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Prof James Brenton, (Queens’ Professorial Fellow, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) is part of new research investigating how to prevent tumours from becoming resistant to chemotherapy.
Read more here: https://ow.ly/jHps50Y8EMr #WorldCancerDay
Read more here: https://ow.ly/jHps50Y8EMr #WorldCancerDay
February 4, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Prof James Brenton, (Queens’ Professorial Fellow, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) is part of new research investigating how to prevent tumours from becoming resistant to chemotherapy.
Read more here: https://ow.ly/jHps50Y8EMr #WorldCancerDay
Read more here: https://ow.ly/jHps50Y8EMr #WorldCancerDay
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Huge congratulations to @queens.cam.ac.uk bye fellow, Dr Mona Jebril, for winning the British Academy Global Innovation Fellowship. Brilliant result and @carnegieendowment.org is lucky to have you (though we want you back!).
#academicexcellence #queensofqueens
#academicexcellence #queensofqueens
January 30, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Huge congratulations to @queens.cam.ac.uk bye fellow, Dr Mona Jebril, for winning the British Academy Global Innovation Fellowship. Brilliant result and @carnegieendowment.org is lucky to have you (though we want you back!).
#academicexcellence #queensofqueens
#academicexcellence #queensofqueens
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Turn research into viable ventures in just 2 days through our upcoming AI Bootcamp 🚀
With support from across Cambridge’s innovation ecosystem, you’ll sharpen your pitch & gain practical advice to take #AI research beyond the lab.
⬇️ Apply before 28 January!
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-sci...
With support from across Cambridge’s innovation ecosystem, you’ll sharpen your pitch & gain practical advice to take #AI research beyond the lab.
⬇️ Apply before 28 January!
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-sci...
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Turn research into viable ventures in just 2 days through our upcoming AI Bootcamp 🚀
With support from across Cambridge’s innovation ecosystem, you’ll sharpen your pitch & gain practical advice to take #AI research beyond the lab.
⬇️ Apply before 28 January!
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-sci...
With support from across Cambridge’s innovation ecosystem, you’ll sharpen your pitch & gain practical advice to take #AI research beyond the lab.
⬇️ Apply before 28 January!
www.ai.cam.ac.uk/calls/ai-sci...
It was an evening for the history books on Monday night, when the President's Lodge held not only one, but four current and past Queens' Presidents! Current President, Dame Menna Rawlings, hosted Dr Mohamed El-Erian (20-25), Lord Eatwell (97-20) and Lord Oxburgh (82-88) for celebratory drinks. 🥂
January 21, 2026 at 2:02 PM
It was an evening for the history books on Monday night, when the President's Lodge held not only one, but four current and past Queens' Presidents! Current President, Dame Menna Rawlings, hosted Dr Mohamed El-Erian (20-25), Lord Eatwell (97-20) and Lord Oxburgh (82-88) for celebratory drinks. 🥂
Yesterday evening, we held our latest Fellowship admission ceremony, where welcomed our newest Official Fellow, Dr Dong Ma. Congratulations and welcome to Queens'.
January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Yesterday evening, we held our latest Fellowship admission ceremony, where welcomed our newest Official Fellow, Dr Dong Ma. Congratulations and welcome to Queens'.
Imad Ahmed (Queens’, Faculty of Divinity) is the project coordinator behind an exciting new multidisciplinary astronomy course for Muslim leaders in the UK. He was recently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme (20 mins in) to discuss the Moonsighters Academy: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds University moonsighting project unites science and religion - BBC News
The project hopes to end 'moon wars' between mosques across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Imad Ahmed (Queens’, Faculty of Divinity) is the project coordinator behind an exciting new multidisciplinary astronomy course for Muslim leaders in the UK. He was recently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Sunday programme (20 mins in) to discuss the Moonsighters Academy: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridge University historian and former Queens' Fellow, Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, has today published his findings surrounding the harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran of the War of 1812.
Read more about his discovery:
cam.ac.uk/stories/disabled-redcoat-veterans-lost-autobiography-discovered
Read more about his discovery:
cam.ac.uk/stories/disabled-redcoat-veterans-lost-autobiography-discovered
January 15, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Cambridge University historian and former Queens' Fellow, Dr Eamonn O’Keeffe, has today published his findings surrounding the harsh realities of life as a disabled veteran of the War of 1812.
