The latest news from Newnham’s Fellows, alumnae, students and staff.
After a triumphant season’s rowing on the Cam, Newnham College Boat Club are heading overseas to represent Cambridge’s rowers. They will row at the 2019 international University regatta in Nanjing, China. As Head of…
Thirty Year 10 girls came from schools across the UK to attend Newnham College’s “amazing” first Maths Summer School. The two-day event showed teenagers the beauty of mathematics and science, with puzzles, talks and…
Campaigners and researchers have called for increased mental health support for expectant and new mothers over recent years: new research by Newnham’s Prof Claire Hughes has shown the need to extend this support to…
Professor Susan Owens OBE, FBA will once again play an important advisory role for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). She has been appointed as a member of the Review Panel…
Is fiction like a spider’s web? How would you treat a robot explorer on Mars? Is patriotism a virtue, or a vice? How can screen use affect relationships? and which living woman biologist would…
In writing a tribute to Dame Carol Black, it’s easy to list her achievements. They are many, and they are impressive. But what both the College and alumnae will remember is not achievements, but…
Members of the maintenance team celebrate their work with our Counsellor, Nurse and Principal Newnham’s new Health and Well-being Centre had its opening today, and members of College and medics from the local surgery…
Newnham’s Prof Susan Golombok has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, in recognition of her achievements in the social sciences. The British Academy is a fellowship of around 1,300 leading national and…
A rare photograph discovered in the Women’s Library archives has highlighted the significant, but often unrecognised, role undertaken by Indian women in the suffrage movement, and the remarkable experience of one Indian doctor. The…
Black robes in a heatwave, farewells to friends, and a certificate held tightly in hot hands. Three years of challenge, friendship and learning came to a close for Newnham’s graduating students today. And, as…
