Newswire - February 2018

Newswire
February 2018

News

New Colleges!

Work to develop new college and student facilities at Durham University will begin within weeks.
The University anticipates work beginning on site for the Mount Oswald project, off South Road, Durham City, in March 2018 and the facilities being completed and ready for use for the academic year 2019/20.

Research that helps parents and babies sleep better gets Royal approval

The Parent-Infant Sleep Lab at Durham University has been awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.

Honorary Degrees at Winter Graduation

A leading philanthropist, a pioneering filmmaker and a children’s champion were awarded honorary degrees as thousands of students graduated from Durham University in January.

Formation of human tissue to improve drug testing and reduce animal research

Innovative 3D cell culture technology is offering the ability to grow realistic human tissues for more effective drug testing.

Events

Dunelm Society event with Thought for the Day’s Prof David Wilkinson

The Dunelm Society talk and drinks reception 'An evening with David Wilkinson' at the Oriental Club, London on Tuesday 20 March.

Durham World Heritage Lectures

Talk on The North Pennines Geopark – Durham’s nearest neighbour in the UNESCO designated sites on Thursday 15 March.

Institute of Advanced Study's Annual London Debate

'Structure and Quality of Life'. Alumni are invited to an evening of debate and discussion on Thursday 24 May at One Moorgate Place.

Postgraduate Open Day

Missing being at Durham?
Join us on our Postgraduate Open Day on Wednesday 7 February to discover what your future could be at Durham University.

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Alumni

New Years Honours for Durham Alumni

Congratulations to all of our alumni who were given awards in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

50th Anniversary of graduation

Alumni celebrate their golden anniversary of their graduation. Read their blog at the link below.

Class notes

Dr Noha Aboueldahab (Law, Ustinov, 2013-16) has published
Transitional Justice and the Prosecution of Political Leaders in the Arab Region: A comparative study of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Yemen.

John Armstrong (Sport, Hatfield, 2005-08) is celebrating the 10 year anniversary of North East SME Custom Planet which was co-founded by John Armstrong.

Danielle Bartram (Education, Ustinov, 2011-12) has published Forty Pence Each Two For a Pound.

Paul Ellis (Modern Languages, Grey, 1991-95) designer and co-editor of a brand new series of twelve books called Approaches to Learning and Teaching, and co-authored one of the texts (on Modern Languages) which will be part of the second tranche of books to be published in mid-2018. See his blog here.

Gabriel Finn (Music, St John's, 2013-16) sailed double-handed across the Atlantic in a 32ft classic wooden yacht.

Stephen Finlan (Theology, Ustinov, 1999-2004) has published Sacrifice and Atonement: Psychological Motives and Biblical Patterns.

Lisa Firth (English Literature, Collingwood, 2000-03) has written her third romantic comedy under the pen name Mary Jayne Baker, A Bicycle Made for Two.

Jem Hulbert (Psychology, St Chad's, 1983-86) 'The wind made juggling virtually impossible’: the day I took circus skills to new heights.

Ben Irvine (Philosophy, St Chad's, 1998-2002) has published Scapegoated Capitalism.

Joanne Johnson (Natural Sciences, Collingwood, 1990-93) has been appointed Vice President of Business Development at Adesis.

Catherine Makin (Anthropology, Trevelyan, 2005-08) was awarded a prestigious Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship in 2017. Under this Fellowship she travelled to the USA and Canada to understand how organisational factors enable or inhibit innovation within city governments, seeking learning that could benefit city governments in the UK.
See her report here.

Anna McGlynn (English Literature, Grey, 1997-2000) has published Teaching Grammar through Literature.

Thomas Rogers (Economics, St Aidan's, 2010-13) has co-founded Switchd, an automated energy switching company.

Professor Michelle Yvonne Simmons (Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Trevelyan,1985-88 and Physics, St Aidan's, 1992) has been named as Australian of the Year.

Robert Swan (General Studies, St Chad's, 1976-79) completed an epic South Pole expedition with his son.

Charles Wilson (Geography, Grey, 1983-86) was named as Sunday Times Business Person of the Year.

Colleges

Castle

We are gearing up to have the new café at Castle running by early February and hope that you will have an opportunity to visit soon and see it. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of our alumni who have supported this redevelopment. Every donation has helped immensely.

Collingwood

We are hosting an alumni football tournament on Saturday 9 June. If you fancy your chances, get a team together and come back to The ‘Wood for what’s set to be a very eventful weekend!

Grey

We had a busy Michaelmas Term at Grey, with sport, music and student development. Bookings for the annual reunion, over the weekend 23-25 March, will soon be available.

Hatfield

Don’t forget to sign up to this year’s Chapel Choir reunion on the 17 & 18 February. There are still spaces left, so come along and sing with members past and present in the magnificent Cathedral. There is even the option to sign up for a black tie dinner – it would be rude not to.

Hild Bede

Hild Bede’s grounds enchant throughout the year. For more information of what has been going on in College this month and events planned for the future, see link below.

John Snow

We look forward to seeing you all at our first alumni event of 2018, make sure you sign up soon for The Botanist London Reunion, tickets are only £5 for a spectacular night filled with food, beverages and fabulous John Snow memories. Hope to see you there!

St Aidan's

The Aidan’s Alumni Association would like to congratulate and welcome all of the recent January graduates.

St Cuthbert's

The latest issue of the Cuthbert’s Chronicle, our biannual alumni magazine, is out now. In this issue, Mark Rowland (Economics & Politics, 1968) pays tribute to the late Bernard Robertson, along with contributions and memories from alumni.

St John's

We were delighted to see so many of our alumni at our After Work Drinks event in London last Thursday.

St Mary's

We look forward to welcoming Mary’s Alumni back to College between 9 and 11 March for our 2nd annual Sports Weekend, which will include a Full Hall Formal on the 9th.

Stephenson

Happy New Year Stevo Alumni! We have lots alumni and JCR events for you this year - including our London Reunion on Friday 16 March at The Parcel Yard and Kings Cross and it is free to attend! Book your place

Trevelyan

This week Trevs joined the Dunelm online community with the launch of our new website. Check it out here and keep in touch with Trevs online.

Van Mildert

Happy 2018, Van Mildert! This year started with some wonderful news as three of our alumni were included in the New Year Honours lists – a huge congratulations to each of them. This year’s edition of Quaesitum, Van Mildert’s annual scholarly journal, is now available to read online.

Departments

Ushaw College Lectures

Forthcoming Ushaw Lecture topics include Robert Grosseteste, Jacobitism and the Conscience of British and Irish Catholicism, and Devotional Objects.

Durham University Business School

Durham University Business School is now offering a new free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) - Leading and Managing People-Centred Change.

Legitimacy, Dictatorship and Utopia: A Marxist Perspective

Alumni are invited to attend the annual Henry Tudor lecture at the School of Government and International Affairs.

History Careers

The Careers Centre in conjunction with the History department are looking to run a 'careers with a history degree' information session at 12-2pm, Monday 12 February, aiming to introduce students to the wide range of career destinations that are available to History students and are looking for alumni to speak to students about their career journey and how their experiences at Durham helped them with this. If you graduated from Durham with a History degree and would be happy to help us with this, we would be very excited to hear from you.
Please email Laura Dorian (Careers Adviser).

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