A community with impact

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

This month, we explore the impact of our community: from the Cambridge Festival to students trialling for a coveted spot in this year's Boat Race and our recent Giving Day!

We also share quick links to other recent stories and events, including our ongoing series celebrating our Fellowship.

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

Bringing world-leading research to life

Interested in joining an experiential relaxation session or taking part in an interactive quiz on energy sustainability? These are just a few of the activities being led by our community as part of the interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival.

This year's Festival runs from 13 – 28 March with a mixture of online, on-demand and in-person events covering all aspects of the world-leading research happening at Cambridge.

Churchill Connections at the Cambridge Festival

Aiming high on the water!

The Boat Race is watched by 250,000 people from the banks of the Thames and fifteen million watch it on television. The College is extremely proud to have had an exceptional five students taking part in the trials process for a coveted spot representing Cambridge in one of this year’s squads!

Churchill College rowers aim high

Coming together to support our students

Churchill College’s third Giving Day took place on 14 – 15 February 2024, bringing together our global community of alumni, students, fellows and staff to celebrate love, health and wellbeing at Churchill College, with 36 hours of fundraising for Student Support and Student Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Our Giving Day impact

Check out some of our other best-read stories telling the story of College life:

• Meet MPhil student Karen Copeland - an environmental engineer aiming to deliver change at the highest possible level (Read)
• Celebrating the 2024 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy winner for developing methods that reveal the secrets inside the Sun & stars. (Read)
• French Government Overseas Fellows have been part of the College since 1976 - find out more and meet Dr Cédric Maurange (Read)

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