Wolfson College

Our Porters are over the moon with their eclipse glasses 😎

Tonight the UK is experiencing a partial solar eclipse, the biggest this century! The peak viewing time in Cambridge will be 19:12, when we'll see over 90% of the sun obscured by the moon 🌕

There's another magnificent celestial event tonight too, the Perseid meteor shower, which is set to peak overnight tonight after dusk gives way to darkness 🌠

If you do plan to watch the eclipse, please don't look directly at the sun, and follow official guidance to stay safe, including suitable eye protection - as modelled by our wonderful Porters! ☀

Huge congratulations to all 122 Wolfson students who graduated on Saturday! 🥂

35 different countries and territories were represented by our students at graduation, including Greece, Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, Australia, India, China, and Sudan, as well as the UK 🌍

We're incredibly proud of you all, and wish you the best of luck in your future endeavours 🎓

You can view photos from the day at the link below 👇
https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/news/celebrations-summer-graduation

On Friday, our Tutorial team and student ambassadors welcomed prospective students with icebreakers, tours of the College, a Q&A session with current students as well as an introduction to Wolfson from our Vice President Dr Kevin Greenbank.

We hope you all enjoyed the chance to see Wolfson in person and look forward to welcoming many of you back as students soon!

If you have questions about joining Wolfson or would like to find out more about Open Days visit:

https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/applications/undergraduate-study/open-days-and-outreach

Presidents past and present joined Press Fellows, colleagues and friends to mark Professor John Naughton’s 30 years as the Director of Wolfson's Press Fellowship Programme.

The celebration included speeches from Wolfson President Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu recounting John’s words of wisdom to her as well as his many achievements over the years. John also gave a speech about his time at the College and of leading the Press Fellowship.

The audience included this year’s Press Fellows as well as members from previous cohorts joining the celebration online, much to John’s surprise and delight.

John’s departure from the Press Fellowship Programme is by no means a sign that he is slowing down, with plenty of ongoing areas of work including working on a book.

He said: “I’m going to continue to do what I do normally. My research centre in the University has been extended for three years,” (the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, which John co-founded in 2020), “I’ve got my weekly column in The Observer,” (which he’s been writing since 1987), “and I’ve got my blog, Memex 1.1, which has been going forever.”

Since its inception in 1982, the Programme has welcomed over 360 journalists from 47 countries, many of whom John has worked with since he became director in 1996.

Read the full interview with John here: https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/news/wolfson-presidents-celebrate-professor-john-naughtons-30-years-leading-press-fellowship

Wolfson's very own Head Porter, Danny Kelly, recently appeared on an episode of the podcast Voices from Cambridge 🎤

Danny spoke about his career as a firefighter in Cambridge, the vital role that Porters play at Wolfson, and the importance of communication.

Voices from Cambridge features interviews with a diverse range of people who live, work and study at the University. The podcast is hosted by Dr Ani Avetisyan and Dr Aliya Ali.

Listen to Danny's episode on YouTube at the link below 👇
https://youtu.be/VmlVc1smnSU?si=QV8ktn2VpYHHobuN

30 of our Wolfson students processed to Senate House in style last week for graduation 🎓

Graduates celebrated receiving BA, BA/MEng, BA/MSci, BA/MMath and VetMB degrees in the traditional ceremony, rehearsed in the Lee Hall.

Congratulations to all! 👏

Photos from the day can be found on the College Flickr at the link below 👇
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCZ1r6

Alongside their studies, a small group of MPhil students organised and ran a series of thought-provoking events and activities at Wolfson to mark Refugee Week and engage the College community 🌍

Highlights of the programme included a reading group exploring displacement, migration, and belonging, a film screening and panel discussion, and a trail through the College gardens highlighting the realities of displacement driven by climate change.

Reflecting on their experience, Refugee Week Organising Committee members, Giulia Ciraolo and Rhoda Adjoa Nyarko, spoke with Simona Obeng, Wolfson’s Community & Leadership Impact Coordinator, about the inspiration behind the events, the impact they had on the College community, and what they learned along the way.

Read the full interview at the link below 👇
https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/news/students-lead-refugee-week-wolfson

As part of our summer celebrations, we hosted two special End of Course Dinners at Wolfson last week 🥂

A chance for our students to come together to mark the end of their studies and reflect on all they've accomplished - congratulations to all! 🌟

For more photos from both events, click the link below to visit the College Flickr 👇
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfsoncollege/albums/

The sun, scones, sandwiches, and strawberries came out for Wolfson's annual Garden Party, which took place last Sunday 🍓🥂

As ever, we were delighted to welcome Wolfson members and their families and friends to College to relax and enjoy the sunshine, and to celebrate the end of term 🌞

Guests also enjoyed performances by the Wolfson College Choir, as well as the annual Mary Bevan Concert, which took place in the Lee Hall later that evening 🎵

For more photos from the event, click the link below to visit the College Flickr 👇

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfsoncollege/albums/72177720334394398

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We were honored to welcome Lady Hale, Baroness of Richmond, to deliver this year’s Lee Lecture 🎤✨

Lady Hale's talk reflected upon her experiences as a woman in the historically male-dominated field of law, sharing how she broke many unwritten 'rules' during her career, which saw her becoming the first – and to date, only – female President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.

Now in her retirement, Lady Hale remains active in her mission to make the justice system more accessible.

“My recent book, With the Law on Our Side, is an attempt to explain to general readers, ordinary, non-lawyer people, that the law and the justice system are there to do things for us as well as to us.”

Read more about the lecture and watch the recording at the link below 👇
https://www.wolfson.cam.ac.uk/news/breaking-rules-lady-hale-delivers-years-lee-lecture

📸 Alice Boagey Photography