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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…

9 December 2021
Adjoa Andoh named as next Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor
The actor and director Adjoa Andoh has been announced as the 29th Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre for…

3 December 2021
Catz buildings named some of 90 most influential
The College’s iconic buildings, designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, feature in a new list of most influential UK buildings…

2 December 2021
Catz researcher to curate exhibition of colonial-era images
Shalini Amerasinghe Ganendra, Research Associate at Catz and Associate Academic at the University’s Department of History of Art, is curating…

1 December 2021
CatzEye Michaelmas 2021 – News in Brief
Catz Conferences launches new and dedicated offers for College alumni The Catz Conferences team are delighted to announce the launch…

29 November 2021
Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021)
St Catherine’s College is saddened to receive the news of the death of Stephen Sondheim, aged 91. A composer and…

10 November 2021
Catz lecturer’s spinout will transform data security
A University of Oxford spinout, co-founded by Catz lecturer Dr Ramy Shelbaya, has secured £2 million in pre-seed funding to…

28 October 2021
Alum returns to celebrate Black History Month
To mark this year’s Black History Month, the College came together for a screening of the award-winning television drama Small…