St John's College, Cambridge looking magical tonight under the northern lights 👌 #northenlights

St John's College, Cambridge 🌌

A rare orchid that looks like a naked man has revealed itself in the grounds of St John’s. The Orchis Simia is known as the ‘Naked Hanging Man Orchid’ or the ‘Monkey Orchid’ and is described as ‘the find of a lifetime’. 🌷👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/rare-naked-han…

Late evening sunshine ⁦St John's College, Cambridge⁩

Were you or someone you know the first generation in the family to go to university? The John Crook Scholarship at St John's offers the chance to study Cambridge University for two further years. Apply by 6pm BST on 15 Oct 2024 via UCAS Info 👉joh.cam.ac.uk/john-crook-sch…

On 6 June 1944, thousands of soldiers landed on 5 beaches in Normandy in the ‘the most complicated and difficult’ operation of the Second World War. To mark the 80th anniversary, we look at the secret role played by St John's in the planning of D-Day. joh.cam.ac.uk/pivotal-role-p…

‘Visionary’ chemist Professor Erwin Reisner Reisner Lab Cambridge Chemistry, a Fellow of St John’s, has today been awarded the Royal Society of Chemistry Tilden Prize for his pioneering work in creating green fuels and chemicals through solar energy👏☀️🍃👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/visionary-fell…

Professor Richard Gilbertson, a pioneering children’s cancer specialist and Fellow of St John’s College, has been announced as the next Master of Gonville & Caius College Gonville & Caius College. He is due to take office on 1 October 2025. 👏 Full story 👉joh.cam.ac.uk/fellow-st-john…

Feeling proud to have graduated yesterday at Cambridge University in Human, Social and Political Sciences. The best three years, with the best friends and at the best College St John's College, Cambridge. Going to miss you all. Where did 3 years go?? #graduation2024

“The conviction that has animated my career is the view that historians, skilled in weighing evidence, must as a civic duty engage with public policy as well as with education in the broad sense.” Prof Simon Szreter, St John’s Fellow who has retired from Cambridge History. 👏 🙌 🥂

New Chaplain appointed by St John’s pledges to explore ‘faith and the big questions of life’ The Rev’d Graham Dunn, Assistant Curate Hampstead Parish Church will offer spiritual and emotional support for the wellbeing of members of St John's. ✍️joh.cam.ac.uk/new-chaplain-a…

Congratulations to The Rev'd Graham Dunn, who has been appointed as St John's College, Cambridge Chaplain. Our thanks and good wishes to The Rev'd Andrew Hammond, who has been appointed as Vicar of Wymondham Abbey.

Huge congratulations to Michael Bath, a PhD student in Engineering at St John's College 👏

A new 'atlas' that maps how proteins behave inside human cells could be used to help design new drugs to treat dementia and cancer. The research Cambridge Chemistry has been led by Professor Tuomas Knowles, a Fellow of St John's 👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/new-atlas-prot…

Congratulations to our PhD student Liam who is heading to the other Cambridge, Harvard University, as a Visiting Fellow. #thisisjohns

Sixth-formers from 45 schools and colleges enjoyed a taste of life and study at Cambridge University in a free residential Natural Sciences course at St John’s. Our academics held taster sessions on topics such as Physics, Cell Biology and Earth Sciences 👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/free-residenti…

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From Nobel Prize-winners to a Bletchley Park code-breaker, our Research Fellowships open doors to rising stars. Applications are now open for our 2025 Research Fellowship awards, giving early-career academics the chance to join our community 👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/st-johns-colle…

Congratulations to everyone getting their A-Level results today! We can't wait to welcome our new Cambridge University students in the new term. Do tag us if you coming to St John's👏 #alevels2024 #goingtocambridge

Teenage girls from around the UK have taken part in a free residential maths summer school at St John’s. The Women in Mathematics course aims to encourage young female mathematicians to consider applying to study Cambridge University 👇 joh.cam.ac.uk/st-johns-summe… 📸Nordin Ćatić