Oh we are looking BEAUTIFUL in the sunshine, which has finally made an appearance. Thank you Sir Cam’s Cambridge Diary for capturing us in our finery.

Congratulations to all the Darwinians graduating tomorrow! We couldn't be prouder of all you have achieved, and look forward to our continuing connection with you as our newest cohort of alumni.

Thank you to Mairead Ryan for sharing her story.

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Completing a PhD while running a charity on another continent is no mean feat.

So it was wonderful to honour that juggling act last weekend, as Darwin hosted a charity ball to support the work of Tusome Africa, founded by Darwinian Bea Simpson.

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This #EarthDay , Darwin Fellow and Director of Cambridge Zero Emily Shuckburgh is pointing out the problem with plastic, and calling for a 60% cut in its production.

'The telephone campaign is so important for raising money for the College and supporting student life here in Darwin....it really makes you realise that there is a much wider Darwin community out there.'

Patrick Hayes, third year PhD student in Classics

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Congratulations to everyone graduating tomorrow, and thank you for the unique contribution each of you has made to life at Darwin.

Read our interviews with Zixuan and Madeline for two very different Darwin stories.

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Looking forward to watching Darwin's own Edwin Rose discussing plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin with Susan Calman on Channel 5 this Friday!

Cam Botanic Garden Cambridge University

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On University Mental Health Day, College leaders and wellbeing staff including our Master, Dr Mike Rands, have a message for students about the support you can reach out to here at Cambridge.

Find support at studentsupport.cam.ac.uk

#UniMentalHealthDay #ReachOutCambridge

On University Mental Health Day, we'd like to share a message to all Darwinians that help and support are always available, so don't be afraid to reach out.

#UniMentalHealthDay #ReachOutCambridge Student Minds

Many congratulations to Darwin PhD student Louis Cameron, who has won the Robinson College Sykes Prize for his short story, Alfred Popkin Takes It All the Way to the Top, which takes inspiration from the biblical suffering of Job.

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Thank you to all our audiences who have made the 2024 DarwinCollegeLecture such a highlight of the winter. We look forward to welcoming you back for the 40th annual Darwin College Lecture Series in 2025, for an exploration of Codes!

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On #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate 60 years of Darwin women and share the recollections of alumna and literary and feminist scholar Dr Susan Kress (PhD English 1966).

“You just got used to the fact that some things were unequal,' she remembers.

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The final DarwinCollegeLecture will be given by Tania Branigan of The Guardian, author of Red Memory.

She talked to us about how, as the paper's China correspondent, the Cultural Revolution was inescapable, and why she felt compelled to share its human stories.

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Darwin PhD student Harrison Whitaker has led a Cambridge team to quizzing glory at the British Student Quiz Championships, becoming only the second Cambridge participant to win the national championships more than once.

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Congratulations to the men's and women's CURUFC 🏉🦁 teams, both victorious on Saturday! We're thrilled by the 'most emphatic victory in Varsity history' achieved by the men under Darwinian captain Ben Gompels, with the support of two Darwin team-mates.

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Professor Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry at UCL, will address the DarwinCollegeLecture this Friday.

He talked to us about why the way energy works in cells is key to the origins of life; and the importance of scientific disagreements.

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Before his contribution to DarwinCollegeLecture, Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Prof. Didier Queloz talked to us about how it feels to change human understanding of the universe, and why scientists are people who never grew out of childhood curiosity.

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The John Bradfield Room, which opened in 2019, has been shortlisted by the Royal Institute of British Architects for this year’s East of England Royal Institute of British Architects Awards. It was designed for the College by Allies and Morrison.

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Good to have the opportunity this morning to thank Phil Waterson, as he retires from Darwin after 26 years.

He talked to us about watching the College grow, the challenges of overflowing bathtubs, and why his first bursar was a hard act to follow.

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When better than #DarwinDay , Sir Charles Darwin's 215th birthday, to highlight that 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the College which bears his name?

Keep an eye on our website for celebratory plans, and the stories and memories of early Darwinians.

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