Tapping into the sights & sounds of a distinctive community

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

In this edition, we focus on three stories rooted in our distinctive environment: from a fascinating musical project 'sounding' the interior of the Chapel, to the experience of our postgrad families and an opportunity for mass citizen science.

We also share quick links to other recent stories and events, including two student profiles and a series celebrating our extraordinary Fellowship.

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

How unique echoes are being musically transformed

Current student Lucy Currid has embarked?on a fascinating musical project to 'sound' the interior of the Chapel at Churchill College using a method analogous to animal echolocation, and transform the unique echoes into a piece of music.

Researching the resonant frequency

A winning combination for postgrad life

When preparing to study at Cambridge, Chilean Industrial Engineer José Tomás Caviedes Sáenz asked a recent graduate his opinion on the best college to join if he was coming with a partner or family. He was told 'Churchill hands down'. Was he right?

Living the postgrad life at Churchill

Making it count!

Our Grounds and Gardens team were joined by students and staff on Friday 26 January to take part in the #BigGardenBirdwatch for the second year in a row. This?mass citizen science project provides?the RSPB?with a vital picture of how our garden birds are faring. Thanks to everyone who took part!

Our Big Garden Birdwatch

More recent news and events

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

• Meet MPhil student Aneesha Manocha, whose interests revolve around decarbonising the energy sector (Read)
• From the Chemistry lab to the US Navy - the journey of MPhil student Anders Gulbrandson (Read)
• Meet the Senior Research Fellow whose family experience fuelled a deep-seated passion for understanding the human mind (Read)

This newsletter was curated by the Churchill College comms team.