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Science Society talk

Wolfson College Science Society

Prof. Graham Burton of the University’s Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience will speak at this week’s Science Society talk, and consider ‘The placenta: a remarkable but often neglected organ’. Friday 10 February, 6 for 6.15pm, OCR. All welcome! (more...)

Lunchtime recital

Pianist Andrew Goldman will give this week’s Wolfson Music Society Lunchtime Recital on Saturday 11 February at 1.30pm in the Lee Hall. Andrew, who is studying for a PhD in Musicology at Wolfson, is a finalist in the CUMS Concerto Competition, competing for the opportunity to perform a concerto with one of the University orchestras in 2012-13. Entrance to Saturday’s recital is free; there will be a retiring collection for the Wolfson Choir Tour to Greece in July. All welcome!

Journey to Wolfson

Curtis Sharma

Many members of Wolfson’s cosmopolitan community of mature students have interesting backgrounds. Curtis Sharma, from Trinidad, is reading for a BA in Linguistics after a career as a singer/songwriter and busking on the London Underground (watch and listen to Curtis, a.k.a. Jon, in action at Oxford Circus station). Read about his journey to Cambridge and the life he enjoys at Wolfson here… (more...)

Winter garden in bloom

There’s plenty of colour to see in the Winter Garden room behind the Lee Hall during this mild winter. Have a look at the latest photos taken by Wolfson’s Head Gardener, Phil Stigwood.

What you really need to know about the internet

Prof. John Naughton

Wolfson’s Vice-President, Professor John Naughton, The Observer‘s technology columnist and historian of the internet, has published a new book looking at the changes in our media ecosystem brought about by technological change, From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: What you really need to know about the internet. More…

New Year Honours for Wolfson members

Two College members have been rewarded for their achievements in the New Year Honours List 2012. Dr Carrie Herbert, who studied for her PhD at Wolfson, was awarded an MBE for services to education as the founder of the pioneering Cambridge-based charity Red Balloon, which works with bullied children to help them return to mainstream education. Mr Matthew Moss, Senior Member, and Private Secretary to the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).

Dr Alan Burgess MA

College regrets to record the death of Dr Alan Burgess, Emeritus Fellow, on 27 December 2011. Formerly a University Lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Alan was a Fellow of the College from 1966 to 2001 and Emeritus Fellow from 2001.

Database full of promise

Wolfson Fellow, Professor Stephen Oliver, is the initiating force behind a new tool for scientists called PomBase, which catalogues the functions of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The yeast is important to researchers of heritable diseases and cancers because its cells functions much like human cells, and the PomBase database gathers together information about its behaviour from a variety of sources. The database is the product of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Cambridge, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) and University College London (UCL), and is part of a 5-year project funded by the Wellcome Trust. Read more…

College Visitor

Wolfson College is pleased to announce that the Lord Sainsbury of Turville will be the next College Visitor, following his election as Chancellor of the University of Cambridge by the Senate in October. (more...)

Brothers fulfil shared ambition

Francis & Jonathan Godden

When personal trainer Jonathan Godden realised he was missing the buzz he got from learning at school, he and his brother Francis embarked on a journey that brought them both to Wolfson to study Engineering as mature undergraduates. (more...)

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