The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, researchers, students and staff.
Associate Lecturer Cerian Webb joined an international panel of scientists to identify 100 of the most important questions facing plant science, ranging from how plants can contribute to tackling climate change, to plant-defence priming…
There are only four days to go to the Boat Race. Good luck to the Cambridge crews including Newnham’s own Caoimhe Dempsey (Stroke) in the Blue Boat and Hanna Prince in the reserve boat.…
The new Shaping Newnham’s Future campaign kicked off in style on 9 March with simultaneous events in Edinburgh, York, Oxford, Newnham and the House of Lords. Undeterred by the snow and ice hitting the…
Professor Katherine Harloe FSA FRHistS, Professor of Classics and Intellectual History in the University of London and Director of the Institute of Classical Studies will be delivering this year’s memorial lecture, ‘Beyond Jane Harrison:…
A moving image work has been created by artist Erika Tan as part of an artwork commissioned by Newnham for the College’s 150th anniversary celebrations. ‘A Legacy For A Future Unknown’ uses texts collected…
Applications are invited for small grants for foreign travel during Summer 2023 for students currently studying a language under the auspices of the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages (MML) and Linguistics, particularly those…
Four of our crews took on the flooded Cam at Lent Bumps and put on a storming performance. With 1.5 days cancelled due to high winds and flooding, rain, sleet and snow, it certainly…
Junior Research Fellow Meg Foster uncovers the hidden history of Australian outlaws who defied the law and social convention When Dr Meg Foster was preparing for the launch of her book, Boundary Crossers: the…
Newnham College are looking for outstanding early career female researchers to apply for two Research Fellowships in subjects related to economic and social development and/or international relations. The Fellows will be based at the…
We were sad to hear of the death of Betty, Lady Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons and an Honorary Fellow of Newnham College. Her Honorary Fellowship was conferred in…