Alice Prochaska appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor
Dr Alice Prochaska, Principal of Somerville College, was appointed a Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Oxford on 23 April in a ceremony conducted at the office of the Vice-Chancellor.......
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Dinner celebrates University Challenge campaign
Somerville’s memorable University Challenge campaign, which saw the College representing Oxford in the final of the competition, was celebrated at a dinner in Hall held on 24 April. Each of......
Somerville & its students feature in US TV story on Oxford English Dictionary
Somerville College and a handful of its students were featured in a CBS television news story about the future of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The news story was broadcast......
Scaling up – Somerville College Choir
Somerville College choir continues its impressive rise. Today, there are twelve choral scholarships, two CDs out, and foreign tours in the pipeline. We spoke to David Crown about the six......
New Year Honours
Baroness Onora O’Neill (PPP, 1959) has been made a Companion of Honour in the New Year’s Honours, for services to Philosophy and Public Policy. This outstanding distinction is held by......
IN MEMORIAM – James Higginbotham, first male Fellow of Somerville College
The Principal and Fellows of Somerville College were saddened to learn of the recent death of James Higginbotham, Professor of Philosophy & Linguistics at the University of Southern California. A......
Paving the way for gene therapy in Huntington’s disease
Scientists at the University of Oxford, led by Somerville Fellow Professor Matthew Wood, have been awarded £1m as part of the BioMedical Catalyst funding programme of the Medical Research Council,......
Somerville’s restored library opens for study – publication of Breaking New Ground to follow
Somerville’s 1903 library has been reopened this term after a summer refurbishment in which the Upper Library was re-carpeted, the stonework and brickwork cleaned and repaired, and new stone tiles......
Rugby Resurrection at Somerville – men beat Magdalen 120-5
Just two years ago, Somerville College’s men’s rugby team was demoted to Division Five of the University’s inter-collegiate competition, the lowest division in the contest. Since then, however, the men......
Pioneer India scholars begin life at Somerville
Somerville College’s first three Indira Gandhi scholars have arrived from India to begin their academic year at the University of Oxford. Sumanas Koulagi, Shriman Narayan Sai Raman and Shahana Munazir......