News roundup – September, 2023
Each month we bring together all of the latest news from our extended Univ family. From Alumni and College news, to updates on Univ North and our Profile and Treasure features. We hope you enjoy this month’s news from Univ — all in one place…
If you have news to share or ideas for features please email communications@univ.ox.ac.uk
College News
• We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Mobeen Hussain and Lyn Joanne-Victoire Kouadio as Junior Research Fellows as part of the .
• We are delighted to announce that Christopher Davies recently joined Univ as our .
• Read our Graduate Research Training Fund Travel Report by Judy Sayers (2019, DPhil Chromosome and Developmental Biology) on the .
• Meet the Student Helpers for our .
• Our thanks to all those who joined us for .
• Daniel Halford (2019, DPhil Earth Sciences) reports on the in Aberdeen.
• Professor Gideon Henderson, Univ Senior Research Fellow, shares insights into his groundbreaking research and the pressing challenges of our changing world in the podcast .
• Alex Mapp (2021, Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing) reports on the .
• Professor Rosalind Rickaby has been named the recipient of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) 2023 .
• The American Nuclear Society has named Professor Peter Norreys, Supernumerary Fellow in Physics, as the recipient of the 2023 .
• Rachel Conway (2019, Inorganic Chemistry for Future Manufacturing) reports on the in Calgary.
• Bringing together classics of Third World cinema and little-known films rarely available to view in the UK, is the autumn film season “”.
• On 12 October, members of the Colleges and the University will head to Univ’s sports ground to support the Oxfordshire Homeless Movement at this year’s .
• Our latest Treasure Feature takes a look at .
Read all of Univ’s or explore .
Alumni News
• CEO and Founder of One Woman Health, we meet one of (1998, MA Physiological Sciences).
• Daisy Harcourt (1990, Fine Art) has included a portrait of Univ’s Dr Laura Varnam in her upcoming exhibition “”.
• The matriculating classes of 1953, 1963 and 1973 were invited, on Friday 8 September 2023, to a special .
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Profiles
• Meet one of the WCR’s Social Secretaries, (2022, DPhil Interdisciplinary Bioscience).
• In our latest Profile we meet (2021, Biomedical Sciences, MS Neuroscience).
Explore all of our .
Reviews
• Luke (Mathematics) reviews William Dunham’s .
• Freddie (Earth Sciences) reviews Jan Zalasiewicz’s .
Discover more student-led .
In Brief
• Trish Greenhalgh (1980, Medicine), Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, was quoted in , suggesting that everyone should be made eligible for a COVID booster.
• Professor Tamsin Mather, Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences and Professor of Earth Sciences, features in the ‘Unlocking Earth’s Secret’s’ section of the ‘Inferno’ episode of the BBC’s Earth. Watch the episode on .
• Roz Savage (1986, Jurisprudence) has been selected as the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidate for the new South Cotswolds seat.
• Professor Peter Simmonds’, Supernumerary Fellow in Virology and Professor of Virology, work on forensic strain analysis of HIV-1 was featured in the BBC One series Expert Witness (series 3, episode 2). Watch the episode on .
• Professor Annalise Acorn (1986, Law) is retiring after 35 years of service to the University of Alberta. Professor Acorn is a former Hart Visiting Fellow and also kindly provided a , former Professor of Jurisprudence at Univ, in 2019.
• Lucy Fisher (2007, Classics) appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House programme on 24 September – listen to it at . Lucy will be in-conversation with the Master at next year’s London Dinner on 2 February 2024 at the RAC Club in London.
• , (2019, MSc Contemporary Chinese Studies) has been recognised in the .
Published: 29 September 2023