Read more about his discovery:
cam.ac.uk/stories/disabled-redcoat-veterans-lost-autobiography-discovered
Read more about his discovery:
cam.ac.uk/stories/disabled-redcoat-veterans-lost-autobiography-discovered
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January 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
As we bring the year to a close, Queens’ President, Dame Menna Rawlings has a short Christmas message for all Students, Alumni and Staff. Filmed in the beautiful President’s Lodge. Watch on YouTube via the link below: https://youtu.be/obVKa3seCWI
December 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
As we bring the year to a close, Queens’ President, Dame Menna Rawlings has a short Christmas message for all Students, Alumni and Staff. Filmed in the beautiful President’s Lodge. Watch on YouTube via the link below: https://youtu.be/obVKa3seCWI
💚 Join the team at Queens’ College
We’re hiring for a range of roles across the College, offering the chance to be part of a friendly, hardworking community.
Catering & Conference Manager
Food & Beverage Service Supervisor
College Boatman & Head Coach
www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vacancies/
We’re hiring for a range of roles across the College, offering the chance to be part of a friendly, hardworking community.
Catering & Conference Manager
Food & Beverage Service Supervisor
College Boatman & Head Coach
www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vacancies/
December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
💚 Join the team at Queens’ College
We’re hiring for a range of roles across the College, offering the chance to be part of a friendly, hardworking community.
Catering & Conference Manager
Food & Beverage Service Supervisor
College Boatman & Head Coach
www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vacancies/
We’re hiring for a range of roles across the College, offering the chance to be part of a friendly, hardworking community.
Catering & Conference Manager
Food & Beverage Service Supervisor
College Boatman & Head Coach
www.queens.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vacancies/
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Leo XIV is the 1st Augustinian Pope, but did you know that his order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles?
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals
Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base
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December 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Leo XIV is the 1st Augustinian Pope, but did you know that his order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles?
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social from @camhistory.bsky.social @queens.cam.ac.uk reveals the forgotten lives of these wild medieval saints 👇
https://bit.ly/4rP25Qj
#skystorians 🗃️
Queens' JRF (@camhistory.bsky.social) @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social's new book, The Sons of St Augustine, challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Queens' JRF (@camhistory.bsky.social) @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social's new book, The Sons of St Augustine, challenges major assumptions about the medieval Catholic Church and early Renaissance.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
Read more about her publication on our website, and the Cambridge University press release.
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Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals
Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base
www.cam.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:
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Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will give our next lecture on volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment. @queens.cam.ac.uk @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
24 November 2025, 18:00-19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
24 November 2025, 18:00-19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Professor Marie Edmonds FRS will give our next lecture on volcanic degassing and its impact on our environment. @queens.cam.ac.uk @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social
24 November 2025, 18:00-19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
24 November 2025, 18:00-19:00, Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre
BOOK NOW: www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/events/event...
Congratulations to all the Queens’ students who graduated this weekend! We’re incredibly proud to have you in our community.💚🎓
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Congratulations to all the Queens’ students who graduated this weekend! We’re incredibly proud to have you in our community.💚🎓
Fellows' News: Prof Ella McPherson (Queens' Fellow) joins five fellow researchers in a new publication exploring how generative AI is reshaping different areas of sociology. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Dialogues Towards Sociologies of Generative AI - Patrick Baert, Robert Dorschel, Meredith Hall, Isabelle Higgins, Ella McPherson, Shannon Philip, 2025
This article presents a sociological dialogue between six researchers who specialise in different sociological subfields. Each researcher explores the possible ...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Fellows' News: Prof Ella McPherson (Queens' Fellow) joins five fellow researchers in a new publication exploring how generative AI is reshaping different areas of sociology. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Fellows' News: Dr Tobias Müller (Bye-Fellow, Queens’ College) has recently had a new paper published. Read more about it below:
New paper @bjpir.bsky.social
How should political theorists think about the climate crisis and time?
Emergency time and decolonial time compete in Extinction Rebellion
Climate temporalities are intersecting, spatialised and resonant
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@crasshlive.bsky.social
How should political theorists think about the climate crisis and time?
Emergency time and decolonial time compete in Extinction Rebellion
Climate temporalities are intersecting, spatialised and resonant
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@crasshlive.bsky.social
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October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Fellows' News: Dr Tobias Müller (Bye-Fellow, Queens’ College) has recently had a new paper published. Read more about it below:
Fellows' News: Prof Clare Bryant (Veterinary Medicine/Medicine/Queens’ College) speaks to the Naked Scientists about the impact of Covid-19 and whether it has changed our immune systems for good. Listen here: https://ow.ly/nQgj50X9CYe
Has COVID-19 weakened our immunity?
