Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

🎻 Join Clare Hall this Saturday for the final concert of this season featuring The Portrait Players and Dame Emma Kirkby!

Discover the dazzling world of sixteenth-century Italy's virtuoso women singers, whose artistry inspired composers such as Monteverdi and transformed opportunities for women in music.

🎟️ Book your tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-portrait-players-and-dame-emma-kirkby-tickets-1590663921609?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

🌿🏆 Clare Hall is delighted to have been awarded the University of Cambridge Environmental Sustainability Award for Best Environmental Impact (College Category)!

This recognition reflects our whole-college commitment to sustainability, from governance and operations to biodiversity, resource management, and community-led initiatives.

We are also proud that our Kitchens Team received a Highly Commended award for Best Environmental Improvement, recognising their outstanding work in sustainable dining, reducing food waste, increasing plant-based options, and championing local and rescued produce.

A huge thank you to everyone across the College whose dedication helps make these achievements possible. Congratulations to all involved! 💚

Read more: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-hall-wins-university-of-cambridge-environmental-sustainability-award/

🌷📸 We’re delighted to announce the Top 3 spring submissions for Clare Hall Through Your Lens!

Selected through an anonymous judging process, these photographs will be featured in the Clare Hall 60th Anniversary Calendar.

Thank you to everyone who took part and shared their unique perspective on Clare Hall this spring.

☀️ Summer submissions are now open! The competition is open to students, fellows, life members, staff, and their families.

🔗 Find out more: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/events/clare-hall-through-your-lens-seasonal-photography-competition/

⚽ A season to remember for Clare Hall football!

From a historic Cuppers semi-final run for the men's 1st team to a Division 5 title for the 2nd team, Clare Hall and Clare College students played a key role in one of the most successful football seasons in recent years. Along the way came dramatic comebacks, individual awards, and a strong community spirit both on and off the pitch 🔥

🔗 Read the full story of this remarkable season, written by Rishul Karia and Robyn Schnell: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-hall-football-celebrates-a-season-to-remember/

📸 Photos courtesy of the Clare Hall Football Club.

🏅 We are delighted to congratulate Visiting Fellow Professor Anna Marie Roos on being awarded the Founders' Medal by the Society for the History of Natural History (SHNH).

The medal recognises outstanding contributions to the history and bibliography of natural history and places Professor Roos among a distinguished group of past recipients, including Sir David Attenborough and Cambridge historian of science Professor Jim Secord.

👏 A wonderful and well-deserved recognition of her distinguished scholarship and contribution to the history of science.

👉 Read more: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/professor-anna-marie-roos-awarded-shnh-founders-medal/

🎼 Join us for the Summer Concert, hosted by the Clare Hall Choir and featuring performances by students, postdocs and fellows.

The concert will take place on Monday 22 June at 7.30pm in the Dining Hall, followed by cheese and wine at 8.30pm in the Common Room.

🔗 This event is open to all and free to attend. Register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=RQSlSfq9eUut41R7TzmG6Qcl-zLQsE5FvWeZxpzDjGRURjJTMDk5UDZUTVVHUUJaUEZYM1BFQVJMRy4u

🌱 A year can change a lot.

For Emmanuella Bentil, each term brought something different: excitement, confidence, and gratitude. From student leadership to Friday dinners, Clare Hall became an important part of her Cambridge experience.

As we celebrate 60 years of Clare Hall, we're delighted to share the stories that continue to shape the College's history 💛

🌈 First summer submission to Clare Hall Through Your Lens!

📸 “Double Rainbow” by Professor Aran Garcia-Lekue, Visiting Fellow

Captured from the Paul Mellon Building on 3 June, this striking double rainbow appeared after the rain, arching across the Clare Hall sky. "That sky will be truly missed!" said Professor Garcia-Lekue.

🔗 Your photo could be next! Find out more about the 60th Anniversary Photography Competition here: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/events/clare-hall-through-your-lens-seasonal-photography-competition/

🏆👏 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xiaogang He of the National University of Singapore, the inaugural recipient of the Global Climate Research Prize, and to the TCCON network, current Chair Professor Debra Wunch of the University of Toronto, named runner-up.

Presented at the Cambridge Union Debating Chamber, the prize recognises research with the potential to deliver meaningful responses to climate challenges. Professor He's award-winning work focuses on managing the interconnected risks of floods and droughts, while the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) strengthens global greenhouse gas monitoring.

👉 Read more about the winners and the launch of this new international climate research initiative: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/national-university-of-singapore-wins-inaugural-global-climate-research-prize/

☕📚 What makes a college experience truly special?

For MPhil student Latina Li, it is the chance encounters, fascinating discussions, and opportunities to discover interests beyond her own field.

🤎 At Clare Hall, people from all walks of life come together, creating connections that make the College feel like one big family.