News
March 2012
Lunchtime recital
7 March, 2012 - 09:00
Anton Lukoszevieze (cello) and Christopher Green-Armytage (piano) will be the guest performers at this week’s Wolfson College Music Society lunchtime recital, performing music by Fauré, Pergolesi, Chopin and Beethoven. Saturday 10 March, 1.30pm, Lee Hall. Admission free (retiring collection). All welcome!
Inside story on the Sidgwick Site
5 March, 2012 - 09:00
Wolfson Fellow and Director of Studies in Architecture, Dr Alistair Fair, will address the Society for the History of the University this week with a paper entitled “‘An ideal campus’: the genesis and design of the Sidgwick Site, 1948-63″. Thursday 8 March, 8.30pm in the Old Library at Darwin College.
February 2012
St John Passion
29 February, 2012 - 12:00
Tickets are now on sale for the Wolfson College Music Society end of term concert on Sunday 18 March at 7.30pm in St Mark’s Church.
Lunchtime recital
29 February, 2012 - 10:00
Jane Bevan (flute), Pippa Jones (cello) and Maurice Hodges (piano) perform music by Haydn, Grieg, Debussy and Piazzola at this week’s Wolfson College Music Society Lunchtime Recital on Saturday 3 March, 1.30pm in the Lee Hall. Admission free (retiring collection).All welcome!
The secrets of success
29 February, 2012 - 09:00
At today’s Lunchtime Seminar, Dr Andrea Cantone, Senior Member of Wolfson, and Technology Associate in the Physical Sciences team at Cambridge Enterprise, will consider ‘How to turn your idea into a commercial success’. Wednesday 29 February, 1pm, Combination Room. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided. All welcome!
Science Society
23 February, 2012 - 12:00
Professor Daan Frenkel, Head of the University’s Department of Chemistry, and Foreign Member of the Royal Society, is the guest speaker at this week’s Science Society seminar, with a talk on “The Unexpected Side of Entropy”. Friday 24 February, 6.00pm, OCR
CUMS Concerto Competition joint winner
23 February, 2012 - 11:00
Andrew Goldman Congratulations to Wolfson PhD student Andrew Goldman on being declared joint winner of the CUMS (Cambridge University Musical Society) Concerto Competition for 2012!
Royal Astronomical Society Award
23 February, 2012 - 10:00
Congratulations to Wolfson Senior Member, Professor Paul Murdin OBE, who has received the 2012 RAS Award for services to astronomy.
Aesthetics & acoustics
21 February, 2012 - 09:00
Dr Michael Stone, of the Auditory Perception Group in the Department of Experimental Pyschology will present this week’s Lunchtime Seminar with a talk entitled “The song remains the same? Aesthetic, psychological and technical aspects of the audio ‘Loudness War’”. Wednesday 22 February, 1.00pm, Combination Room. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided. All welcome!
A night at the opera with Symphanova
20 February, 2012 - 10:57
Members of the Wolfson College Chamber Singers will be joining forces with the Fitzwilliam College Choir, the Herstmonceux Castle Choir, and soloists Lynette Alcántara and Diana Gilchrist to perform a concert of opera and operetta choruses at Fitzwilliam College Auditorium on Sunday 26 February at 7.30pm.
Dr John Gage FBA
20 February, 2012 - 10:45
Dr John Gage FBA College regrets to record the death of Dr John Gage FBA, art historian, formerly Head of the Department of History of Art, and Fellow of Wolfson from 1978 to 1989. Dr Gage was an international authority on colour in Western art and on the work of J.W.W.
Bursar conducts Lunchtime Concert this Saturday
17 February, 2012 - 09:22
This Saturday?s free lunchtime concert at 1.30pm in the Lee Hall is by Junior Prime Brass, conducted by our Bursar, Christopher Lawrence.
Lunchtime seminar
15 February, 2012 - 09:31
Following hot on the heels of the Duchess of Cambridge's much-publicised solo appearance as charity patron in Liverpool yesterday, today's Lunchtime Seminar looks at 'The Patron, the Press, the People and the Progress: A Discussion on the Media's Response to the Duchess of Cambridge's Choice of Charities', presented by Matthew Harris, Producer/Film-maker and Wolfson alumnus. Wednesday 15 February, 1.00pm, Combination Room. Please bring your lunch; tea & coffee provided.
Polar mining under the spotlight
14 February, 2012 - 12:40
Journalist Terry Macalister spent the Michaelmas Term 2010 at Wolfson as a Press Fellow investigating the commercial and environmental impact of rapid industrialisation in the Arctic region.
Relax for free!
14 February, 2012 - 12:02
Physiotherapist Karen White will be running free relaxation sessions for Wolfson students on Friday 17 February, 4.30-5.30pm (Lee Hall) and on Wednesday 7 March, 7-8pm (OCR).