Google doodle celebrates Dorothy Hodgkin
Google has celebrated the 104th anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s birth with a ‘Google doodle’, the illustration that appears on the search home page of the world’s most visited website. Newspapers......
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Maan Barua wins 3-year British Academy Fellowship
Dr Maan Barua (2013, Social Sciences) has been awarded a three-year British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship to study the political role and significance of human-monkey relations in modern India. Dr Barua......
In the limelight – Fiona Stafford to talk trees on Radio 3
Fiona Stafford was brought up in largely rural areas, but it was only as she read Hardy, Wordsworth, Clare and Heaney that trees began to dominate the view. That, she......
BBC Radio Oxford – Somerville Principal says India election under-reported in UK press
Dr Alice Prochaska was featured in an overview of the Sunday papers on BBC Radio Oxford this weekend, as she discussed some of the major stories with Presenter David Prever......
Marjorie Boulton celebrates 90th birthday at Somerville in English and Esperanto
Marjorie Boulton (1941, English) celebrated her 90th birthday at Somerville today with a talk delivered in a mix of English and Esperanto. Boulton taught English literature for many years before......
Inaugural modern languages award to fund Occitan research
Anna Branford (2012, Modern Languages) has been awarded the first Rhabanus Maurus Travel Grant to conduct research into modern languages. The fund was generously established by Catherine Hughes (College Principal,......
Hong Kong connection – alumni profiles
Three remarkable Hong Kong Somervillians have been profiled on the College website in recognition of the continued strengthening of ties between the College and its Hong Kong alumni. In March......
Elizabeth Millicent Chilver (‘Sally Chilver’), 3 August 1914 – 3 July 2014
Elizabeth Millicent Chilver, known as Sally Chilver, has died at the age of 99. Mrs Chilver (1932, History) was Principal of Bedford College, University of London from 1964 to 1971......
Skin Deep – Diversity campaign spawns Magazine
Somervillian Nasim Asl (2013, English) was involved in the I, too, am Oxford campaign from its inception, running the website and uploading its content to ensure significant coverage. Now the......
New Somerville JRF Jane Dyson launches Himalayas short
Dr Jane Dyson, who will begin a two-year Junior Research Fellowship at Somerville later this year, has co-directed a new short film about life in a village in the Indian......