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Catz Fellow awarded Herschel Medal News

9 January 2026

Catz Fellow awarded Herschel Medal

St Catherine’s College is delighted to congratulate Fellow in Physics, Professor Andrew Bunker, who has been awarded the prestigious Herschel …

Catz Alumna Publishes Landmark Public Health Article News

18 December 2025

Catz Alumna Publishes Landmark Public Health Article

St Catherine's College recognises the recent publication of an influential article by Dr Jennifer Prah (1985, Social Studies), the Amartya …

Catz Graduate Awarded Prestigious Pharmacology Prize News

16 December 2025

Catz Graduate Awarded Prestigious Pharmacology Prize

St Catherine's College is delighted to announce that Joel Hargreaves (2021, Biomedical Sciences) has been awarded the prestigious Undergraduate Pharmacology …

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22 January 2019

Sir Michael Atiyah (1929 – 2019)

St Catherine’s College is saddened to share the news that Sir Michael Atiyah, Honorary Fellow, passed away on 11th January,…

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18 January 2019

Research Team wins Royal Society of Medicine Prize

A research team at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS), made up entirely of St Catz Alumni, Fellows and…

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9 January 2019

Catz student wins Gold at iGEM competition

Congratulations to second-year student Laurel Constanti Crosby (2017, Biological Sciences), who was part of the undergraduate Oxford iGEM team that…

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7 January 2019

Catz Alumnus recognised in New Year’s Honours

We are immensely proud that Catz alumnus Professor Geoffrey Maitland (1965, Chemistry) has been made a CBE in the 2019…

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7 January 2019

David Daniell (1929-2016)

We were saddened to hear of the passing of Honorary Fellow and alumnus Professor David Daniell (1949, English), who died…

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23 November 2018

Third Year Student Launches Youth Law Journal

Josh Tray (2016, Law) is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the YLJ (Youth Law Journal), an online legal and political…

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23 November 2018

Second Year Student Mentors at Oxford-Based Summer School

Amie Campbell (2017, Mathematics and Statistics), JCR Access Rep, shares her experience of being a Student Ambassador at the UNIQ…

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23 November 2018

Third Year Student Judges at International Maths Tournament

In the summer of 2018, current student Miroslav Marinov (2016, Mathematics) was a juror at the International Tournament of Young…

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23 November 2018

Catz Fellow Hosts International Immunology Conference

Adrian Smith, our Fellow in Biological Sciences (Zoology), recently ran a large conference in College on avian immunology, with 160…

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23 November 2018

Catz Fellow Featured in #OxfordAI Campaign

Shimon Whiteson, our Fellow in Computer Science, has been featured talking about his current research by #OxfordAI, a campaign by…

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23 November 2018

Alumni Q&A with Serena Gosling

Serena Gosling (1996, PPE) is the Director of Retail and Licensing for City Football Group, the group which includes Manchester…

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23 November 2018

100 Years of Accounts at Catz

As of this year, the St Catherine’s College Accounts team have been working here collectively for 100 years. To celebrate…

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23 November 2018

Catz Alumnus Appointed Garsington Opera’s Head of Music

Alumnus Jonathon Swinard (2008, Music) has been appointed the new Head of Music at Garsington Opera, due to take up…

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14 September, 2019

Anniversary Weekend

The culmination of our 150th celebrations will be our Anniversary Weekend, taking place in College on Saturday 14 and Sunday…

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6 July, 2019

Family Day

Following the success of our previous Family Days, we are delighted to be hosting this event again in 2019. The…

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27 June, 2020

Gaudy for 1973-1982 Matriculands – Postponed

It is with great regret that due to the uncertainties of the current Covid-19 situation, we have made the decision…

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25 May, 2019

Society Gaudy for Pre-1962 Matriculands

We look forward to welcoming back our alumni who matriculated before 1962 for a Society Gaudy. The event will begin…

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16 May, 2019

Manchester Drinks

Our Regional Drinks Reception in Manchester will take place at the Great John Street Hotel and we would be delighted…

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16 October 2018

Ceri Peach (1939 – 2018)

St Catherine’s College is deeply saddened to share the news that Professor Ceri Peach, Emeritus Fellow, passed away on 2nd…

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12 October 2018

Catz students celebrated at Sustainability Showcase

On 14 June, Oxford University held its fifth annual Sustainability Showcase at the Museum of Natural History, with staff and…

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9 October 2018

Katritzky Lecture 2018

St Catherine’s College and the University of Oxford Chemistry Department are delighted to announce that the 2018 Katritzky Lecture will…

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4 October 2018

Dr Tim Stone CBE Appointed Chair of the Nuclear Industry Association

The Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), the trade association for the UK’s civil nuclear industry, announced this week that Catz alumnus…

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21 August 2018

2018 Finalists in Historic Norrington Table Success

3rd place in the Norrington Table – the first time St Catz has reached this level in 35 years.

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5 July 2018

Emeritus Fellow Thelma Holt wins Sam Wanamaker Award

Thelma Holt CBE, Emeritus Fellow of St Catz, has received the 2018 Sam Wanamaker Award – an award established to…

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18 June 2018

Professor Ben Bollig in discussion of Garsington Opera’s new production

In anticipation of Garsington Opera’s latest production ‘The Skating Rink’, our Fellow in Spanish Ben Bollig will be offering his expertise in…

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14 June 2018

St Catz Alumni recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

We are immensely proud that two of our alumni have been recognised in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Professor…

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4 June 2018

Showcasing DPhil research at Catz

We have such a diverse range of research happening at graduate level here at Catz, and we want to celebrate…

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4 June 2018

Catz Alum is Podcast Champion

Alumna Helen Zaltzman (1999, English) won big at this year’s British Podcast Awards in May, taking home both the ‘Podcast…

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4 June 2018

The Days Before Selfies

Catz alumnus Fred Jarvis (1949, PPE) recently staged his final, and biggest, photography exhibition, entitled ‘In the Days Before Selfies’….

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4 June 2018

New Research Funding for Catz Fellow

Alex Teytelboym, Associate Professor of Economics and Tutorial Fellow at Catz, has received a prestigious three-year New Investigator Grant from…

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