http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news Tue, 22 March 2011 15:00:00 GMT en-us http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1336745129 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1336745129 Fri, 11 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT Philip Pullman (1965, English) has been awarded the Kingdom of Redonda Literary Prize for 2012. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1336666099 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1336666099 Thur, 10 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT The new series of ITV's popular crime detective series Lewis starts on 16 May with an episode that was partly shot at Exeter College. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335872955 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335872955 Tues, 1 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Glen Goodman (2004, Latin American Studies) who has been awarded a prestigious German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship to research in Berlin next academic year. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335866439 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335866439 Tues, 1 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT Cat Williams (2005, Engineering) will be performing at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics in London. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335863209 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335863209 Tues, 1 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Exonian Tansy Castledine (1997, Music) who has led St George's College Chamber Choir to be crowned the BBC Songs of Praise Senior School Choir of the Year 2012. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335800078 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1335800078 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Charles de Bourcy (2008, Physics) who has won a Fulbright Science and Technology Award. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1333555174 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1333555174 Weds, 4 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT Sir Ronald Cohen (1964, PPE) launched Big Society Capital (BSC) this morning. The aim of BSC is to enable organisations tackling social issues to grow by encouraging investments made for social as well as financial return. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1333534221 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1333534221 Weds, 4 Apr 2012 12:30:00 GMT Spencer Crawley (2006, History) is embarking on a cricket tour of Pakistan to raise money for the Afghan Appeal Fund. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1332933651 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1332933651 Weds, 28 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT Psychiatrist David Goldbloom (1975, Physiological Sciences) has been named the new chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1332933481 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1332933481 Weds, 28 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Rukmini Callimachi (nee Sichitiu) (1997, General Linguistics and Comparative Philology) who has been awarded the McGill Medal for Journalistic Courage from the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633863 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633863 Tues, 13 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT The Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and International Relations, Christine Cheng, recently gave the keynote speech for the National Women's Liberal Commission at Canada's Liberal Party's biennial convention. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633472 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633472 Tues, 13 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT Donor Weber (1978, English) has published an intimate and touching family memoir, Immortal Bird. The memoir focuses particularly on the fight for life of Mr Weber's eldest son, Damon, who was born with a congenital heart defect and later developed protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633153 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331633153 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT Chris Carter (1983, PPE) has published Science and Psychic Phenomena: The Fall of the House of Skeptics. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331225878 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1331225878 Thurs, 8 Mar 2012 12:30:00 GMT Matthew Tye (2009, Sociology) delivered the keynote speech at a recent British Academy conference which focussed on contemporary challenges in transitional Vietnam. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1329928428 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1329928428 Weds, 22 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT Exonian Michael Frankl (1972, Modern Languages) will be appearing in the semi-final of BBC Radio 4's Brain of Britain programme this weekend. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328614392 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328614392 Tues, 7 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Mark Chatterton (1981, Modern History) who has completed the feat of watching a competitive match at all 92 league football grounds in the country. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328021864 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328021864 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:30:00 GMT Fine Art student Max Mulvany (2009) created a life-sized sculpture of the Rector yesterday, but sadly it has long since melted. The 'Snow Rector' was well positioned in the Front Quad to welcome - and surprise - visitors to the College. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328021864 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1328021864 Tues, 31 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala's debut book, The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution, was the Book of the Week in The Times last weekend. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327594887 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327594887 Thur, 26 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College is now on Twitter, the popular social networking and microblogging website. You can follow the College's newsfeed at @exetercollegeox. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327423845 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327423845 Tues, 24 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Daniel Cashman (2008, Jurisprudence) who has helped Oxford to beat Cambridge in a recent mooting competition held at Gray's Inn. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327423820 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327423820 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College Chapel was featured in Channel 4's Restoration Man last week as presenter George Clarke explored the architecture of gothic revival churches. