| March 2010 |
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Fourth Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture
Posted on Friday 19 March by Matthew Mellor
Professor Michel Mayor, University of Geneva, will give the fourth Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture - "The Amazing Diversity of Planetary Systems" >>> |
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Persian Miniature Painting, Epic Poetry and the Internet
Posted on Wednesday 17 March by Sally March
Professor Charles Melville will be giving a talk in New York on Saturday 20 March 2010. >>> |
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Pembroke Member awarded Jacobus Fellowship
Posted on Tuesday 16 March by Sally March
Melinda Baldwin (2004) has been awarded a prestigious Jacobus Fellowship by Princeton. >>> |
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Pembroke Mile a Great Success!
Posted on Tuesday 9 March by Sally March
The second running of the revived Pembroke Mile raised over £500 for the Pembroke African Scholarship Scheme. >>> |
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Member's art works in Brussels exhibition
Posted on Friday 5 March by Sally March
John Underwood (1960) will be showing a selection of his art 05work at the Galerie Brénart between 05/03/10 and 03/04/10. >>> |
| February 2010 |
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Budding entrepreuners rewarded!
Posted on Wednesday 24 February by Jane Moorman
Congratulations to Chris Bryan, and his team "MobileMS", who have won this year's Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise. >>> |
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The College welcomes its newest William Pitt Fellow
Posted on Tuesday 23 February by Jane Moorman
On 18 February Professor Jos Put, of Dutch company DSM became the College's latest William Pitt Fellow. >>> |
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Pembroke tweets
Posted on Monday 8 February by Matthew Mellor
pembroke1347 is the official Pembroke alumni twitter account for updates on College life, events and other news. >>> |
| January 2010 |
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Reducing Food Waste
Posted on Tuesday 26 January by Jane Moorman
Students at Pembroke College have set up a scheme to minimise food waste by donating any unwanted items of personal food to local homeless charities. >>> |
| December 2009 |
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Pembroke finale to University's 800th celebrations in New York
Posted on Thursday 10 December by Martine Goncalves
Pembroke Members find The Bright Side Of Life at Cambridge 800th gala >>> |
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Pembroke's Eggheads in BBC triumph
Posted on Friday 4 December by Matthew Mellor
A team from the Pembroke 1964 Matriculation year ended a 16 game unbeaten run for the BBC Eggheads' quiz team. >>> |
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How Machiavellian was Machiavelli?
Posted on Thursday 3 December by Matthew Mellor
The fourth annual K G Sykes Italian Lecture, "How Machiavellian was Machiavelli?" was delivered on 13th November by Prof Quentin Skinner >>> |
| November 2009 |
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Stephen Greenblatt on Shakespeare
Posted on Friday 20 November by Dr Katrin Ettenhuber
Pembroke Alumnus Stephen Greenblatt delivers talk on "Shakespearean Autonomy" - podcast available >>> |
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Kissinger's German Xchange
Posted on Friday 13 November by Elisabeth Wadge
Henry Kissinger reflects on Germany's past, present and future >>> |
| October 2009 |
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Fourth William Pitt Seminar and Dinner
Posted on Wednesday 21 October by Jane Moorman
The College's Fourth William Pitt Seminar and dinner took place on Friday 16 October. >>> |
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Dance production in Senate House, 4-5 December
Posted on Friday 16 October by Emma Firestone
Cambridge Contemporary Dance, Cambridge's most innovative and experienced dance company, stages an evening of dance, music and visuals in Senate House. >>> |
| August 2009 |
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A world of music
Posted on Tuesday 11 August by Elisabeth Wadge
Choir brings sounds of Wren's Chapel to Far East >>> |
| July 2009 |
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Pembroke academic speaks about the genetics of obesity
Posted on Tuesday 14 July by Matthew Mellor
