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Fearless pioneers since 1869.

Meet our vibrant community; See our beautiful campus; Discover our world-class research.

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✨ 2025 Highlights: May Week ✨

Next up, we’re celebrating the incredible talent and creativity our students showcased during May Week, from sporting success to unforgettable performances on stage and in concert:

🎭 GADS: Romeo & Juliet
⚽ College Sports Awards Presentation
🎶 GCMS Concert
December 22, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚀 Exciting new job opportunities at Girton College, @cam.ac.uk!

We’re recruiting a Deputy Director of Philanthropy and an Annual Giving Manager to join our Philanthropy & Alumni Engagement Office.

🔗 Find out more:
https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/work-at-girton
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
✨ 2025 Highlights: Honorary Fellows ✨

As we wrap up the year and look back on some standout moments from 2025. We were delighted to welcome two exceptional new Honorary Fellows, Professor Neena Modi and Professor Dame Linda Colley.
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Girtonian is out now! 🎉Discover our new-look alumni magazine, featuring:

📚 Stories from our inspiring alumni
✨ Cutting-edge research news
🚀 A deep dive into Girton's ambitious plans for the future

Read the new issue now ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girtonian-out-now
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An incredible showcase of Girton talent at the Cambridge University Surgical Society Aspiring Surgeons Conference organised by Girtonian Annabelle Corlett!

✨ Sid and Yuhan won the Judge’s Prize in the Poster Competition
✨ Sarah won the Suturing Competition, beating 100 delegates

#AspiringSurgeons
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📺 Tune in this Friday!
We’re incredibly proud that Girton Fellow, Dr John Tadross, will feature on Channel 4’s ground-breaking 'Cancer Clinic: Live', broadcasting from Addenbrooke’s as part of Stand Up To Cancer 2025.

https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/stand-up-to-cancer/

#standuptocancer #SU2C #cruk
Stand Up To Cancer
A Channel 4 programme presented by Davina McCall will be broadcast live from Addenbrooke’s Hospital on Friday 12th December for Stand Up To Cancer 2025.
www.cuh.nhs.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
To celebrate Melvyn Bragg’s 27 years of 'In Our Time', five well-known fans chose their favourite episodes, and Girton Fellow Prof Anthony Bale features in one!

Author & columnist Caitlin Moran chose the episode on English medieval mystic Margery Kempe.
🎧 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cyfkg
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Margery Kempe and English Mysticism
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
👏 Huge congratulations to Girton Fellow, Professor Lucio Sarno, who was awarded the 2025 @jbs.cam.ac.uk MFin Award for outstanding teaching and impact! 🌟

Read more ⤵️
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/2025/2025-cambridge-judge-excellence-in-teaching-awards/
2025 Cambridge Judge excellence in teaching awards - News & insight - Cambridge Judge Business School
Find out which members of Cambridge Judge faculty have been awarded prizes for excellence in teaching at the Business School.
www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
What can history teach us about the future of globalisation?

Watch Professor Jeremy Adelman give the inaugural Girton Global History Lecture now on our YouTube ⬇️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vNdntTrroo
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🌍 COP30 wrapped up last week with a renewed commitment to support developing countries.

Girton Fellow, Dr Antoinette Nestor, shared her insights from the conference, framed under the powerful theme: “Where climate meets care.”
🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/nestor-cop30-insights
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
👏 Congrats to team GIRTONOPATHY for competing in the national Royal College of Pathologists quiz for #PathologyWeek!
⚕️🦠 They tackled topics from global pathology to disease knowledge and AI’s future, finishing 5th and calling it a great bonding experience across year groups!
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🌍 Can geoengineering help tackle the climate crisis?

Hear from Girton Fellow and Director of the @climaterepair.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk, Dr Shaun Fitzgerald, on BBC Rare Earth.

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002htcs
Rare Earth - Engineering the Planet - BBC Sounds
Can we design and build our way out of climate change?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 9:58 AM
How well does the law serve women?

