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8 September 2022
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926-2022
St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened by the news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Acceding to the…

2 September 2022
Pick your next read with LitHits
An initiative spearheaded by a Catz Fellow is helping to get people reading. LitHits is a digital reading project founded…

25 August 2022
Catz’s unique architecture features on design programme
The architecture of St Catherine’s, by famed Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, has this week featured on an episode of Monocle…

21 July 2022
Eleanor Stride appointed Commissioner to 1851 Royal Commission
Catz Fellow Eleanor Stride had been appointed as a Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The…

19 July 2022
Byron Byrne: Oxford Professor, award-winning innovator, cricketer
This ‘Oxford Profile’ on Catz Fellow Byron Byrne discovers more about his Oxford career, his world-changing research and… cricket. …

1 July, 2022
Exhibition on a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero
An exhibition is running at Catz this month which tells the story of a Russian-Ukrainian genderqueer hero. Aleksandr Aleksandrov (born…

22 June 2022
Catz alumni recognised in 2022 Birthday Honours
St Catherine’s College is pleased to share the news that two alumni have been recognised in the 2022 Birthday Honours….

16 June 2022
Master’s round-up of the year
The Master, Professor Kersti Börjars, reflects on the 2021-22 academic year at St Catherine’s: I started as Master of St…

8 June 2022
Kia Nobre awarded prestigious Heineken Prize
Kia Nobre, Catz Fellow and Professor of Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, has been awarded one of the Netherlands’ most prestigious international…

30 May 2022
Oar-some success at Summer Eights
Niamh Louwman, President of the Catz Boat Club, reports on the Club’s achievements at this year’s Summer Eights: Summer Eights…

24 May 2022
Latest Norrington Table released
The latest Norrington Table has been released, covering results of the 2020-21 academic year. St Catherine’s has been placed sixth…

23 May 2022
Henfrey Prize 2021-22 final concert
Staff, students and others gathered last week for the final concert of this year’s Henfrey Prize for Composition. The competition,…

13 May 2022
French Government honours Catz alum
Catz alumnus Richard Thomson (1971, Modern History) has been appointed as Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commander…

10 May 2022
Two Catz fellows elected to Royal Society Fellowship
St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that two of its fellows have been elected fellows of the Royal Society. The…

3 May 2022
Fiona McConnell awarded prestigious geography prize
Catz Fellow Fiona McConnell, Associate Professor in Human Geography, has been awarded the prestigious Back Award by the Royal Geographical…

4 April 2022
Catz students achieve success in weekend of sport
This weekend was a significant one for Oxford sport, with both the rugby Varsity matches and The Boat Race taking…

24 March 2022
Three Catz women selected for Varsity rugby squad
Three Catz students have been selected to represent Oxford in the Varsity rugby match on Saturday 2 April. The students,…

15 March 2022
Further footballing successes for Catz
The Catz football teams are celebrating a season of success. Last week, the women*’s team won Cuppers for the second…

11 March 2022
Catz to welcome the Oxford Vaccine Group
The Oxford Vaccine Group – one of the teams key to the development of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine will be…

9 March 2022
Catz’s Angus Groom to row in The Boat Race
Catz will once again be represented in The Boat Race, with Angus Groom sitting in seat seven of this year’s…

8 March 2022
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022
To mark International Women’s Day, we spoke to the College’s first female fellow, Professor Gilliane Sills, and its newest, Dr…

7 March 2022
Catz women* win football Cuppers
The Catz women*’s football team has triumphed to a victory in the final of the 2021-22 Cuppers competition, beating the…

3 March 2022
Statement on the situation in Ukraine
St Catherine’s College shares the world’s outrage at the events unfolding currently in Ukraine. We understand this will be a…

3 March 2022
Catz celebrates World Book Day 2022
To mark World Book Day 2022, the day when the world comes together to celebrate reading and the joys it…

24 February 2022
Eric Williams’ seminal work on slavery republished
A groundbreaking book on slavery by Catz alum Eric Williams (1932, Modern History) has been republished, more than 80 years…

18 February 2022
Catz student elected VP of Oxford Student Union
Catz student Grace Olusola has been elected to serve as Vice-President Welfare & Equal Opportunities of the Oxford University Student…

11 January 2022
Catz alumni recognised in 2022 New Year Honours
St Catherine’s College is pleased to share the news that two of our alumni have been recognised in the 2022…

4 January 2022
Richard Parish (1948-2022)
St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Professor Richard Parish, Emeritus Fellow, has died aged 73. Professor…