As part of the Cambridge Ideas initiative, Prof. Steve O'Rahilly, Fellow of Pembroke, speaks about genetic predisposition to obesity. >>> |
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59 for '59
Posted on Friday 3 July by Sally March
Can you help identify the freshmen of 1959? >>> |
| June 2009 |
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May Ball hailed a success
Posted on Monday 22 June by Matthew Mellor
The 2009 Pembroke 'Moonlight Masquerade' Ball was well attended and positively reviewed >>> |
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New William Pitt Fellow admitted
Posted on Wednesday 17 June by Jane Moorman
Richard Parmee (1970), of Cheyney Group was admitted to the College as a William Pitt Fellow on Tuesday 16 June. >>> |
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May Races - Day 4 (Saturday)
Posted on Sunday 14 June by Matthew Mellor
Women retain Headship, Men gain blades >>> |
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May Races - Day 3 (Friday)
Posted on Sunday 14 June by Matthew Mellor
Women stay Head; Men's 1st bump again >>> |
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May Races - Day 2 (Thursday)
Posted on Friday 12 June by Matthew Mellor
Men's 1sts continue climb; Women's 1sts row over >>> |
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May Races - Day 1 (Wednesday)
Posted on Thursday 11 June by Matthew Mellor
M1 bump
W1 row over Head
M2 bumped
W2 bump >>> |
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Pembroke readies itself for the Mays
Posted on Tuesday 9 June by Matthew Mellor
PCBC prepares for the Mays - the women seek to stay Head while the men aim to climb 1st Division >>> |
| May 2009 |
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Podcast: Professor Melville on Iran at the British Museum
Posted on Thursday 28 May by Martine Goncalves
Professor Charles Melville speaks on "What does modern Iran owe to Shah 'Abbas?" in connection with the current British Museum exhibition. >>> |
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Pembroke teams up with the Britten Sinfonia
Posted on Thursday 28 May by Matthew Mellor
Pembroke and the Britten Sinfonia announce plans to work together. >>> |
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Sir Richard Dearlove at the Hay Festival
Posted on Friday 22 May by Matthew mellor
The Master, Sir Richard Dearlove, will speak at the Hay Literary Festival on Sunday 31st May 2009 >>> |
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Application deadline extension!
Posted on Thursday 14 May by Rachel Seftel
The application date for the Pembroke - King's Programme has been extended until 1 June. Applications can be completed at: https://online.pem.cam.ac.uk/ip/ >>> |
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Pembroke Football in Plate Triumph
Posted on Tuesday 5 May by Matthew Mellor
Pembroke's men's football team defeated King's 3-1 in the Plate Final on 3rd May >>> |
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Kuczynski on Friedman, Balogh
Posted on Friday 1 May by Elisabeth Wadge
Michael Kuczynski goes Head to Head in economic debates >>> |
| April 2009 |
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Third Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, 4th May
Posted on Thursday 30 April by Matthew Mellor
This year's Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture will be given by Prof Paul Davies and is called: "How Many Universes Are There?" >>> |
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Pembroke-BT Lecture 30 April
Posted on Thursday 23 April by Jane Moorman
Annual Lecture to be held in Nihon Room, 5.30 pm, Thursday 30 April (refreshments from 5 pm) >>> |
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Pembroke Poet reads
Posted on Monday 20 April by Dr Mark Wormald
Andrew Parkin will be reading from his work and discussing the "Poetry of Montage" at 6pm in the Thomas Gray Room on Monday 27 April. All welcome. >>> |
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The Cambridge Prom
Posted on Friday 17 April by Matthew mellor
Celebration of the University's 800th Anniversary at the BBC Proms, Wednesday 22nd July 2009 >>> |
| March 2009 |
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Prashant Kumar won Young Researcher Award
Posted on Friday 13 March by Prashant Kumar
Award for outstanding young researchers by World Meteorological Organisation >>> |
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Pembroke Mile raises over £1500
Posted on Tuesday 10 March by Matthew Mellor
