The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, alumnae, students and staff.
Image by Richard Marsham. Newnham’s new Dorothy Garrod Building was awarded the coveted title of “Building of the Year” in the RIBA East Awards on 9 May 2019. The building includes study, research, social…
Sixth-form student Shannon Clark joined us for us for the annual ‘Rosalind Franklin Women in STEM Conference’, an opportunity to experience life as a Cambridge undergraduate. This article is Shannon’s report on the conference.…
After 50 years hidden within the BBC archives, a unique piece of film was shown at Newnham College this week – and today’s archaeologists heard the voice of pioneering archaeologist Dorothy Garrod for the…
Newnham College commissioned artist Jilly Edwards to create a work for the new Dorothy Garrod Building, a new courtyard building bringing together student rooms, research offices and social space. The resultant pieces are a…
When Cota heads out to do her research, she has two options. There’s the boat, “which takes 32 hours on a good day – it’s never a good day,” or a 6-seater plane, which…
Newnham College opens its newest building today (30th April 2019), celebrating both the College’s history and future as a centre of excellence in research and education. The Dorothy Garrod Building, named after the first…
Carol Ibe, a Newnham PhD student and Gates Scholar, has won a highly competitive Cambridge Society for the Application of Research PhD Student Award, for her work on a disease that devastates cereal crops…
The inaugural Arts Council of Ireland and National Concert Hall Liam O’Flynn Award has been awarded to Dr Úna Monaghan, Rosamund Harding Research Fellow in Music at Newnham College. The Irish Times summed her…
“It’s our world, and we’re supposed to look after it,” said Rachel, one of the 90 sixth-formers at Newnham for the annual Rosalind Franklin Conference. But how often do sixth-formers get to hear direct…
Nearly 150 years after Newnham College was founded, and 70 years after women first received degrees at the University of Cambridge, there is still a significant lack of women in senior academic positions. Small…
