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28 Jan 2020: CAN AGE-RELATED CHANGES IN METABOLISM TRIGGER ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE? Thursday 21 November, 2019,6pm–8.30pm, London. Join outgoing Everitt-Butterfield FellowDr Priyanka Joshi for a talk about her research and findings in the field of Alzheimer’s

14 Sep 2017: From Edwardian stables to Heong Gallery: a history. The building housing the new Heong Gallery at Downing was built c.1903, following the decision on 1 November 1902 to replace the College’s original Wilkins-designed stable block with a smaller

25 Nov 2016: From the Archives: 250 years since Downing wasn’t founded! The 250th anniversary of the death of Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet. 2014 marked the 250th anniversary of a significant event in the history of Downing College. On 6th February 1764, Sir

17 Jan 2022: 40 YEARS OF WOMEN AT DOWNING COLLEGE. A VIRTUAL ARCHIVE EXHIBITIONDowning College admitted its first twenty-four female students in October 1980, two years after the first female Fellow had been elected. This online exhibition. brings together

4 May 2020: This book describes life in Downing College during the two World Wars and gives some account of the military exploits of members of the College. At the centre of the book are the reminiscences and experiences of men who were at Downing before, during

6 Oct 2017: Guy Spencer Bryan-Brown (1885 – 1917) First World War Roll of Honour. ‘…he is a sterling man, the best of fellows, and one who has no enemy’. (The Griffin, Lent 1908). Guy Spencer Bryan-Brown was born on 3rd July 1885 in Stroud,

13 Oct 2017: Frederick Charles Davies (1884 - 1917). First World War Roll of Honour. Frederick Charles Davies was born in 1884, the youngest son of Mr. William Davies J.P., the first Mayor of Battersea, and his wife Ellen. He was educated at St Paul’s School

1 Mar 2017: DOWNING COLLEGE AND INDIA. This article, written by Downing postgraduate student Teresa Segura-Garcia, was based on research in the Downing College archive and was first published in the 2015 issue of Dow@Cam. Frederick Howard Marsh is not one of

23 May 2022: Plantation Society and Economy: A Case Study of Indentured Labour in Seventeenth Century Barbados’ (PhD Thesis, University of Hull, 1980) https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/2732011.pdf 32 Simmons, Frederick

24 Sep 2021: Together with his team of PhD students and Postdocs, Nick was able to travel into the Highlands in August 2020 and download crucial data from around volcanoes such as Askja and