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Sopranos superfan
Professor Joe Moshenska, Beaverbrook and Bouverie Fellow and Praelector in English, won a competition to appear on the Talking Sopranos podcast as part of their superfan episode. Read more and listen to the podcast .

China Oxford Institute Fellowship
Dr Nick Kanellakis, Stipendiary Lecturer, was awarded a three-year fellowship from China Oxford Institute (COI), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS). Find out .

Sir John Rh欧s Prize
Congratulations to James Miller (2020, DPhil History), who has won the Sir John Rh欧s Prize for the academic year 2020-2021. Read .

Univ opens its doors
With more then 1,600 people through the gates of Univ for this year’s Oxford Open Doors you can find out more about the day .

Hello, my name is鈥�
After three days of frenzied voting and with close to 1,700 votes cast, the winning name for our gorgeous College cat is鈥� Lyra. Find out more about her .

Univ Treasure – Obadiah Walker鈥檚 press
Find out about the press of Obadiah Walker, one of Univ鈥檚 most fascinating yet tragic Masters. Read our Treasure .

Celebrating 100 profiles
September marked the publication of the 100th profile on Univ鈥檚 website, exploring the lives of students, OMs, staff and Fellows at Univ. Explore them all .

Welcome letters from the presidents
Sam Williamson (2020, Engineering), JCR President for 2021-22,聽and Ethan Petrou (2018, DPhil Earth and Environmental Sciences), WCR President for 2021-22 have written letters welcoming new students – read them .

Lyra鈥檚 182t福利 鈥� Chapter 1
It’s been a busy week for Lyra the Univ kitten – find out what she has been up to .

Laura Varnam: podcasts and poetry
Univ鈥檚 Lecturer in Old and Middle English Literature Dr Laura Varnam is a part of the English Faculty鈥檚 Fantasy Literature research group; this summer she wrote and recorded a podcast for the Great Writers Inspire聽series. Find out more .

Univ Choir at Encaenia
On 22 September, on the occasion of the 2021 Encaenia, Univ鈥檚 Choir, led by Director of Music Giles Underwood, enjoyed the honour of singing at the Sheldonian Theatre. Read .

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British Academy election
Professor Sukanta Chaudhuri (1970, English) has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy, find out more .

Sir Philip Dowson at Univ
Find out more about Sir Philip Dowson, the聽Architect of 鈥淪tavs鈥�, from our Archivist, Robin Darwall-Smith .

Digital entrepreneurs: Dr Elina Naydenova
In the latest of this series we meet Dr Elina Naydenova (2017, DPhil Biomedical Engineering), the founder and CEO of Feebris, a London-based healthtech startup. Read .

Isla Ratcliff debut album
Isla Ratcliff (2014, Music), a Scottish fiddle player, singer and composer, with a background in classical violin and piano, is releasing her debut album. Find our more .

Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Simon Clarke (2003, History) was named Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Wednesday 15 September. Further details .

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Univ North tours
We are pleased to invite Old Members and Friends of the College to a series of thematic tours of the Univ North site. Find out more .

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Alexander Walker, 2020, Mathematics), Hall and Accommodation Officer. Read it .

Professor Michael Barnes, Tutorial Fellow in Physics. Read it .

Sam Williamson, 2020, Engineering and JCR President for 2021-22, Read it .

Abbey Vaid, 2020, History, Welfare Rep. Read it .

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鈥� On 20 September Univ took on St Catharine鈥檚 College, Cambridge, in a first-round match of University Challenge. Captained by Oliver Hargrave (2017, DPhil Oriental Studies), the team comprised Leonardo Buizza (2017, DPhil Physics), Anisah Qausher (2020, English),聽 Abigail Karas (2012 BA Russian and Linguistics, DPhil Russian) and William Wilken (reserve; 2019, Economics). Watch on .

鈥� After 13 years teaching at an international school in Lausanne (Switzerland), Rafael Ribas (1993, Physics) has returned to his 182t福利town of Palma (Mallorca, Spain) to take up a position as Head of Technological Innovation and Infrastructure at Queen’s College school.

鈥� Lt Andrew Ward (2006, PPE), currently Commanding Officer of Northern Diving Group, a 40 strong unit responsible for bomb disposal and underwater tasks in Scotland, the North of England and abroad, hosted a recent podcast for the Ministry of Defence as part of their 鈥淔ancy a Brew鈥� series. You can listen .

Retired consultant physician and nephrologist Dr Simon Gibson (1972, Chemistry and Medicine) published his memoirs, Tales of a Meandering Medic. It鈥檚 available on and via .

Venetia Welby鈥檚 (1999, Classics) second novel, Dreamtime, was published on 1 September. Find out .