St John's College News
Hoyle Day at St John's College Library
14/10/2008Hoyle Day at St John's College LibraryOn Saturday 8 November the Old Library will be open to visitors, with an exhibition and talk about the life and work of astronomer and cosmologist Sir Fred Hoyle. read moreChoir Launches Weekly Webcasts
14/10/2008Choir Launches Weekly WebcastsThe Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, one of the finest collegiate choirs in the world, is the first Choir of its kind to broadcast weekly webcasts of its services. The first service was made available today (Tuesday 14 October) at: http://www.sjcchoir.co.uk/webcasts This innovative and exciting enterprise not only widens awareness of the Choir's day-to-day work, enhancing its already high…read moreDeadline for Applications to Cambridge
08/10/2008Deadline for Applications to CambridgeDeadline for Applications to Cambridge University Wednesday 15 October 2008 is the deadline for applications for all undergraduate courses. Applicants for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law must include their BMAT or LNAT registration in their application.read moreSt John's launches £50m fundraising campaign
24/09/2008St John's launches £50m fundraising campaignLast night, Fellows, alumni, students and staff gathered at the Guildhall in the City of London to launch the St John's College Campaign, with a target of £50m by 2012 making it the most ambitious campaign ever launched by a Cambridge or Oxford college. The Master, Professor Chris Dobson, delivered a passionate and emotive speech in which he remarked upon the changing nature of education and…read moreMemorial Concert - John Crook
24/09/2008Memorial Concert - John CrookThe webcast for John Crook's memorial concert is now available.read moreSt John's College Libraries, Old and New
02/09/2008St John's College Libraries, Old and NewSt John's College Libraries, Old and New: Open Cambridge, Saturday 13th September As part of 'Open Cambridge', when University and College buildings and collections will go on show to the public for a day of discovery, there will be two tours of the College Libraries, giving visitors the opportunity to see some of the manuscript and printed treasures in the C17th old library and the chance to…read moreBrilliant A Level Results?!
14/08/2008Brilliant A Level Results?!Post Qualification Open Day - 27th September 2008 If you have just received your A level results and been surprised by straight A's, it is not too late to consider making an application to Cambridge for entry in 2009. St John's are holding an Open Day on Saturday 27th September especially for people like you! We encourage you to read all available subject information on our website, check…read moreFormer Chorister wins BBC Competition
16/07/2008Former Chorister wins BBC CompetitionFormer St John's College Chorister, Tom Curran (2001-05), has won the BBC Proms Inspire Young Composers' Competition.read moreCambridge Summer Music Festival
04/07/2008Cambridge Summer Music FestivalChoir sings Concert in Chapel on Wednesday 23 July at 7.30pm as part of the Cambridge Summer Music Festival. read moreMemorial Service for Professor Bleehen
13/06/2008Memorial Service for Professor BleehenA Memorial Service for Professor Norman Montague Bleehen, CBE, MA, BM, BCh (Oxford) (1930-2008), Fellow of St John's College since 1976 and Emeritus Cancer Research Campaign Professor of Clinical Oncology, will be held at the Synagogue, 3 Thompson's Lane, Cambridge on Sunday 29 June 2008, at 3.00pm, followed by tea in the Master's Lodge at St John's College.read moreJohnian nominated Vice-Chancellor of Oxford
03/06/2008Johnian nominated Vice-Chancellor of OxfordProfessor Andrew Hamilton, BSc, MSc, PhD (St John's 1981), FRS, currently the Provost of Yale University, has been nominated as the next Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. Click here to read more about this story.read moreRESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 2009
03/06/2008RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, 2009St John's College, Cambridge Research Fellowships 2009 read moreCollege Open Days
23/05/2008College Open DaysOpen Days for prospective applicants will be held in June and July. These days give you the opportunity to speak with current undergraduates, chat with Directors of Studies in your chosen subjects, take a tour of the College and view some of our accommodation. Open Days are taking place on Wednesday 25 June, Thursday 3 July and Friday 4 July. OUR OPEN DAYS IN JUNE AND JULY ARE NOW CLOSED TO…read moreFellow of St John's wins international prize
21/05/2008Fellow of St John's wins international prizeA Cambridge physicist has become the first recipient of a major international award for his pioneering work on semiconductors and luminescence. Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics, Fellow of St John's, has been presented with the first Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize for Science and Industry by French chemical company Rhodia. Click here to read more about this story. read moreWebcast: Choral Evensong - Trinity Sunday