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327421447 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1327421447 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT In his latest book, All Business is Local: Why Place Matters More than Ever in a Global, Virtual World, John Quelch (1969, Modern History) argues that all companies - large and small - have to be local as well as global in order to succeed. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1326214045 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1326214045 Tues, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Dr Katharina Ulmschneider (1991, Modern History) of the University's Institute of Archaeology has been interviewed about a new exhibition, Persecution and Survival: a wartime refugee story, which opens at the Oxford Town Hall Gallery on 15 January. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1325688186 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1325688186 Weds, 4 Jan 2012 12:30:00 GMT Fellow in History, Dr Faramerz Dabhoiwala, has been named one of the Observer's new authors to look out for in 2012. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1324299594 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1324299594 Weds, 21 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT To wish all Exeter Old Members, Parents and Friends of the College a happy Christmas, we have prepared a festive video message from the Rector. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323705422 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323705422 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Dr Christopher Storr (1959, Modern History) has published the first book devoted to Catholic school governing bodies. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323705283 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323705283 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Christopher Martin (2002, Mathematics) has published a collection of mathematics ideas for teachers of learners aged 11-12. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323696061 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323696061 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT To mark 700 years since its foundation, Exeter College is going to publish Exeter: A Portrait of a College and it needs your help! http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323186247 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323186247 Tues, 6 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Exonian Michael Frankl (1972, Modern Languages) will be appearing on BBC Radio 4's Brain of Britain programme next week. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323180028 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323180028 Tues, 6 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Dr Stephen Harris (1988, Chemistry) has just published the first complete Dickens novel to be translated into the Cornish language. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171986 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171986 Tues, 6 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Chisanga Puta-Chekwe (1977, PPE) published Getting Zambia to Work with Adonis and Abbey Publishers in September. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171833 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171833 Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT John Leighfield (1958, Lit Hum) has been honoured by the University of Warwick by having a road on the University's campus named after him. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171596 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171596 Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT Dr Mark Currie (1974, Theology) has published a collection of papers which examines the rise in violence by Dissident Irish Republicans and its impact on the Northern Ireland Peace Process. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171299 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1323171299 Mon, 5 Dec 2011 12:30:00 GMT George Peretz (1961, Chemistry) has recently published the fourth edition of Blackstone's Guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322496207 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322496207 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT The 'wreckage' of a helicopter could be seen in the Front Quad of Exeter College earlier this month, thanks to the talents of third year Fine Art student Max Mulvany. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322480558 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322480558 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT The Rector of Exeter College, Frances Cairncross, has interviewed Colin Mayer, the Peter Moores Dean of the Said Business School, Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies and Director of the Oxford Financial Research Centre, for the Voices from Oxford series of online videos. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322148852 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322148852 Thur, 24 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT To mark 700 years since its foundation, Exeter College is working with Third Millennium, specialist publishers of books about great institutions, to publish Exeter: A Portrait of a College in autumn 2013. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322147781 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322147781 Thur, 24 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to Philip Sibson (2008, Engineering Science) who has been awarded a Belling Engineering Scholarship by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322145032 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322145032 Thur, 24 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Dr Christine Cheng, Boskey Fellow in Politics at Exeter College, has written an article about the Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, for the independent broadcaster Al Jazeera. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322142926 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322142926 Thur, 24 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Peter Mann (1971, English) reports on the building of a Milarepa Tower in Bhutan. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322058421 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1322058421 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College Christmas cards are available to purchase online now! http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1321016996 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1321016996 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College is delighted to announce that Alison Brooks Architects (ABA) has won the contest to design the College's new premises on Walton Street, Oxford, following a competitive selection process involving five architectural practices from the UK and US. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1320839674 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1320839674 Weds, 9 Nov 2011 12:30:00 GMT Dr Matthias Fripp, Fellow of Exeter College, is taking part in a ten-day online debate on The Economist website. The motion of the debate, which Dr Fripp is defending, is 'This house believes that subsidising renewable energy is a good way to wean the world off fossil fuels.' The moderator of the debate is an Exonian, James Astill (1992, English). http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1319548023 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1319548023 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to John Gapper (1978, PPE), who has just been named Best Business Commentator at the 2011 Comment Awards. