Alumni and Development news

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    China-UK Global Issues Dialogue Centre launches first event

    The China-UK Global Issues Dialogue Centre will launch its first high-level dialogue on the topic of the 'International Digital Economy and Governance in the New Globalized World'.

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    China-UK Global Issues Dialogue Centre launches first event
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    Wellness Weekend success

    “Health is a state of body. Wellness is a state of being.” ~ J. Stanford Wellbeing and health across the...

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    Wellness Weekend success
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    Jesuan trio selected for 2019 Boat Race

    Congratulations to Jesuans Kate Horvat (2018), Hugh Spaughton (2017) and Charlotte Jackson (2012) who have been selected to row in Cambridge University Women's Boat Club crews at the 2019 Boat Race on Sunday 7th April.

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    Jesuan trio selected for 2019 Boat Race
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    Painting in China today: the art of Liu Dahong

    The second China Centre 'China in the World' seminar was held in the Frankopan Hall on Wednesday 27 February 2019. The seminar focused on art in China today with lectures from Professor Shane McCausland, Johnson Chang and Professor Liu Dahong.

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    Painting in China today: the art of Liu Dahong
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    The latest from the gardens

    This year, Paul Stearn, our Head Gardener, celebrated 30 years at . We caught up with him to hear...

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    The latest from the gardens
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    Fellow co-chair of new University centre for data science

    The University of Cambridge is establishing a new research centre, co-chaired by College Fellow Professor Anna Vignoles, bringing together expertise from across academic departments and industry to drive research into the analysis, understanding and use of big data.

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    Fellow co-chair of new University centre for data science
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    Liangzhu and the origins of complex society in China

    The inaugural China Centre lecture in the 'China in the World' seminar series was delivered by Professor Lord Colin Renfrew on Thursday, 21 February 2019 in the Webb Library.

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    Liangzhu and the origins of complex society in China
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    Frederick Baker: Klimt’s Magic Garden

    The UK premiere of an award-winning virtual reality artwork based on the work of Gustav Klimt was held at Jesus...

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    Frederick Baker: Klimt’s Magic Garden
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    Dr Peter Hurford OBE (1930-2019)

    The Master and Fellows are saddened by the news that Dr Peter Hurford OBE (1949) and Honorary Fellow (2006), passed away on 3rd March 2019.

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    Dr Peter Hurford OBE (1930-2019)
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    William Congdon: American Modernist Abroad

    Paintings by Abstract Expressionist William Congdon, never before shown in the UK, were on display in an exhibition which ran...

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    William Congdon: American Modernist Abroad

Hear from our alumni

  • 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)
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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)
  • Ilana Cohen

    Ilana Cohen

    Human, Social and Political Sciences (2022)

    I arrived at in 2022 as a Harvard Social Studies Exchange student. Initially, I was compelled to pursue the program due to the academic freedom it offered, excited to work closely with leading thinkers in self-directed studies around climate change ethics. Upon starting at Jesus, though, I realised that I also gained the opportunity to join an incredible community of wonderfully eclectic and deeply welcoming scholars and peers. My Jesus experience was also formative for me as a climate justice activist. Sharing knowledge and building relationships with Cambridge...

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    Human, Social and Political Sciences (2022)
  • Mark and Janet Hayes

    Mark Hayes and Janet Livesley

    Architecture (1976) and Architecture (1980)

    We first met in 1980 when Mark returned to Jesus to study for the postgraduate diploma in Architecture and Janet joined the college on the same course. Graduate dinners in Upper Hall were a highlight of the week and an opportunity to meet socially with other Jesuans. Part of our studies included trips to Zambia and an earthquake-hit area in Southern Italy. We were married in the College Chapel just after completing our studies in the summer of 1982 and remained in Cambridge for a period following Mark’s election to...

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    Architecture (1976) and Architecture (1980)
  • 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)