Somerville honours Ada Lovelace Day
A Somerville-owned portrait of Ada Lovelace, the nineteenth century mathematician often described as the first computer programmer, has been restored in anticipation of Ada Lovelace Day, which falls on 15......
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Study by Somerville Professors suggests whisky goes best with wood
A UK study of 441 people conducted by Professor Charles Spence, a fellow of Somerville College, Oxford, suggests that how much you enjoy your whisky can be determined by where......
NHS proposals of former Somerville Principal adopted by UK government
The recommendations of a patient confidentiality report produced by Dame Fiona Caldicott, Principal of Somerville College from 1996 to 2010 and chair of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, are......
Ocean decline speeding up, warns Somerville professor’s report
Ocean decline speeding up, warns Somerville professor’s report The state of the oceans is declining faster than previously thought, according to a report published by the International Programme on the......
OXFORD INDIA centre profiled in Indian national press
The Oxford India Centre currently being built by Somerville College, with help from the Indian government, has been profiled in The Hindu, one of India’s biggest-selling national dailies. The article......
Cultural Award for Somerville alumna film maker Naiza Khan
Naiza Khan is one of eleven laureates to receive the 2013 Prince Claus Award, only the third Pakistani to receive the honour. The Prince Claus Award, established in 1997, is......
New Statesman – Somerville Dame reflects on life in science
The macho world of scientific research, an article on her scientific career written by Dame Kay Davies, has appeared in The New Statesman. Kay Davies, a Somerville alumna and honorary......
University Challenge – Somerville Fab Four through First Round
Question subjects in last night’s University Challenge contest ranged from the love interests of Charles Dicken’s characters to the shorter name for organic longchain aliphatic carboxylic acids, as Somerville battled......
Exits and entrances for Open Day at Somerville
Prospective students strolled through Somerville on Friday as part of the University of Oxford’s Open Day, their path decorated with balloons in the College colours. They were greeted by current......
Magnetic birds – Somerville Biochemist makes cover of top journal
A review article by Charlotte Dodson, Fulford Junior Research Fellow at Somerville, was chosen as cover story for the September issue of Trends in Biochemical Science, a leading Biochemical Research......