The reinstated Pembroke Mile was run on Sunday 8th March and raised over £1500 for the Pembroke African Scholarship Scheme. >>> |
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Boat Club in new sponsorship deal
Posted on Tuesday 3 March by Matthew Mellor
PCBC announces a three-year deal with leading law firm Mayer Brown. >>> |
| February 2009 |
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JLSP deadline approaching on 28 February
Posted on Thursday 26 February by Rachel Seftel
Applications for the 3-month Japanese Language Studies Programme are closing! >>> |
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Pembroke College Chapel Choir to sing at St Paul's Cathedral
Posted on Friday 13 February by James Gardom
Pembroke College Chapel Choir will be singing evensong at St Paul's Cathedral at 5:00pm on Monday 16 February >>> |
| January 2009 |
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Award for Alan Tunnacliffe
Posted on Monday 19 January by Jane Moorman
Dr Alan Tunnacliffe has been awarded a prestigious award from the European Research Council (ERC) >>> |
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John Powell
Posted on Friday 9 January by Dr Mark Wormald
The death has been announced of John Powell, much loved Head Porter of Pembroke from 1987 to 2004. >>> |
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Cheyney joins Corporate Patnership Programme
Posted on Friday 9 January by Jane Moorman
On 1 January Cheyney Group became the College's latest Corporate Partner. >>> |
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Pembroke goes global
Posted on Tuesday 6 January by Elisabeth Wadge
Alumni around the world gather to celebrate the College and look towards the future. >>> |
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Pembroke Fellow on 'Natural World'
Posted on Tuesday 6 January by Moira Hassett
Professor Nick Davies will be appearing on our screens in the New Year on BBC2's 'Natural World'. >>> |
| December 2008 |
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Pembroke Student Leads Teddy Bear Launch
Posted on Friday 5 December by Matthew Mellor
Fourth-year Engineering student, Henry Hallam, led a project to launch two teddies into space with the help of local children. >>> |
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New Organ CD
Posted on Monday 1 December by Dr Sam Barrett
Gregory Drott and Peter Martin have recorded a CD of organ music to celebrate the arrival of the new chamber organ. >>> |
| November 2008 |
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Curlew River
Posted on Wednesday 19 November by Dr Sam Barrett
PCMS is putting on "Curlew River", the
first of Benjamin Britten's Church Parables, this Saturday (22 November) at 5pm in the College Chapel. >>> |
| October 2008 |
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K G Sykes Italian Lecture
Posted on Wednesday 29 October by Matthew Mellor
Professors Maurizio Viroli (Princeton) and Lucy Riall (Birkbeck) gave the 3rd Keith Sykes Italian Lecture on Monday 27th October 2008. >>> |
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Prof. Barry Furr appointed as non-executive director for MHRA
Posted on Wednesday 1 October by Geoff Hale
Prof. Barry Furr, a William Pitt Fellow at Pembroke College, joins the Board of the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency. >>> |
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Ian Jack
Posted on Wednesday 1 October by Matthew Mellor
Professor Ian Jack (Fellow 1961 to 1989) died on 3rd September 2008, aged 84. >>> |
| June 2008 |
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Pembroke Women Regain Head of River
Posted on Thursday 19 June by Matthew Mellor
Fantastic year for PCBC culminates in the Women's 1st VIII regaining Head of the River from
Jesus College >>> |
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Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture 2008
Posted on Tuesday 17 June by Matthew Mellor
Professor Sir Roger Penrose will give the lecture, entitled: "Deep Questions of Cosmology: Did Something Happen Before the Big Bang?" >>> |
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Andrew Chamblin Memorial Concert
Posted on Tuesday 17 June by Matthew Mellor
The second annual Andrew Chamblin Memorial Concert will be given by internationally renowned organist Simon Preston. >>> |
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Pembroke christens 200-year-old new arrival
Posted on Thursday 5 June by Martine Goncalves
Fifty years after matriculating, benefactor Chris Adams officially opens Pembroke's new building. >>> |
| May 2008 |
