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Jean Wilks, 14.4.1917-15.07.2014
Jean Wilks, alumna and Honorary Fellow of Somerville College, has died at the age of 97. Educated at North London Collegiate School, Jean Wilks began her studies in English at......
College Gaudy fills Hall and lasts into early hours
Somerville’s annual Gaudy dinner filled the College hall on Saturday 28 June as alumnae from 1978-1988 returned to College for their reunion. Speeches were delivered by Neeta Patel (1980, Chemistry),......
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......
Scottish Herald profiles novelist Maggie Gee
Somerville alumna Maggie Gee (1966, English) has been profiled in Scotland’s The Herald for the launch of her latest novel Virginia Woolf in Manhattan. Gee first had the idea for......
Two Somerville Fellows receive ultimate recognition as Fellows of the Royal Society
Professors Marian Dawkins and Rajesh Thakker, both Fellows of Somerville College, were elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society on 30 April, 2014. Marian Dawkins, Professor of Animal Behaviour,......
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......
Global Ocean Commission meets with Pope and advisors in Rome
Trevor Manuel, Co-chair of the Global Ocean Commission (GOC), and Simon Reddy, Executive Secretary to the Commission, attended meetings at the Vatican last week to discuss the Commission’s vision for......
Got the Blues – Somerville Women rowers heading upstream
Amber de Vere and Sophie Philbrick Got the Blues: Somerville Women’s rowing heads upstream Two of Somerville’s women rowers were awarded Blues in 2014, following their performances at the Henley......
Somerville student nomination among winners of Oxford Inspirational Teachers Awards
Stephanie Lucas, a teacher at Saint Joseph’s Roman Catholic School Sixth Form Centre in Port Talbot, Wales, has won a University of Oxford Inspirational Teacher’s award following a nomination from......