• The College is delighted to announce that the HLA Hart Visiting Fellowship in Law has been endowed in perpetuity, thanks to a transformative gift from the Rt Hon. Lord Mance, (1961, Law). We are grateful to him for this generous contribution to the life of the College, and in recognition of this will rename the Fellowship the HLA Hart-JH Mance Visiting Fellowship in Philosophy, Law and Politics. Read more…

• On 19 January, Univ held its second International “At Home” Day in what we hope is going to become a firm favourite in the College diary. Read more…

• Sam Reynolds (2021, History) was part of the men’s Varsity rugby team last Sunday when the Oxford Blues took on Cambridge at StoneX Stadium. Read more…

• Following on from another very wet term, there is unfortunately not much Oxford-based rowing to report on. With Torpids sadly cancelled, and the river unrowable for most of Hilary term. However, that hasn’t stopped all at UCBC from rowing elsewhere! Read UCBC’s latest newsletter…

• Professor Tamsin Mather, Univ Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences, presented the first of our 775 Univ Online Talks on 11 March: “Icelandic volcanism: grounded flights, fissures and fires – past crises and the possible start of a new magmatic saga on the Reykjanes Peninsula”. Read more…

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• Congratulations to Jim Ronaldson, Univ’s boatman, who completed a row across the Atlantic Ocean in the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge (a.k.a. “The World’s Toughest Row”) at 2.40 am on 17 February after a gruelling 66 days, 17 hours and 39 minutes. Read more…

• In a new production of Pergolesi’s iconic masterpiece, Stabat Mater, Figure will be joined by Dame Emma Kirkby. Read more…

• Will Clarke (2021, DPhil Theoretical Physics) reports on attending the 20th European Fusion Theory Conference. Read more…

• Amy Paterson (2021, DPhil Pandemic Sciences) explores the land of beautiful horses. Read more…

• Joshua Pearson treks in Turkiye. Read more…

• Julia Johnson (2021, Earth Sciences) explores Turkey. Read more…

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• Nidhi Madhani is studying PPE at Univ. She was previously President of the Oxford PPE Society and Co-Chair of the Oxford University Labour Club. In this profile, she discusses student politics, the Chalet des Anglais, and her favourite final-year PPE modules. Read more…

• Dylan Dissanayake completed his undergraduate Biochemistry degree at Univ and is currently reading for a DPhil in Computational Discovery at Green Templeton College, Oxford. While at Univ, he rowed for University College Boat Club (UCBC) for four years and was a member of the First Eight. He is in the Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) squad for 2024 and has been selected for the Lightweight Blue Boat. He raced Cambridge in the Lightweight Boat Race on Friday 29 March. Read more…

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• Isla (Biochemistry) reviews The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins. Read more…

• Jack (Computer Science) reviews No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald. Read more…

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