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,......
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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,......
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......
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......
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.......
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......
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......
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......
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......
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,......