Listen to Girton Alumna, Visitor, and Honorary Fellow, Lady Hale, talk about this and her new book 'With the Law on Our Side – How the law works for everyone and how we can make it work better' on BBC Woman's Hour. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002jf29
BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, 16/09/2025
Baroness Hale, Trump’s visit, Afro hair care
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Wonderful to share the news of our alumna Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald’s appointment as Head of the Department of Oncology at University of Cambridge.

Professor Fitzgerald has made critical contributions to cancer research and is a passionate advocate for cancer prevention and early detection.
September 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🔍 We have just passed identifying an amazing 500 species of plants, animals, and fungi on our @inaturalist.bsky.social webpage!

Participate in monitoring the diversity of life at Girton College 👇 https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/girton-college-biodiversity
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We are pleased to share that Paresh Patel (Engineering, 1981) has been elected a Bodichon Foundation Fellow in recognition of his significant contribution to Girton through his support for student bursaries and the College’s wider mission.

🔗 https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/
August 27, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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I spoke to Engelsberg Ideas about what has and hasn't changed in the Middle East, why #Yemen's #Houthis remain such a persistent threat and what it might take to contain the conflict. engelsbergideas.com/essays/in-co...
In conversation with Elisabeth Kendall on what the Houthis really want
Elisabeth Kendall, acclaimed expert on jihadist movements and the Arab World, spoke to EI’s Jack Dickens about the current state of the Middle East, what drives the Houthis, and why a regional peace r...
engelsbergideas.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
👏 Congratulations are in order for former Mistress of Girton College, @sjs1869.bsky.social who has just been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters by Queen Mary University of London for her work as a leading figure in social geography
Queen Mary has awarded honorary degrees to 5 outstanding individuals at our summer graduations, recognising outstanding contributions to their respective fields of medicine, social geography, mechanical engineering, material science & academic leadership: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Queen Mary recognises outstanding individuals at summer graduations
www.qmul.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Girton Fellow Professor Anthony Bale has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy, in honour of his outstanding contributions to scholarship.

Read more ➡️ https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/girton-medievalist-professor-anthony-bale-elected-fellow-british-academy
Girton medievalist Professor Anthony Bale elected as Fellow of the British Academy
www.girton.cam.ac.uk
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In case you missed it, Girton Fellows, Dr James Wade and Dr Seb Falk have solved the most famous mystery of Chaucer's work, a discovery that leads @cam.ac.uk‬ main page today! 🎉 🎉 🎉

Learn more via the link below!
https://www.cam.ac.uk/
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is one of the world’s leading universities, with a rich history of radical thinking dating back to 1209.
www.cam.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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After 130 years, Cambridge #scholars have decoded a Chaucerian mystery – the frequently referenced Song of Wade was not a monster-filled epic but a chivalric romance.

Drs James Wade and @sebfalk.com from‬ @girtoncollege.bsky.social reveal all: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...

#Latin #English
Lost English legend decoded, solving a Chaucerian mystery and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
Decoding a lost English legend, solving a Chaucerian mystery, and revealing a medieval preacher’s meme
www.cam.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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I'm so thrilled to have this published! Starting from a chat over lunch at @girtoncollege.bsky.social, James Wade & I chipped away at this & have made some fascinating discoveries.

The actual article should be published later today. In the meantime, more here: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/song...
July 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🔍 A 130-year-old Chaucerian mystery has finally been solved!

Girton Fellows James Wade and Seb Falk have uncovered that the 'Song of Wade' is actually a chivalric romance ♥️ not a monster-filled epic!

Read more: https://www.girton.cam.ac.uk/news/solving-130-year-old-medieval-literary-mystery
July 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Last night, Girton Bye-Fellow in Land Economy, Dr Antoinette Nestor, was interviewed on BBC Look East!

Hear Dr Nestor talk about building socially and environmentally sustainable new communities via the link below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002dsyp/look-east-evening-news-17062025
June 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today on BBC Radio 3's Jazz Record Requests 🎷

🎧 Tune in to hear music from one of this year’s stand-out releases in jazz and beyond — Psalter: Themes for Peace by Tim Boniface.

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnn9
Pre-order now from www.timboniface.co.uk/shop
BBC Radio 3 - Jazz Record Requests
Alyn Shipton presents jazz records of all styles as requested by you.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM