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19 June 2020
Three Catz Alumni featured in Forbes 30 Under 30
Congratulations to the three St Catz alumni who are featured in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 List. Ashleigh Ainsley…

15 June 2020
Statement from the Master, MCR & JCR
The brutal killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in the US has brought to light the ugliest…

7 May 2020
Kia Nobre Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that Fellow, Professor Kia Nobre, has been elected as an international member to the…

3 April 2020
Sir James Gowans (1924-2020)
St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Sir James Gowans, Honorary and Founding Fellow, passed away on…

13 March 2020
Dr Bryan Wells appointed Chief Scientist at NATO
On 1st July 2019, Catz alumnus Dr Bryan Wells (1978, Chemistry) was appointed to the position of Chief Scientist at…

13 March 2020
Catz Alumni in Legal News
Two Catz alumni are to be appointed Queen’s Counsel. Adam Rosenthal (1998, Law with French Law) and Andrew Grantham (1988,…

13 March 2020
Students and staff gather for the Wallace Watson Award Lecture
The annual Wallace Watson Award lecture is firmly entrenched in the St Catz calendar, providing an opportunity for staff and…

13 March 2020
Dr Michael Spence AC Appointed UCL President and Provost
We are delighted to announce that Dr Michael Spence AC (1988, Law), Catz alumnus and former Fellow of the College,…

13 March 2020
Ainsworth Graduate Centre Open for Students
On Friday 13th March the Catz graduate community was welcomed into its new home. Honouring the memory of the late…

13 March 2020
Hilary Term Interview with the Master
After a term of leadership at Catz, we asked Master Kersti Borjars to describe her experience of life at the…

22 January 2020
Eleanor Stride Announced as a Finalist in the 2020 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that Fellow, Professor Eleanor Stride, has been announced as a Finalist in the 2020…

21 January 2020
Three Alumni Receive Queen’s New Year Honours
We are delighted to extend our congratulations to three of our alumni for receiving recognition for their work in this…

5 December 2019
Dean Kitchen Circle visit to Winchester Cathedral and College
To mark the 150th anniversary of the ‘Delegacy for Unattached Students’, the Dean Kitchen Circle lunch was held at Winchester…

5 December 2019
Latest Alumni Publications
Dominic Gavin (1996, English) Fascism and Resistance in Italian Cinema (Troubador Publishing Ltd, 2020) Italian cinema is one of this…

5 December 2019
Meet the Master: Interview with Kersti Börjars
We asked Master-elect, Professor Kersti Börjars, your questions. What are you most looking forward to about working at Catz? There’s…

30 October 2019
Deborah Warner Delivers her Cameron Mackintosh Inaugural Lecture
Deborah Warner delivered her Inaugural Lecture as the Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theatre on Wednesday 16 October 2019…

18 October 2019
Eleanor Stride Announced as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in Engineering
St Catherine’s is delighted to announce that Fellow, Professor Eleanor Stride, has been announced as one of the top 100…

16 October 2019
Nelson French (1926-2019)
Nelson was born in Kingston-upon-Thames on 27 May 1926. He attended local prep schools and completed his secondary school education…

9 October 2019
Nobel Prize awarded to Honorary Fellow, Professor Goodenough
We are delighted to announce that Professor John Goodenough, Honorary Fellow of St Catherine’s, has been awarded the Nobel Prize…

23 August 2019
St Catz comes fourth in Norrington Table
We are delighted to announce that St Catherine’s College has been placed fourth in the Norrington Table this year, with…

5 July 2019
Fellow Awarded Institute of Physics Medal and Prize
Catz Fellow, Professor Ian Shipsey, has been awarded the Institute of Physics 2019 Chadwick Medal and Prize. This award recognises…

28 June 2019
A New Home for Catz Graduates
St Catherine’s opened its doors as a College in 1962 in what was a revolutionary event for the University. Not…

28 June 2019
Remembering Professor Roger Ainsworth
On 13th March, friends, family and colleagues of the late Professor Roger Ainsworth gathered in the University Church of St…

28 June 2019
Catz Student in Historic Boat Race
Graduate student Augustin Wambersie (2018, Engineering Science) represented Oxford in the Oxford vs Cambridge Boat Race in April this year….

28 June 2019
Outstanding Violin Gifted to Catz Students
Alumnus Arnold Freedman (1949, Medicine) died in November 2017, bequeathing his violin – a highly valuable instrument with remarkable heritage…

28 June 2019
Catz Alumnus Fighting Dementia with ‘Magic Table’
Catz alumnus John Ramsay (2003, Modern Languages & Linguistics) is the co-founder of socially responsible company Shift8*, which he launched…

28 June 2019
Catz Alumna Speaks on Microsoft Education Panel
In January this year, Catz alumna Michaela Brady (2017, MSc Social Science of the Internet) presented on a panel at…

19 June 2019
Professor Kersti Börjars Appointed as New Master
St Catherine’s College is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Kersti Börjars as Master of the College. She will…