Nine Oxford University academics have joined the The Royal Society as Fellows.

Congratulations to:
- Prof Simon Aldridge
- Prof Emmanuel Breuillard
- Prof Brian Cantor
- Prof Laura Herz
- Sir Peter Horby
- Prof Heidi Johansen Berg
- Prof Tamsin Mather
- Prof Sir Andrew Pollard
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Onyeka Igwe and Jesse Darling have been appointed Associate Professors at the TheRuskinSchool and full-time Tutorial Fellows at Lady Margaret Hall and St Anne's College.

Both will begin their appointments in the forthcoming academic year.

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Looking to get active, meet some new people, or try a new sport this term or beyond? Check out the Active at Oxford Programme! 🧘 🚴 🚶🤸

Commitment-free, no membership required, options for all abilities across 12 different sports. Find your session ▶️ sport.ox.ac.uk/active

Pupils from three local schools have enjoyed a morning of basketball with the Oxford Blues team on day one of the second Oxford Sport Leaders Programme, which has been expanded to welcome more young students from the community into the University. ⬇️
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NEW: Prof Paul Behrens will join the Oxford Martin School in September after being awarded a The British Academy Global Professorship, working on rapid food system transformations in a rapidly changing world. ⬇️
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It's tradition for Oxford Students to wear carnations to all of their exams 🌹.

Here's what each flower represents ⬇️

Scientists have discovered the key features of immune B cells which make them successful at targeting tumours - including when cancer has spread to a different part of the body.

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Scientists at Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research have found a new potential combination therapy to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by targeting two key bacterial enzymes involved in resistance.

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#OnThisDay in 1954, Sir Roger Bannister set a new world mile record of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road Sports Track.

It was the first mile ever run under 4 minutes.

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Sir Thomas Bodley’s motto was 'Quarta perennis'.

Which means 'The fourth will last forever' - referring to the Bodleian being the 'fourth' library built in Oxford.

It could arguably be read as...'May the fourth last forever.'

Happy #StarWarsDay !

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On 6 May 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub four-minute mile at the Iffley Road track, Oxford.

This weekend and Bank Holiday Monday, to mark the 70th anniversary, drop into the Weston Library for a display of never-before-seen highlights from the archive of Sir Bannister!

Today we celebrated a new milestone for the Schwarzman Centre!

The Centre, which began construction in January 2023, has reached its highest point and was commemorated with a 'topping out' ceremony.

Find out more about the ceremony here: humanities.ox.ac.uk/article/toppin…

NEW: A landmark study by scientists at Oxford University, have unveiled crucial insights into the way that COVID-19 vaccines mitigate severe illness in those who have been vaccinated.

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NEW: A study led by Oxford EarthSciences and Agile Initiatives could change Earth system models used to predict future climate change - reducing the time taken to simulate these models from several months to under a week.

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Join us for a thrilling fortnight of music, dance, theatre & creative workshops from 24 May-5 June as we celebrate the global legacy of Franz Kafka.

In partnership with Bodleian Libraries Oxford Kafka

Booking now open: oxfordculturalprogramme.org.uk/whats-on/
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