News roundup – July, 2023
Each month we bring together all of the latest news from our extended Univ family. From Alumni and College news, to updates on Univ North and our Profile and Treasure features. We hope you enjoy this month’s news from Univ — all in one place…
If you have news to share or ideas for features please email communications@univ.ox.ac.uk
College News
• Professor Joe Moshenska, Beaverbrook and Bouverie Tutorial Fellow in English and Professor of English Literature, is our Fellow in Focus.
• Rebecca Colquhoun (2020, Environmental Research (NERC DTP) – Earth Sciences) reports on the InSight Science Team meeting.
• Professor Nick Halmi, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Margaret Candfield Fellow and Fellow Librarian, has co-edited Universal Histories.
• At Oxford SU’s Student Awards Dr Dixa Thakrar (2021, DPhil Population Health), Junior Dean, was awarded the College Community Award.
• Hannah Asiki (2020, Chemistry in Cells – New Technologies to Probe Complex Biology and Medicine) reports for us on the British Society for Parasitology – spring meeting.
• Dr Martin Galpin and Dr Andrew Ker have been recognised in this year’s Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division teaching awards.
• Amy Paterson (2021, DPhil Clinical Medicine) reports on their week-long psychometrics course in Sheffield.
• On 21 July, Professor Rudolph (Rudy) A Marcus, Nobel Prize winner and Honorary Fellow of Univ, celebrated his 100th birthday.
• In this month’s Treasure we meet a White Dogge Called Boye.
• Read Bei Bei Morrison Evans’ (2021, DPhil Earth Sciences) Travel Report on the Caribbean’s La Soufrière volcano.
Read all of Univ’s College news or explore Univ’s Treasures.
Alumni News
• Meet two of Univ’s entrepreneurs: Ben and Tom Grass.
• Laurence Unger (2001, Modern Languages) is Head of Public Markets at Legacy Trust Company in Houston; she answers our Leading Questions.
• Members of Young Univ (alumni aged 35 and under) gathered in London on 22 June for a summer drinks reception.
• Celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the Rhodes Scholarships, Univ hosted a drinks reception, along with hard hat tour of the Univ North site. Find out more about the Rhodes Trust 120th Anniversary Reunion celebrations.
• Dr Menaka Guruswamy (1998, Law) has been named the 2023 recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Law.
Read all of Univ’s Alumni news.
Univ North News
• Development is taking shape with the installation of the Univ North foundations.
Read all of our Univ North news or visit our Univ North Page.
Profiles
• Enzo Cunanan (2021, History) captained Univ’s University Challenge team for Series 29; he is the subject of our latest Profile.
• In our 2nd Profile for July we meet Alexander Wallop (2021, Chemistry).
Explore all of our Profile Features.
Reviews
• Scott (PPE) reviews the BBC documentary Blair & Brown: The New Labour Revolution.
• In our latest book review Ali (History) considers Peter Marshall’s introduction to late medieval religion, Heretics and Believers.
Discover more student-led Reviews.
In Brief
• Venetia Hyslop (1997, Law) has been appointed as a Recorder on the South-Eastern circuit, sitting in the family court.
• On 7 July, Baroness Amos chaired a conference at Nuffield College to debate the future of UK charities with leaders of Britain’s top Aid Agencies. More at ox.ac.uk
• Professor Adam Smith of Oxford’s Rothermere American Institute, wrote “Affirmative action: US agony over colour-blind college admissions is not new” for The Times – you can read it here (with subscription): thetimes.co.uk
• Professor William Allan, McConnell Laing Tutorial Fellow in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature; Professor of Greek, and Alexandre Johnston, JRF in Classics, organised and spoke at Myth, Theology, and Belief in Ancient Near Eastern and Greek Poetry on 21 and 22 June.