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Find out about the many things Merton is doing to help create a sustainable future and improve biodiversity - including our Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project, energy efficiency projects, reducing and recycling waste, and much more.
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Postmaster & The Merton Record 2021
Take a look inside the 2021 Postmaster & The Merton Record, with news from the College and much more. We hope you will enjoy reading about Merton's year!
40 Years: Merton Women 1980-2020
40 Years: Merton Women 1980-2020
Our year-long series of events and initiatives celebrating the achievements and contributions of women from across our community marks the 40th anniversary of the admission of women to the college.
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Peter Cooke CBE

August 2022

Peter Cooke CBE 1932-2022
Nick Allard

July 2022

Nick Allard selected as Founding Dean of Jacksonville University College of Law
Professor Dame Jessica Rawson DBE FBA

June 2022

Jessica Rawson awarded 2022 Tang Prize in Sinology
Professor Alex Schekochihin at the lectern in the TS Eliot Lecture Theatre, Merton College

June 2022

Alex Schekochihin appointed Simons Investigator
(L-R) Dr Helen Barron - Photo courtesy of the Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford; Dr Archie Bott

June 2022

Two Mertonians awarded Future Leaders Fellowships
Ben Haggarty

June 2022

Ben Haggarty to take up Visiting Research Fellowship in the Creative Arts
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Tuesday 23 August 2022

Choral Evensong
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Thursday 25 August 2022

Choral Evensong
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Sunday 11 September 2022

Choral Evensong
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Monday 12 September 2022

Concert at Harvard Memorial Church
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