Inspiring stories

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

This month our Master Elect Prof. Sharon Peacock sheds light on her extraordinary career journey in conversation with the current Master, and Emeritus Fellow Prof. Mark Goldie uncovers a secret design detail about the College that's hidden in plain sight!

We also meet a postgrad student harnessing emerging Quantum Technologies for sustainable outcomes and share quick links to other recent stories.

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

Meet the Master Elect of Churchill College

Join the Master of Churchill College 'in conversation' with Master Elect Prof. Sharon Peacock, Prof. of Microbiology and Public Health at Cambridge University to hear her inspirational career journey and plans for the future.

Meet the Master Elect of Churchill College

Know your Cambridge colleges? Ever noticed this hidden detail?

Churchill College has distinctive modernist architecture compared with the traditional Gothic and Neo-Classical styles of older Cambridge colleges. But the design has a secret hidden in plain sight. Watch Emeritus Fellow at Churchill, Professor Mark Goldie explain all in under a minute – had you spotted this?

Hidden in plain sight

Harnessing emerging Quantum Technologies for sustainable outcomes

Engineering PhD student Nabil Faradis witnessed first-hand the challenges faced by marginalised communities in his homeland of Indonesia, fuelling a passion to harness emerging Quantum Technologies for sustainable outcomes.

Nabil's story

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

• Discover the new student wellbeing project paving the way for innovative and early intervention strategies at Churchill. (Read)
• Meet 3rd year medic Emily Chong who spent 8 weeks looking into the effects of poverty on suicide and self-harm in young people. (Read)
• Hear how Churchill Fellow Prof. Bobby Reddy has been awarded a J M Keynes Senior Fellowship in Financial Economics (Read)

This newsletter was curated by the Churchill College comms team.