Or are we paying back an immunity debt...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Fellows' News: Prof Clare Bryant (Veterinary Medicine/Medicine/Queens’ College) speaks to the Naked Scientists about the impact of Covid-19 and whether it has changed our immune systems for good. Listen here: https://ow.ly/nQgj50X9CYe
Fellows' News: Four cutting-edge University of Cambridge research projects are to receive funding from UKRI, including the initiative led by,
Department of Pharmacology’s Professor Mark Howarth and
Dr Ana Rossi (Queens’ College). Read more here: https://ow.ly/EoTj50X9CWx
Department of Pharmacology’s Professor Mark Howarth and
Dr Ana Rossi (Queens’ College). Read more here: https://ow.ly/EoTj50X9CWx
Four Cambridge innovations awarded UKRI proof of concept funding
Four cutting-edge University of Cambridge research projects are to receive funding from UKRI to grow into market-leading products and services.
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October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Fellows' News: Four cutting-edge University of Cambridge research projects are to receive funding from UKRI, including the initiative led by,
Department of Pharmacology’s Professor Mark Howarth and
Dr Ana Rossi (Queens’ College). Read more here: https://ow.ly/EoTj50X9CWx
Department of Pharmacology’s Professor Mark Howarth and
Dr Ana Rossi (Queens’ College). Read more here: https://ow.ly/EoTj50X9CWx
Fellows' News: Prof Neil Lawrence (ai@cam/Department of Computer Science/Queens’ College) speaks to BBC News about artificial general intelligence and ‘doomsday prepping’ by some tech billionaires. Read more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly17834524o
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fellows' News: Prof Neil Lawrence (ai@cam/Department of Computer Science/Queens’ College) speaks to BBC News about artificial general intelligence and ‘doomsday prepping’ by some tech billionaires. Read more here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly17834524o
Many congratulations to our newest Undergraduate cohort, who officially became members of the College yesterday!
After the matriculation photograph, students had the opportunity to formally meet our President, sign the matriculation book and enjoy a celebratory matriculation dinner.
After the matriculation photograph, students had the opportunity to formally meet our President, sign the matriculation book and enjoy a celebratory matriculation dinner.
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Many congratulations to our newest Undergraduate cohort, who officially became members of the College yesterday!
After the matriculation photograph, students had the opportunity to formally meet our President, sign the matriculation book and enjoy a celebratory matriculation dinner.
After the matriculation photograph, students had the opportunity to formally meet our President, sign the matriculation book and enjoy a celebratory matriculation dinner.
On Friday evening we officially welcomed our newest members of the Fellowship of Queens'. Their admission took place in our beautiful chapel and they were welcomed in by our President, Dame Menna Rawlings. Many congratulations and welcome to Queens'.💚
October 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
On Friday evening we officially welcomed our newest members of the Fellowship of Queens'. Their admission took place in our beautiful chapel and they were welcomed in by our President, Dame Menna Rawlings. Many congratulations and welcome to Queens'.💚
We are delighted to announce that Dame Menna Rawlings has begun her tenure as the first female President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, following a historic installation ceremony held within the College yesterday, 30 September 2025.
October 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We are delighted to announce that Dame Menna Rawlings has begun her tenure as the first female President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge, following a historic installation ceremony held within the College yesterday, 30 September 2025.
As Mohamed A. El-Erian’s tenure as President of Queens’ College ends, we reflect with gratitude on five years of warmth, energy & distinction. To Mohamed, Anna & family: thank you. This is not goodbye, but simply, see you soon. @elerianm.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
As Mohamed A. El-Erian’s tenure as President of Queens’ College ends, we reflect with gratitude on five years of warmth, energy & distinction. To Mohamed, Anna & family: thank you. This is not goodbye, but simply, see you soon. @elerianm.bsky.social
Visit Queens’ College on Thursday 18th September for the @cam.ac.uk Postgraduate Open Days!
Join us from 11:00 - 15:00 for a tour of our beautiful grounds and extensive facilities, plus speak to our current students!
Book your place now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
Join us from 11:00 - 15:00 for a tour of our beautiful grounds and extensive facilities, plus speak to our current students!
Book your place now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Visit Queens’ College on Thursday 18th September for the @cam.ac.uk Postgraduate Open Days!
Join us from 11:00 - 15:00 for a tour of our beautiful grounds and extensive facilities, plus speak to our current students!
Book your place now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday
Join us from 11:00 - 15:00 for a tour of our beautiful grounds and extensive facilities, plus speak to our current students!
Book your place now: www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/openday