Who are the Newnham alumnae on this yearβs freshers’ t-shirts?
…was born in Poland in 1920, the younger daughter of Marshal Józef PiΕsudski, Poland’s Chief of State and then dictator. As a teenager, she trained as a glider pilot, and…
Recent Gibbs Travelling Research Projects
…the early peopling of India and the subsequent population genetics trajectory is especially striking. India’s genetic past remains a subject of great debate due to numerous hypotheses surrounding population origins…
Essay Prizes
…Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand…
New York Spring Brunch: Saturday 24 March 2018
…alumnae committee would love to see alumnae for their annual Spring Brunch in New York. Please RSVP direct to Margaret Campbell (Chair – US Committee of Newnham Alumnae) at margaret.campbell1@verizon.net…
Dr Jane MacDougall
…was appointed as the Guardian of Safe working (GOSW) for Addenbrooke’s in January 2017 and is now also Chair of the Regional GOSW network. This is a new role established…
Dr Nastasiya Grinberg
…at the University of Manchester. Here at Cambridge I am a Wellcome Trust funded postdoctoral researcher working on problems relating to human genetics and hoping to contribute useful knowledge that…
Mathematics
…who loved only numbers by Paul Hoffman Mathematics: a very short introduction by T. Gowers The Pleasures of Counting by T.W. Körner Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities by Ian…
Dr BegΓΌm Akman
Begüm Akman Dr Begüm Akman is a molecular cell biologist with a long-term mission to understand the causes of cell proliferation defects giving rise to cancer, and to seek…
Dr Farheen Sayed
…to explore its properties like ionic conductivity, magnetism, dielectric and luminescence. For a brief period, after her thesis submission and before getting final degree , she worked in Tata Institute…
Dr Emma Pomeroy
Emma Pomeroy Dr Emma Pomeroy combines human bioarchaeology with human biology and palaeoanthropology. Dr Emma Pomeroy gained her BA in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge, and MA in Osteoarchaeology…