Alumni and Development news

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    Results day 2020 – next steps

    Applicants find out today if they have met their offers to study at . We and the University have some advice.

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    Results day 2020 – next steps
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    Jesuan architect's drawings acquired for University Library

    The University Library has acquired the Scott family’s architectural drawings, including drawings by Jesuan George Gilbert Scott Junior (1863) and his son, Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of the University Library (UL) building.

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    Jesuan architect's drawings acquired for University Library
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    The biochemist COVID-19 testing volunteer

    What is it like volunteering in a COVID-19 testing lab? Fellow, Dr Jennifer Hirst tells us about her experience.

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    The biochemist COVID-19 testing volunteer
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    AIM Secure Accreditation

    We have successfully applied for the AIM Secure accreditation which demonstrates that we deliver first-class service, excellent facilities and a total commitment to upholding legal compliance and health and hygiene protocols.

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    AIM Secure Accreditation
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    Dr John Adkins (1934-2020)

    We are very sorry to note that Dr John Adkins died on 17 July 2020, and we offer his family our deep condolences.

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    Dr John Adkins (1934-2020)
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    We're here to help you

    The state-of-the-art AV equipment at allows for conferences and meetings to be recorded for live streaming or download. We can help you set up and record virtual meetings for between 10 and 100 delegates to participate in via Zoom, so you can be confident in hosting international conferences from the boardroom chair.

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    We're here to help you
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    The Jesuan behind the Covid-19 drug Remdesivir

    How do you go from studying Natural Sciences at Jesus into leading a team to develop a drug against a virus that has changed the world?

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    The Jesuan behind the Covid-19 drug Remdesivir
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    Safe events, post Covid-19

    Our experienced conference and catering team have been reviewing and updating our customer journey and safety protocols, to minimise risk so that when the time is right, we can welcome back clients.

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    Safe events, post Covid-19
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    More Tedious Tales

    On Halloween Night, 2019, a group of students, staff, and Fellows gathered in the Master’s Lodge at ...

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    More Tedious Tales
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    Take a virtual tour of

    Our new virtual tour is the next best thing to visiting College in person. Come and take a walk around our beautiful grounds and buildings.

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    Take a virtual tour of
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    Virtual Open Days

    We are pleased to be taking part in the Cambridge University Virtual Open Days on July 2 and 3. Q&A...

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    Virtual Open Days
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    Dr Rod Mengham wins Cholmondeley Award for poetry

    Congratulations to Fellow Dr Rod Mengham, who has been awarded a 2020 Cholmondeley Award by the UK Society of Authors.

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    Dr Rod Mengham wins Cholmondeley Award for poetry
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    Virtual May Bumps: ditch your blades, grab your running shoes

    Competing virtually for the first time, rowers and non-rowers from all Cambridge Colleges - students, alumni and staff - can take part in this year's May Bumps by running from 24 to 27 June to raise funds for local charities.

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    Virtual May Bumps: ditch your blades, grab your running shoes

Hear from our alumni

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    John Arrastia

    Law (1995)

    I came to Cambridge at the suggestion of a Professor who was visiting the US. I borrowed the funds to study there. What appealed to me at Jesus was that it was so inclusive and embracing. I played golf with the Porters and rugby with the staff. I dined with the other students, socialised with the Fellows, danced with the Master’s wife, and really got to know people. My friends and colleagues were engineers, doctors, politicians, religious scholars, undergrads, lawyers, professors – basically every stripe of humanity one could find...

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    Law (1995)
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    Johnny Harounoff and Stephanie Posner

    Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (2013) and Classics (2012)

    We met 10 years ago as undergraduates living in the same staircase in North Court and have since been studying and working in the United States. The College was so accommodating to us by providing us — and other Jewish students — with kosher facilities and by supporting the creation of the College's first Jewish Society. For us, the College is full of happy memories thanks to the friends we made and for all of the kindness shown to us from the porters, professors and staff. That sense of community...

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    Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (2013) and Classics (2012)
  • Philip Slotkin

    Philip Slotkin

    Modern and Medieval Languages (1958)

    As a "bright kid" from a non-academic background I had to adjust quickly on arrival at Jesus, but I soon made friends and was never made to feel that I did not fit in socially. Since my wife and I have no children, it was to that my thoughts turned with advancing years, and given the attachment to the College that I felt from the beginning it was obvious that Jesus would be a major beneficiary of my Will. This intention was only reinforced by the unstinting assistance...

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    Modern and Medieval Languages (1958)
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    Lene Northwood

    Criminology (1996)

    As a person who grew up on the opposite side of the planet to a family that had no history of attending university, the idea of me attending Cambridge was, quite frankly, laughable. Then I fell in love with Criminology and wrote a thesis that caught the attention of the College. It is just one example of the incredibly outward looking approach that, in the decades that I have known the College, has defined . One letter with a now familiar letterhead, quite literally raised my expectations of life...

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    Criminology (1996)
  • Rafi Levy and Max Turner

    Rafi Levy and Max Turner

    Computer Science (2019) and Architecture and Urban Design (2019)

    We first met in 2021 when we joined the May Ball committee as webmaster and graphic designer. We spent a lot of time together that year, working closely to create a graphic scheme and build a website for the event. Even though it was a lot of hard work and very stressful at times, we are so grateful to have been part of it as it is thanks to that opportunity that we became great friends. A couple of years later, we are still great friends and now have a...

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    Computer Science (2019) and Architecture and Urban Design (2019)