21/05/2008Webcast: Choral Evensong - Trinity SundayWebcast Choral Evensong: Trinity Sunday - 18th May Responses: Shephard Blair in B minor Britten: Te Deum in C Sermon: Living the Mystery The Rev'd Angela Tilby read moreStudent receives CUSU Anti Racism Award
15/05/2008Student receives CUSU Anti Racism AwardCUSU Awards for Promoting Understanding were presented to both Jonathan Gilmour, a third year theology student at St John's College, and Ahmed Al-Khaja, a third year economics student at Jesus College. Jonathan Gilmour's interest in Judaism led him to stand as Secretary and later Inter-faith Officer for the Jewish Society. A practising Christian, Jonathan has served as a link between the Jewish…read moreAndrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture
12/05/2008Andrew Chamblin Memorial LectureThe second Andrew Chamblin Memorial Lecture, entitled "Deep Questions of Cosmology: Did Something Happen Before the Big Bang?", will be given by Professor Sir Roger Penrose at 3.00pm on Friday 27th June in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Admission is free and there are no tickets or reserved seats. Further information about the Memorial Lecture series can be found on the following…read moreArctic Passages: The Wordie Expeditions
12/05/2008Arctic Passages: The Wordie ExpeditionsArctic Passages: The Wordie Expeditions of the 1930s This exhibition, featuring dozens of photographs, original film footage and artefacts from two Arctic voyages led by Sir James Mann Wordie in the 1930s, runs until December at Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street. Opening hours are 10.30am-4.30pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is free. Sir James, who…read moreAmerican Academy of Arts & Sciences
06/05/2008American Academy of Arts & SciencesThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the world's most prestigious academic societies, has elected Fiona M Watt, Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics at Cambridge and Fellow of St John's College as Foreign Honorary Member in its latest round of appointments. Further details are available on the University of Cambridge website and on the AAAS website.read moreMusic in the Master's Lodge
30/04/2008Music in the Master's LodgeMusic in the Master's Lodge Ensemble La Falsirena Suzana OgrajenÅ¡ek (soprano) Christopher Bucknall (harpsichord) Henrik Persson (baroque'˜cello) Music by Handel and Geminiani In the Master's Lodge on Friday 9 May 2008 8.45pm for 9.00pm Members of the College and their friends are welcomeread moreBBC Radio 3: Choral Evensong
22/04/2008BBC Radio 3: Choral EvensongSunday's Evensong (20 April) was broadcast live on BBC Radio 3. It is possible to listen to the service online using the BBC'˜Listen Again' player at the address below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/choralevensong/pip/k5uzm/ Order of Service Introit: Sermone Blando Angelus (Tallis) Responses: Radcliffe Psalm: 104 (Trent, Parratt) First Lesson: Zechariah 4 vv 1-10 Canticles: Coventry Service (…read moreFellow appointed Chief Scientific Advisor
14/04/2008Fellow appointed Chief Scientific AdvisorOn 3 April the Prime Minister named Professor Mark Welland FRS FREng, Fellow of St John's, as the new Chief Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Defence. Professor Welland, Head of the Nanoscience Group at the Nanoscience Centre and Professor of Nanotechnology at the Department of Engineering, took up his new appointment as Chief Scientific Adviser on Monday 7 April. He will continue his…read moreDeath of Dr Jonathan Spencer
08/04/2008Death of Dr Jonathan SpencerDr Jonathan Brian (Joe) Spencer, MA, Fellow of the College since 1995, and Reader in Biological Chemistry, died on 6 April 2008. For further information, click here. read moreLinacre Lecture
07/04/2008Linacre LectureThe College's annual Linacre Lecture, founded in 1524 by Thomas Linacre, physician to Henry VIII and first President of the Royal College of Physicians, will take place on Tuesday 6 May at 5.00 pm in the Palmerston Room, Fisher Building, preceded by tea at 4.15 pm in the Fisher Building foyer.Professor Herman Waldmann (FMedSci, FRCPath, FRS, MRCP), Head of the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology…read moreConcert in memory of Professor John Crook
17/03/2008Concert in memory of Professor John CrookA Concert of Words and Music in Memory of Professor John Anthony Crook, MA (1921-2007), Fellow of the College and Emeritus Professor of Ancient History, will be held in the College Chapel on Saturday 24 May 2008, at 2.30pm, followed by tea in the Hall. For tickets, please apply to The Chapel Clerk, St John's College, Cambridge, CB2 1TP, by 9 May 2008, enclosing a stamped addressed envelope. read more