The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff.
Which Newnham alumna MP went to prison for her beliefs? Which alumna MP brought in the smoking ban? Who brought a 2-week old baby into the Houses of Parliament? ‘Newnham to Westminster’ is a…
A new exhibition of paintings by artist Luciana Rosado is on display throughout Newnham until Michaelmas term. This place is us includes over 20 works created by the artist during her collaboration with Dr…
Planting trees and suppressing wildfires do not necessarily maximise the carbon storage of natural ecosystems. A new study has found that prescribed burning can actually lock in or increase carbon in the soils of…
Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi has been awarded the Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for her non-fiction book The Trembling Hand: Reflections of a Black Woman in the Romantic Archive. Dr Mathelinda Nabugodi is a Postdoctoral…
Zoë Howe’s documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché won both ‘Best Documentary’ and the Raindance Discovery Award at the British Independent Film Awards on Sunday 5th December. RLS Fellow Zoë Howe was scriptwriter…
Researcher Dr Cynthia Kamwengo, a specialist in South-South development co-operation, is currently visiting Newnham College and the Margaret Anstee Centre. Dr Kamwengo, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath,…
As COP26 takes place, Newnham is marking Green Week from 8th – 14th November. College Societies, co-ordinated by Newnham College Environmental Justice Society, and supporters have put together an exciting range of events, and…
Gardener Jerome Viard explains how Newnham is identifying and recording the wealth of species on Newnham’s spacious site. Jerome Viard learnt about the importance of biological observation while working on the island of South…
A beautiful series of photographs by staff member and landscape photographer Darren Knight is currently on display in College. Captured throughout 2020, the photographs document the College grounds during an extraordinary year when Newnham…
We were delighted to welcome economic historian Professor Jane Humphries CBE (NC 1967) who gave the third lecture in our 150th Anniversary Lecture Series, on the topic of the value of women’s unpaid labour…