News roundup – February, 2022
Each month we bring together all of the latest news from our extended Univ family. From Alumni and College news, to updates on Univ North and our Profile and Treasure features. We hope you enjoy this month’s news from Univ 鈥� all in one place…
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College News
Social prescription with Aspire
One of Univ鈥檚 partner charities, Aspire, takes a 鈥淪ocial Prescription鈥� approach to wellbeing. Find out more .
The Language of Symmetry
Professor Caroline Terquem has taken part in an event organized by the British Museum, and hosted by Professor Denis Noble and Benedict Rattigan, entitled 鈥淭he language of symmetry鈥�. Read more .
Academic visitor from Nigeria
We welcome Godwin Ogbole, Associate Professor of Radiology, who has arrived on a six-month visit to the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative. Find out more .
Valentine鈥檚 Day card
Sage Goodwin (2017, DPhil History) has designed a Valentine鈥檚 Day card which will be sold in Sainsbury鈥檚 this year. More .
David Frederick appointed as Foundation Fellow
David Frederick (1983, Politics), a prominent appellate attorney in Washington, D.C., has recently been appointed as a 182t福利 Foundation Fellow. Read more .
Discovering Fire Island
Ahead of the publication of his new book, Jack Parlett, Junior Research Fellow in English, takes us on an introductory trip to Fire Island. Find out .
Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group chair
In January, Professor Tamsin Mather, Supernumerary Fellow in Earth Sciences, became the new chair of the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group. Read more .
Sustainability in Univ Catering
Our Kitchen and Buttery Teams have been working hard on more sustainable practices in College – find out what they have been doing .
DPhil work at CEREGE
Read the Research Training Fund Report by Odysseus Archontikis (2019, DPhil in Earth and Environmental Sciences) .
Not all babies are in the same boat
Dr Alex Hendry, Scott Family Junior Research Fellow, has published two papers since the start of 2022, analysing executive function and self-control in early childhood. Find out more .
The students are revolting (and so is the food)
In this month’s Treasure we explore the first documented example of serious student protest at Univ (and yes, it鈥檚 partly about beer prices鈥�) Read it .
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Alumni News
Deepfake technology
Andrew Lewis (2018, DPhil Politics) has co-written an article on deepfake technology and content moderation. Find out more .
In Memoriam Kwasi Wiredu
Kwasi Wiredu (1958, B.Phil), often called the greatest living African philosopher, passed away on 5 January 2022.聽 Read .
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Univ North
Univ North intergenerational tour
On 4 February, the Development Office hosted another of its Univ North tours, this one themed around the intergenerational aspect of the development More .
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Profiles
Charlie Kniebe-Evans, 2018, Chemistry – Read it .
Dr Nina Yancy, 2015, DPhil Politics – Read it .
Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski, 1986, Maths – Read it .
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Reviews
Sahar (English Language and Literature) reviews Jeanette Winterson’s聽Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit .
Max (PPE) reviews the archive of BBC Radio 4鈥檚 A History of Ideas. Get inspired .
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In Brief
鈥� Adam Smith, Professor of US Politics & Political History at Oxford University, can be heard on BBC Radios The Long View, commenting on the rise of the United States in the second half of the 19th century. Listen .
鈥� Emily Jones, associate professor in public policy at the Blavatnik School of Government in Oxford, comments on the UK’s progress in making new trade agreements .
鈥� Writer and poet Jennifer Wong (1998, English) has been appointed a visiting fellow at TORCH Oxford (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) for 2022-23. Details .
Publications
Dr Anne Carter (2009, BCL & MPhil Law), Senior Lecturer, Deakin Law School, Deakin University, Australia, published her first book in January: Proportionality and Facts in Constitutional Adjudication (Bloomsbury, 2022)
Dr Beatriz Moreno Garc铆a (2016, Interdisciplinary Bioscience (BBSRC DTP)) had an article published in the Journal of Plant Physiology last month. Read it .
Polly Jones, Schrecker-Barbour Tutorial Fellow in Slavonic and East European Studies, has written the introduction to the upcoming publication of Vasily Grossman鈥檚 182t福利 and Fate (translated by Robert Chandler). Details .
Published: 25 February 2022