Spring tulips outside the Maths Institute, and the Triton fountain in the courtyard at the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. 🌷

What will be happening at the Maths Institute from Fri 20 - Sun 22 Sept 2024?

It's Meeting Minds, our alumni weekend! 🎉

📅 🖊️ Save the date!

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📚Book of the week 📚
'Priesthole' by Jane Anstey Jane Anstey (@SomervilleOx, 1973)

Set in Cornwall, where Jane found herself at the outbreak of COVID, the plot is rural, intergenerational and has a central character who is an alumnus: ➡️ bit.ly/QUADOffShelfAp…

🌸Wow! Taken from Exeter College, Oxford this must be one of our favourite photos of the Radcliffe Camera 😻⬇️

18th-century Radcliffe Observatory, a working observatory from 1773 - 1934, is the central focus of Green Templeton College site.

Today, the Observatory is home to the college's Common Room, dining hall & kitchens.

Use My Oxford Card to visit for free! ➡️ bit.ly/VisitOxColleges
📷 ZB

A grant from the Hering Foundation has enabled the creation of six new fully funded graduate scholarships to support human rights professionals from low- and lower middle-income countries studying University of Oxford

Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/DevHering

📷 John & Alexandra Hering

A burst of colour alongside the River Cherwell at Oxford Botanic Garden University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum 🌷🌷🌷

Visit the garden with your My Oxford Card to benefit from a special entry fee of only £5.90

Claim offer: ➡️ bit.ly/MyOxBGASpring

📷 Alumni Office / ZB

🌎Register now for Oxford Earth Day 2024 events ⬇️

🐪🥛Would you drink camel milk?🤔⬇️

Eid Mubarak🌙

Wishing everybody celebrating a happy and blessed #EidUlFitr .

#Eid2024 #EidMubarak

🚨 Closure notice: Blenheim Palace will have some closures this week from Wednesday 10 April to Saturday 13 April. The Palace and the Stables Café will be closed and will reopen on Sunday 14 April.

For the latest opening hours, visit: blenheimpalace.com/visitus/openin…

QUAD: The University orchestra wows Italy

A recent tour in Northern Italy proved a huge success, reports Tommaso Rusconi.

🎻Were you a member of Oxford University Orchestra?

Read about their latest tour of Italy: ➡️ bit.ly/QUADItalyOrche…

#OxfordUniversityOrchestra

How can we best use AI technologies to create meaningful and well-paying jobs in the future?

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🌻Daffodils Magdalen College bringing bright spring colour to a day with dark April skies.

You can visit all Oxford colleges for FREE with your My Oxford Card: ➡️ bit.ly/AccessOxCollege

QUAD: Sociable great tits feed more adventurously

A new study led by University of Oxford researchers Wytham Woods finds that birds that are more social are more likely to use novel sources of food. 🌿

Read more about the study: ➡️ bit.ly/QUADGreatTits

In The Covered Market Oxford (celebrating 250 years!) the beloved Brown’s Café is celebrating its centenary, or possibly a little more ☕

Does the cafe hold a special memory for you?

Read Sarah Eddie's deep-dive into the café's history here 👇
bit.ly/QUADBrowns

Even on a rainy day, it's good to remind ourselves we are in spring 💮

📷 Alumni Office / AG

#NewCollegeSpring #NewCollegeOxford #Magnolia #SpringBlossom #OxfordSpring

♻️Register now to hear how AI will accelerate innovation in clean energy systems ⬇️

Watch interview with #HisDarkMaterials author Philip Pullman (Exeter College, Oxford, 1965) ⬇️

QUAD: Connective coral in the Indian Ocean

🐠Despite being scattered across more than a million square kilometres, new research reveals that remote coral reefs across the Seychelles are closely related: ➡️ bit.ly/QUADCoral

QUAD: Modify 15 risk factors for dementia

Diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are the most harmful out of 15 modifiable risk factors for dementia, says a new Oxford study.

Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/QUADDementia