EVER GREEN – Robert Washington celebrates 30 years at Somerville
Somerville’s gardens cover almost half a square kilometre and rely on the work of a team of gardeners to keep lawns mown, weeds at bay and herbaceous borders in bloom.......
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Principal’s Thatcher letter published in Daily Telegraph
A letter composed by Dr Alice Prochaska, Somerville College Principal, was published in the Daily Telegraph on 20 June. The letter was written in response to an article by Charles......
Fellow Mason Porter wins Erdos-Renyi Prize in Network Science
Mason Porter, Fellow of Somerville College and Associate Professor in Applied Mathematics, has won the 2014 Erdős–Rényi Prize. The prize is awarded to a scientist under the age of 40......
Honourable Mentions
We are delighted to pass on news of three alumnae who have received official recognition for their work in recent weeks. The Lady Juliet Margaret Townsend (Smith, 1960, English), LVO,......
Dr Christina Roaf (Drake), 1917-2014
Dr Christina Roaf (Drake) (1937, Modern Languages) died on the 18th June at the age of 96. Dr Roaf was born on 17 November 1917 and named after Christina Rossetti,......
Somerville Gardens open to public Sunday 29 June
Somerville College’s gardens will be open to visitors on Sunday 29 June as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The gardens will be open from 1-6pm. Admission is £2.50 for......
Somerville graduate scholar wins sustainability award
Shriman Sai Raman, a graduate scholar of Somerville College’s Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development, has received the Special Award for Community Action 2013-14 from ‘Green Impact’, a new student......
Almut Suerbaum discusses Hildegard of Bingen on BBC Radio 4
Dr Almut Suerbaum, Vice Principal of Somerville College and Lecturer in Medieval German, has featured in a BBC Radio 4 programme focused on the life and work of Hildegard of......
New Telethon team chosen ahead of autumn push
The 2014 Somerville Telethon team selection process has now finished and a fresh group of undergraduates has been chosen as callers to contact alumni during the annual College fundraiser. 16......
UNESCO and International Union of Crystallography to join in hosting a Dorothy Hodgkin Symposium at Somerville
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will co-host an October symposium in Oxford to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry won by Somerville......