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1319544346 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1319544346 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT A plaque has been unveiled to mark the Oxford residence of Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978), who became an honorary fellow of Exeter College in 1942. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1318329377 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1318329377 Tues, 11 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT Alan Russett (1949, History) has written a book celebrating the work of John Thomas Serres, an English artist who was for a time Maritime Painter to King George III. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1318328439 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1318328439 Tues, 11 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT Edinburgh University Press will publish Veering: A Theory of Literature by Nicholas Royle (1976, English) later this month. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317818358 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317818358 Weds, 5 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT The family and friends of Clare Pettit (née Martin) (2000, Physics and Philosophy) are raising funds for a bursary in memory of Clare, who died on 6 April 2011. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317820712 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317820712 Tues, 4 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT Matthew Hancock MP (1996, PPE) published Masters of Nothing: The Crash and how it will happen again unless we understand human nature last month. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317821129 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1317821129 Tues, 4 Oct 2011 12:30:00 GMT David Bellos (1963, Modern Languages) published a book about translation last month: Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313765455 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313765455 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:30:00 GMT John Kufuor (1961, PPE) has been awarded the 2011 World Food Prize jointly with Luiz da Silva. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313761124 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313761124 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:30:00 GMT Robert Robinson (1948, English) passed away in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington on 12 August 2011, aged 83, after a long period of ill health. Family and colleagues have paid tribute to the veteran journalist and quiz show host. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313592913 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1313592913 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:30:00 GMT Fr Nicholas Schofield (1994, Modern History) has published a book about another Old Member, William Lockhart (1838). http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1308832110 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1308832110 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT Oxford's leading chess and quiz players, including two Exeter students, were recognised recently at the University's second annual Mindsports Blues awards evening. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1308670191 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1308670191 Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT Two new and original literary works have just been published by Andrew Thornton-Norris (1987, PPE), the author of the acclaimed The Spiritual History of English. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307979154 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307979154 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT Ms Sim Ann (PPE, 1994) has been elected to the Parliament of Singapore. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307975700 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307975700 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT Former Exeter Fellow, Professor Andrew Blake, was presented with the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award last week for work on the Microsoft Xbox 360's Kinect. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307970385 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307970385 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT David Merlin-Jones (History, 2007) has published his first book, Chain Reactions: How the Chemical Industry Can Shrink Our Carbon Footprint. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307006378 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1307006378 Thu, 2 Jun 2011 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College gives its thanks to Mr M K Mukharji (PPE, 1946), who has kindly donated a copy of his memoirs to the College library. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1306246824 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1306246824 Tue, 24 May 2011 12:30:00 GMT HRH The Prince of Wales will highlight the musical achievements of Sir Hubert Parry in a BBC television programme to be screened later this week. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1305893429 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1305893429 Fri, 20 May 2011 12:30:00 GMT Congratulations to David Thomas, PPE student at Exeter College, who was awarded the first ever Kaneda Award at the Tenth Annual Carroll Round Conference held at Georgetown University. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302867848 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302867848 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:30:00 GMT Exeter College is delighted to announce the appointment of Rev Stephen Hearn as Chaplain and Fellow of the College in succession to Rev Dr Helen Orchard. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302271197 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302271197 Fri, 8 Apr 2011 16:30:00 GMT Christine Cheng, Bennett Boskey Fellow in Politics and IR at Exeter, has had an op-ed placed in the Wall Street Journal on the subject of "Justice and Gadhafi's Fight to the Death". http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302169124 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302169124 Thu, 7 Apr 2011 12:30:00 GMT The 2011 Telethon has raised a fantastic total of almost £190,000 in pledges for the Exeter Annual Fund. A huge thank you goes to all our Old Members who took the time to speak to an Exeter student during the campaign, and who made it such a success. