite dishes, that are undoubtedly special to them, on the menu expressed deep gratitude to us, and many got to experience new cultural dishes for the first

11 Jun 2024: She is now on a secondment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University and has been meeting alumnae in Washington and New York. ... Recently, Wei organised a workshop with the Climate Resilience Team of the

11 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham alumnae return to Cambridge for 25th Alumni Festival. September 28th, 2015. Cambridge played host to the 25th Alumni Festival this weekend and more Newnham alumnae returned to the city than former students

7 Jun 2024: But she was a radical in this field. She felt that many ‘epigraphers’ were rightly concerned to discover and decipher new texts (sometimes a formidably difficult task), but did not always ... She is best known for her study of the inscriptions

7 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Eminent alumna receives Honorary Degree from Harvard. May 31st, 2016. Philosopher and metaphysician Professor Judith Thomson was awarded a highly prestigious Honorary Degree from Harvard University. Professor

12 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Confirmed TEDxNewnham Speakers. Julie Etchingham (NC 1988) is one of Britain’s foremost reporters: she has worked for the BBC and Sky News, and has ... She has presented Tonight on ITV since 2010, having replaced

26 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thon to help make the internet less sexist. February 20th, 2017. Newnham College will mark International Women’s Day with a mass edit-a-thon to address the lack of online

18 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Pioneering botanist Agnes Arber remembered with a new PhD Prize and Blue Plaque. ... June 17th, 2024. Pioneering botanist and Newnham Alumna Agnes Arber (NC 1899) has been remembered with a new PhD Prize in comparative

21 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Professor Rae Langton’s series of John Locke Lectures begins in Oxford. April 30th, 2015. Professor Rae Langton will talk at The Cambridge Union tonight – just a day after she delivered the first in her series

10 Jun 2024: May 12th, 2022. We are delighted and proud to announce news that current student and previous JCR President Lottie Mills has had her collection of short stories signed by Oneworld Publications.

22 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Rising interest in Classics ‘highlights political resonance’. October 10th, 2022. Fellows Dr Shushma Malik and Dr Carol Atack made a strong case for the contemporary relevance of Classics to help illuminate

23 May 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Linguistics. The Cambridge Linguistics programmes (Tripos and MPhil) offer a wide range of courses in theoretical and applied linguistics, often taught by internationally recognised experts in the field. There is a

13 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Professor Thompson elected to Royal Society Fellowship. May 10th, 2023. Our Honorary Fellow Professor Elizabeth Thompson has been elected a fellow of the Royal Society. Professor Thompson (NC 1967) completed her

20 Jun 2024: Jo Burch, President of the Roll and herself a former member of NCBC, responded “This is fabulous news and so well-deserved – a wonderful achievement.”. ... Pioneering botanist and Newnham Alumna Agnes Arber (NC 1899) has been remembered with a new

22 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Cambridge’s first McWhirter conference takes place at Newnham College. April 11th, 2016. Sixth-form students from around the country experienced life at a Cambridge college at the inaugural Rosalind Franklin

28 Jun 2024: Her research also involves understanding the potential for the discovery or characterisation of new physics scenarios at future colliders. ... Pioneering botanist and Newnham Alumna Agnes Arber (NC 1899) has been remembered with a new PhD….

22 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. ‘Carmen’ (1949) by Dora Gordine. Described as ‘possibly the finest woman sculptor in the world’ Dora Gordine was a determined and uncompromising artist. She was the first woman sculptor to have her work

23 May 2024: new network called Healthcare in Conflict with co-convener Dr Charlotte Hammer, Everett Butterfield Fellow in Emerging Diseases, Downing College.

25 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Family Day marks Philippa Fawcett anniversary with Maths activities. July 14th, 2023. A great time was had by all at our Family Day for alumnae and staff on Saturday 8 July. The theme of the event was Mathematics,

9 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. A World Class Fellowship. The cornerstone of a Newnham education is the supervision system. Students are stimulated and pushed beyond their comfort zone by our Fellowship. By attracting outstanding researchers, who

7 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Research feature: In contemplation of wellbeing. January 22nd, 2024. Alone in her room and poring over texts, Dr Hannah Lucas can feel very connected to the lives of medieval women who withdrew from society to

29 Jun 2024: February 14th, 2022. Prof Róisín Owens has long been at the forefront of bioengineering research, creating technologies to develop medicines with new speed and accuracy. ... bridges the gap between traditional cell culture assays and human studies, to

27 Jun 2024: Close. Close. Close. Close. Close. Newnham College works to challenge culture of silence around sexual harassment. November 02nd, 2016. A special training course to help challenge the culture of silence at university around sexual harassment was

18 May 2024: Professor Christopher Howe, Deputy Master of Corpus, said: “The College is delighted that the new plaque gives better recognition to those other pioneering scientists whose work was essential to this important

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

12 Jun 2024: The 1964 Roll Letter explains its novelty as a new kind of student house:. ... the ceiling to expose the roof joists, to allow for new insulation of all internal walls and ceilings.

14 Jun 2024: March 22nd, 2017. Newnham College has been shortlisted in the Employer of the Year category in the Cambridge News and Media Business Excellence Awards 2017 for focusing on the health and ... We are delighted to have our work recognised by the Cambridge