Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

🎉 Clare Hall is delighted to share that Affiliated Postdoctoral Member and entrepreneur Dr Elizabeth Barsotti has won funding through the Innovate UK AI Champions Frontier AI competition with her company, CBX Technologies.

The award will support the development of CAMERA, a new AI solution for infrastructure and Net Zero projects. By analysing evolving sources such as news and social media, CAMERA aims to identify emerging public concerns earlier, helping industry engage more effectively with communities, build trust and reduce risks that can lead to project delays.

👏 We warmly congratulate Dr Barsotti and the CBX Technologies team on this impressive achievement.

🔗 Read more on our website: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-hall-postdoctoral-affiliate-wins-innovate-uk-funding-for-new-ai-project/

📸 Photo courtesy of Dr Elizabeth Barsotti.

🎓 Could Clare Hall be your Cambridge college?

Join us on 21 September for our Postgraduate Open Day and spend an afternoon getting to know the College and the people who make up our community 🌿

🍽️ Have lunch in the Dining Hall, meet current students and our Senior Tutor, explore the College and ask anything you would like to know about accommodation, funding, support and everyday life at Clare Hall.

Lunch begins at 1pm, with tea and coffee from 1.30pm. You can take a self-guided tour throughout the afternoon or join the guided College tour at 2pm 👣

📅 Monday 21 September, from 1pm
📍 Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge CB3 9AL
🔗 Register your place here: https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/events/college-visit-days

We’d love to meet you 💛

🎹🇧🇷 Join acclaimed pianist and Clare Hall Musician-in-Residence Patrick Hemmerlé for an evening of Brazilian piano music on Saturday 8 August.

Featuring works by Camargo Guarnieri and Heitor Villa-Lobos, the programme brings together vivid rhythms, expressive melodies and distinctive musical colours. Drawing on both European traditions and Brazil’s rich cultural identity, these two composers played a defining role in shaping twentieth-century Brazilian music.

🎟️ Book your tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brazilian-piano-music-in-the-twentieth-century-tickets-1993441474111?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

General admission – £10, students – £5, children – free entry.

🍃 Clare Hall Through Your Lens

📸 "Elmside Sunset" by Dr Nikolai Kazantsev, Research Fellow

A break in the clouds bathes Elmside in evening sunshine, creating a striking contrast with the dramatic sky beyond.

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

💐🎓 Many congratulations to the 38 Clare Hall students who graduated at the Senate House last Saturday, 25 July 2026.

It was a joyful occasion for the Clare Hall community, as graduates celebrated their achievements alongside family and friends before beginning an exciting new chapter.

We are very proud of you all and wish you every success for the future! 💛

📸 As always, a very warm thank-you to Jeremy Peters for the wonderful photos.

We are delighted to celebrate Clare Hall PhD student Efthymia Kostaki, who has been awarded a 2026 SU Cambridge Excellence Award for Academic Rep of the Year as part of the Cambridge Judge Business School PhD Representatives 🎉

Together, the team successfully championed a major change to PhD funding, securing full fourth-year funding for Judge Business School PhD students, subject to satisfactory overall research progress. Their work will strengthen support for future generations of doctoral researchers.

We warmly congratulate Efthymia on this achievement and are grateful for her continued commitment to supporting the student community, both at Clare Hall and across the University 🌼

📸 Photo courtesy of Efthymia Kostaki

⚽ On 20 June, Clare Hall and Clare College marked their 60th and 700th anniversaries with a dramatic football match at Grange Road.

After 90 minutes, extra time and a tense penalty shootout, Clare College secured the win, but Clare Hall delivered a performance to be proud of! 🔥

📰 Read the full match report written by Ayesha Bennett and Rishul Karia: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-hall-and-clare-college-celebrate-milestone-anniversaries-on-the-football-pitch/

📸 Photo credit: Nils Lauermann

💙 A warm congratulations to our Night Porter, Barry Waterson, who has been recognised through a nomination for the 2026 SU Cambridge Excellence Award in the Support for Students by a Non-Academic Staff Member category.

Known for his kindness, generosity and unwavering support, Barry has also crocheted more than 500 beanie hats from recycled wool for students, staff and members of the wider University community, all free of charge.

We are incredibly proud to have Barry as part of the Clare Hall community and congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition! 👏

👉 Read Barry's story: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-hall-night-porter-recognised-with-su-cambridge-excellence-award-nomination/

From cycling 60 miles from London to Cambridge 🚴 to founding a new philanthropic foundation in Singapore 🌏, Clare Hall alumnus Steven Lu has turned his gratitude for the College into remarkable action.

Since graduating, Steven has become an active ambassador for Clare Hall across Asia, helping to build new relationships with alumni, academic partners and prospective benefactors. In just two years, his advocacy has contributed to more than £1.5 million in philanthropic commitments for the College.

His newly established Enlightenment Foundation now aims to create lasting support from Asia for fellowships, research initiatives and truth-seeking conversations at Clare Hall 🎓

Clare Hall is deeply grateful to Steven for his extraordinary commitment, generosity and continued support of the College and its academic community 💙

🔗 Read the full story here: https://www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/steven-lu-giving-back-to-the-college-from-cycling-a-marathon-to-founding-a-philanthropic-foundation-in-the-far-east/