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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 7d

Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.

Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 7d

Ah, sunshine!

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 7d

Huge congrats to @omidvebrahimi.bsky.social on winning the prestigious Outstanding Doctoral Thesis of the Year by the Norwegian Psychological Association.

Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ebra...

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 9d

what a day!

a landscape photograph of magdalen college's great tower seen through red autumn leaves against a pale blue autumnal sky

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 9d

what a day!

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 23d

On Saturday, 28th June, we invited over 550 alumni, students, staff, and their families to bid a final farewell to the Waynflete Building.

Here's the highlight reel:
www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/farewel...

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 27d

Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets.

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...

Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University

www.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 26d

It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 26d

It's another beautiful day in Paradise (by paradise I definitely mean Oxford)

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 27d

Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive

Generative AI has prompted educators to reevaluate traditional teaching and assessment methods. This study examines AI’s ability to write essays analysing Old English poetry; human markers assessed an...

ora.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 27d

Can't stop thinking about this research from Magdalen Lecturer Dr Tom Revell, and the idea that, on average, Chat GPT could get a 2:1 at degree level.... ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

ChatGPT versus human essayists: an exploration of the impact of artificial intelligence for authorship and academic integrity in the humanities - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive

Generative AI has prompted educators to reevaluate traditional teaching and assessment methods. This study examines AI’s ability to write essays analysing Old English poetry; human markers assessed an...

ora.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 5

Professor Christian Rupprecht is one of eleven researchers at Oxford who have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million for a period of up to five years.

Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/christi...

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · 27d

Can't stop thinking about Gliese12b and the possibility of life on other planets.

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-01...

Researchers confirm the existence of an exoplanet in the habitable

An international team has confirmed the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby Sun-like star. The planet was originally detected two years ago by Oxford University

www.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 8

A stunning september day

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 8

A stunning september day

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 5

Professor Christian Rupprecht is one of eleven researchers at Oxford who have been selected to receive prestigious European Research Council Starting Grants, each worth €1.5 million for a period of up to five years.

Read more: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/news/christi...

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neil guthrie @nguthrie.bsky.social · Sep 2

How could I resist this small silver box (Birmingham, 1904/05) with the arms of @magdalenoxford.bsky.social in enamel on the lid? Answer: I could not; it's now on my dresser

Round silver box (for collar studs or pills?), 39 mm/1.5 inches across, with enamelled escutcheon of Magdalen College, Oxford (lozengy ermine and sable, on a chief of the second three lilies argent; here, leaved azure, which is pretty but not heraldically correct). Gilt interior

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 5

Oh deer

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Sep 1

Dalek spotted in College - should we be worried?

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks to Andy for this glorious picture of New Buildings before a storm

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 29

Strange weather

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 28

Congratulations to Magdalen Fellow Prof. Constantin Coussios and his co-founder, Professor Peter Friend, on the record-breaking $1.5 BILLION acquisition of OrganOx.
Their tech has revolutionised organ transplantation, saving thousands of lives!
Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Oxford University spinout OrganOx to be acquired by Terumo for a

An agreement has been reached for the acquisition of OrganOx, a pioneering University of Oxford spinout transforming kidney and liver transplantation, by Terumo Corporation, a global medical

www.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congratulations to Magdalen Fellow Prof. Constantin Coussios and his co-founder, Professor Peter Friend, on the record-breaking $1.5 BILLION acquisition of OrganOx.

Their tech has revolutionised organ transplantation, saving thousands of lives!

Read more: www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Oxford University spinout OrganOx to be acquired by Terumo for a

An agreement has been reached for the acquisition of OrganOx, a pioneering University of Oxford spinout transforming kidney and liver transplantation, by Terumo Corporation, a global medical

www.ox.ac.uk

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 26

Congratulations to our Fellow, Maheshi Ramasamy, who received the title of full professor at the University of Oxford Recognition of Distinction awards. 🎉

A Principal Investigator for the Oxford/AZ COVID-19 vaccine trials, her work has had an incredible global impact!

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Magdalen College @magdalenoxford.bsky.social · Aug 12

We are very fortunate to have just received some lovely photos of Magdalen and Oxford from the air (plane!) from Patrick Davey(1981). We thought you might like to see them 😍

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