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302169057 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1302169057 Wed, 6 Apr 2011 18:00:00 GMT This year's Marett Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Terence S Turner, Professor of Anthropology, Cornell University. It will take place on Friday 6 May in the Saskatchewan Room. Read on to find out more... http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1301314669 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1301314669 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:00:00 GMT Congratulations to Ben Myers (2008, Physics) and all the Oxford rowers in this year's Boat Race on their resounding victory this weekend! http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1300876667 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1300876667 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:30:00 GMT Dr Shahzad Rizvi (Friend of the College) has published a new book, telling the love story of a British Official and an Indian Princess. It is available as a paperback or an e-book. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1299582436 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1299582436 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 11:47:00 GMT Congratulations to Stanley Johnson (1959, English), who has successfully climbed Mt Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Gorilla Organization! http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1298283616 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1298283616 Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:47:00 GMT The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) has announced that Professor Carol Robinson, Fellow in Chemistry at Exeter, is to receive the 2011 FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1297777994 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1297777994 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:47:00 GMT The College was delighted to host Mr Kofi Annan, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, on Sunday 13 February, when he delivered a lecture as part of the lead-up to the College's 700th Anniversary in 2014. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1297777978 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1297777978 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:40:00 GMT Two Old Members at the Kofi Annan lunch at Exeter College found a common interest. Angela Palmer (2002, Fine Arts), now a distinguished artist, brought a ceremonial Ashanti stool that she had bought at a local auction, and presented it to former President of Ghana HE John Kufuor (1961, PPE), with a request that he return it to its land of origin. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296813555 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296813555 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:55:00 GMT Keith Maslan (1950, English) has been appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (the equivalent of an OBE) for services to literature and bibliography. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296813535 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296813535 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:40:00 GMT Keith Maslan (1950, English) has been appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (the equivalent of an OBE) for services to literature and bibliography. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296655930 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296655930 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:45:00 GMT Geoffrey Greatrex (1986, Lit. Hum.) has published a new book, The Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor, in collaboration with C. Horn and R. Phenix (Liverpool University Press, 2011). http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296645519 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296645519 Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:40:00 GMT Congratulations to Dr Kerstin Luhn, the latest Exeter Fellow to welcome a new arrival to her family! http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296212296 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296212296 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:47:00 GMT The College was delighted to be informed that Old Member Stephen Green (1966, PPE) has been named Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint and has this month taken up a post in the coalition government. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296212285 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296212285 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:35:00 GMT The husband of former Rector, Marilyn Butler, received a knighthood in the 2011 New Year's Honours List for services to political science. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036958 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036958 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:35:00 GMT Professor John Quelch (1969, Modern History) is to become dean of the prestigious China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai, viewed by many as the best business school in mainland China. As he prepared to take up his new post, he talked to the Economist about his student days at Oxford, and the differences between business education in the US and China. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036922 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036922 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:15:00 GMT Congratulations to Exeter's hockey team who finished top of Division 1 in Michaelmas term. Read on to find out whom they will face in the Varsity match this term... http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036813 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1296036813 Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:00:00 GMT Congratulations to Dr Christina de Bellaigue and Dr Matthias Fripp, both of whom have welcomed new additions to their families recently. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669145 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669145 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:00:00 GMT Exeter made news in India over Christmas, when an article was published in the New Delhi Education Mail outlining Exeter's plans to expand its scholarships for Indian students. The article reported on the Rector's flying visit to India in December, when she aimed to gather support for new scholarships which would bring "clever young people from modest homes" to Exeter from India. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669132 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669132 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:45:00 GMT Stanley Johnson (1959, English) will be celebrating both his 70th birthday and his election to the Chairmanship of The Gorilla Organization by climbing Mt Kilimanjaro this February. The Gorilla Organization is a small charity which works to help save the threatened gorilla populations of Africa. http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669069 http://www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni/news/item?gid=1294669069 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:30:00 GMT After nearly five years as Chaplain to Exeter College, Rev Dr Helen Orchard will be leaving us at the end of Hilary Term to become Team Vicar of St Matthew's Wimbledon in the Southwark Diocese. The College will begin work this month to recruit a new Chaplain.