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Professor Mike Payne FRS
Posted on Thursday 22 May by Jane Morrman
We are delighted to report that Professor Mike Payne was last week elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, in recognition of his contributions to science. >>> |
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Tim Murray awarded Salters' prize for 2008
Posted on Thursday 1 May by Dr Silvana Cardoso
Tim Murray has been awarded one of this year's Graduate prizes from The Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry. >>> |
| April 2008 |
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7 May: Unleashing the Power of Creativity
Posted on Tuesday 22 April by Jane Moorman
Jeff Patmore, Head of Strategic University Research, BT, will be giving a talk on Wednesday 7 May, 5 pm, Nihon Room >>> |
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Another award for Andrea Ferrari
Posted on Thursday 17 April by Jane Moorman
Dr Andrea Ferrari has been awarded another prize: the Marie Curie Excellence Award. >>> |
| March 2008 |
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Dr Andrea Ferrari receives the Brian Mercer Award for Innovation in Nanotechnology from The Royal Society
Posted on Friday 7 March by Geoff Hale
Dr Andrea Ferrari and his team have won a £250,000 prize for their work on nanotube based polymer optoelectronics. >>> |
| February 2008 |
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William Pitt Admission of Matt Bross, 20 February
Posted on Thursday 14 February by Jane Moorman
Matt Bross, CTO of BT Group will be admitted to his William Pitt Fellowship in the College on Wednesday 20 February. >>> |
| January 2008 |
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Admission of new William Pitt Fellow: 6 Feb
Posted on Thursday 31 January by Jane Moorman
Dr Ismail Kola will be admitted to the William Pitt Fellowship, representing our most recent Corporate Partner, the Schering-Plough Corporation, on Wednesday 6 February 2008. >>> |
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Dr David Husain
Posted on Thursday 3 January by Dr James Gardom
Death of Dr David Husain >>> |
| December 2007 |
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Prestigious Indian honour for Pembroke Fellow
Posted on Friday 14 December by Becky Coombs
Professor Ashok Venkitaraman, Pembroke Fellow and a leading cancer scientist at the University of Cambridge is to receive this year's medical research award from the charitable foundation of India's largest pharmaceutical company. >>> |
| November 2007 |
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EMRS 2007 Graduate Student Award
Posted on Wednesday 28 November by Vittorio Scardaci
Vittorio Scardaci won a graduate student award at EMRS 07 conference >>> |
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Carols from Pembroke
Posted on Friday 23 November by Dr Sam Barrett
The Chapel Choir have released a new CD, 'Carols from Pembroke'. >>> |
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De Benedetti sparks debate
Posted on Thursday 15 November by Matthew Mellor
Carlo De Benedetti, proprietor of "La Repubblica", and one of Italy's leading businessmen, gave the second K G Sykes Lecture. >>> |
| October 2007 |
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Great Ideas Turn Dragons into Knights in Shining Armour
Posted on Tuesday 30 October by Martine Goncalves
The inaugural Parmee Prize for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise was awarded on 24th October 2007 >>> |
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Graduate Student Prize Winner
Posted on Monday 29 October by David Motadel
David Motadel won the Annual Essay Prize of the Royal Historical Society and the German History Society >>> |
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"Pembroke In Our Time" - published October 2007
Posted on Thursday 25 October by Angela Anderson
"Pembroke In Our Time" - a portrait of Pembroke College since 1945 - newly published >>> |
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BT Engineering Summer Placements Evening: 8 November
Posted on Wednesday 24 October by Jane Moorman
BT Engineering are offering summer placements, open to all Cambridge students. Come to the recruitment evening, 8 November. Further details ... >>> |
| September 2007 |
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Promega UK Young Life Scientist Award for 2007
Posted on Monday 17 September by Mayowa Osundiji
Pembroke college graduate student wins Promega UK Young Life Scientist Award for 2007 >>> |
