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Equality and diversity
Univ has appointed two Fellows to lead our work on equality and diversity, and has created a new Committee to support the College鈥檚 work on these issues. Find our .

A Swire Scholar鈥檚 story
My name is Ping-Luen Ho. I was born and raised in Taiwan. My interest in science began when my chemistry teachers set a project to look for a solution to air pollution. .

My Univ: Maren Schentuleit
Maren Schentuleit 鈥� Supernumerary Fellow in Egyptology; Associate Professor of Egyptology and Coptic Studies;聽Director of the Griffith Institute 鈥� talks about what makes Univ so special to her .

In memoriam: Yvonne Pye
The College deeply regrets to report the death of Yvonne Pye, widow of Honorary Fellow Graham Pye, and generous benefactor, with Graham, to Univ. Read .

Superpowers: The Long View
On Wednesday 3 February Baroness Valerie Amos, the Master, chaired a conversation between Professor Adam Smith, Univ Professorial Fellow and Director of the Rothermere American Institute, and Professor Rana Mitter OBE, Professor of the History and Politics of Modern China and Fellow of St Cross College, about China and the US. Listen to the podcast .

Frank Marshall steps down as Investment Bursar
After almost 20 years of association with Univ, Frank Marshall is retiring from his post of Investment Bursar effective 18 February 2021. Find out .

LGBTQ+ History Month event
On Thursday 11 February a joint JCR/WCR/SCR common room evening was held to celebrate LGBT+ History Month, with John Weltman (1979, History), lawyer and founder of the largest surrogate parenting agency in America, discussing 鈥淓stablishing Parental Rights for LGBT+ Families in American and European Nations鈥�. Listen to the event podcast .

Classism and Hate Crime
Alex Benn (2018, Law), Lecturer in Law, has written 鈥淐lassism, Hate Crime and the Law Commission鈥檚 Consultation Paper 250: Lessons from Discrimination Law鈥� for the Oxford Human Rights Hub Blog. Read .

Garden News February 2021
What’s new with “all things green” at College, from Head Gardener, Bruce聽Taylor .

Univ Treasure
This month’s Treasure features Univ’s latest portrait, our “Saint Oscar” window – discover it .

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Oxbridge goes to Washington
Sean C Denniston (1987, History), Transportation Industry Analyst at Federal Aviation Administration, was the dinner speaker at the 88th Annual New York Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Dinner on 27 December 2020. Find out more .

Ambassador鈥檚 honorary degree
Ambassador Thomas A Shannon, Jr (1980, Politics), Senior International Policy Advisor at Arnold & Porter, received an honorary degree of public service from his first alma mater, William and Mary at its Charter Day on 7 February 2020. .

Young Univ Stories: Dr Helena Mills
Dr Helena Mills (2008, BA, MSt & DPhil History) talks about her journey to, through and beyond Univ .

New Year Honours
Stanley Martin CVO (1955, Law) has been awarded an OBE on the Overseas and International List 鈥渇or services to British diplomacy.鈥� More .

Widening participation
An Old Member鈥檚 perspective from聽Annie Tse (1984, Law) .

The Interview Archives – Edition 2
In this series we highlight audio and video interviews with, and profiles on, a wide range of Univ OMs. Today we feature Alexandra Wilson聽(2013, PPE), Harold Wilson (research Fellow 1938-45) and Roz Savage聽(1986, Law). Listen .

In Love with Otamere
Otamere Guobadia (2012, Law) is presenting the new series 鈥淚n Love with Otamere鈥� on Jameela Jamil鈥檚 YouTube channel. Find out .

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蘑菇tv at Stavs
On 12 January, while looking forward to the exciting development of the Staverton Road site, Univ looked back at the long and interesting history of Stavs. Listen to the panel discussion and a short history of Stavs from Univ’s Archivist Robin Darwall-Smith .

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Dr Rajendra Chitnis, Ivana and Pavel Tyka膷 Supernumerary Fellow in Czech. Read it .

Reija Fanous, Finance Bursar鈥檚 PA. Read it .

Professor Joe Moshenska, Beaverbrook and Bouverie Fellow. Read it .

Jade Powell 鈥� 2019, Physics. Read it .

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鈥� A report published by聽economist, urbanist and strategic聽planner Dr Nicholas Falk (1961, PPE)聽proposes an integrated transport system called the Oxford Metro. Read more .

鈥� Sir David Logan KCMG FSA(1961, Classics)聽was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) in October.

鈥� In January聽Professor Anand Menon (1984, History and Modern Languages) chaired a discussion about 鈥淕lobal Britain鈥� and British foreign policy after Brexit.聽

鈥� Professor Trevor Sharp, Tutorial Fellow in Neuroscience, gave a plenary lecture on a repurposed lithium-mimetic at the 6th Congress of the AsCNP in Fukuoka, Japan.

鈥� The University of Bath awarded an honorary doctorate to聽Professor Barry Potter, Supernumerary Fellow in Pharmacology,聽for the academic year 2019-2020.

鈥� Professor Peijun Zhang, Supernumerary Fellow in Medicine, contributed to a Special Feature on 鈥淪tructural biology in the fight against COVID-19鈥� in Nature. Read it .

Dr Graeme Baber (1987, Medicine) published a聽new monograph,聽Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals Punctually: An Impossible Remit?听顿别迟补颈濒蝉 .

Professor Raymond Wacks (1971, Law) published Covid-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age on 24 December. More .

Described as聽鈥渁 terrifying and captivating vision of our near future鈥�, Venetia Welby鈥檚 (1999, Classics) second聽novel, Dreamtime, is due to be published in April. find out .