Celebrating our Fellowship

Hello, and welcome to our September edition of Churchill College News!

With the new academic term around the corner we turn the spotlight on our Fellowship.

On October 1, Churchill College will welcome its new Master, Professor Sharon Peacock – an esteemed microbiologist with numerous honors, and the first in her family to earn a university degree. In a personal interview, Sharon shares her journey and vision for the role:

Introducing the new Master of Churchill College

We also celebrate recent accomplishments and stories that highlight the talents within our community of Fellows.

This is a just a snippet of our recent news and views. Visit Churchill College website for more updates, stories and events.

Awarding excellence

The winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2024?– awarded to the UK's best architecture – will be announced on 16 October. The RIBA Stirling Prize jury changes each year and this year’s jury includes our very own Director of Studies & Fellow in Architecture, Prof. Minna Sunikka-Blank.

Meet the RIBA Stirling Prize Jury

How Britain could be a sci-tech superpower

What's stopping the UK from being a science superpower? Will Hutton explores this question, drawing on research by Churchill College Fellow Prof. Bobby Reddy, co-author of 'Selling Less of the Family Silver'.

Sci-tech superpower future?

Check out some of our College Fellowship's other recent accomplishments and stories:

• Churchill Fellow Prof. Markus Kraft has been named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) in recognition of his profound impact on interdisciplinary research and innovation in engineering and science. (Read)
• Churchill Overseas Fellow Prof. Bhramar Mukherjee has been appointed as the Anna M.R. Lauder Professor of Biostatistics. (Read)
• Churchill Fellow Dr Ramit Debnath’s article in Science Magazine explores the challenges of working across disciplines and the importance of communicating one’s value. (Read)
• Delve into Series 2 of Senior Research Fellow Prof. Michael Coleman's blog series 'Science Without Anguish' to find insight on managing the challenges faced by research life.

And finally, we're often asked 'What is a Fellow?' Churchill College Fellow Prof. Mark Goldie explains all:

This newsletter was curated by the Churchill College comms team.