The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff.
Newnham College will be seeking to appoint a new Senior Tutor from September 2022, when Prof Liba Taub retires. Newnham College, one of the 31 Colleges within the University of Cambridge, celebrates its 150th…
Wednesday 20th October marked the 100th anniversary of the University’s 1921 vote on whether women should be awarded full membership of the University, or only the ‘titles of degrees’. The vote went against Newnham…
Wednesday 20th October marks the centenary of the University’s 1921 vote on whether women should be awarded full membership of the University, or only the ‘titles of degrees’. Despite many supporters in the University,…
Jasvinder Sanghera CBE and Louise McCallum joined us last week to speak about the extent of forced marriage in the UK, and what people, especially those working with young people, can do to recognise…
Saturday 16th October saw the launch of Walking on the Grass, Dancing in the Corridors: Newnham at 150, our second fascinating anthology exploring Newnham in the present and the past. To an enthusiastic audience of…
Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental health because they experienced a lower connection with nature than their wealthier peers, a new study suggests.…
In 2022 Prof Mary Beard will retire after almost 40 years as a Classics Fellow at Newnham and we are delighted to announce that her legacy and the future of Classics at the College…
To mark Black History Month and the College’s 150th Anniversary, a group of students commissioned award-winning Barbadian-British documentary photographer Myah Jeffers to create an exhibition of portraits of Black students. Newnham student Oluchi Ugochukwu,…
What was life in Cambridge like before the University – or any British University – was founded? This 15-min documentary about an archaeological excavation in Newnham village explores life in Cambridge after the end…
The 2021 George Washington Prize has been awarded to Dr Mary Beth Norton for her book 1774: The Long Year of Revolution. The annual award recognizes the past year’s best works on the nation’s…