Merton News

The exhibition features a series of paintings made by Kieran and inspired by the environment of Merton College; it is the culmination of a series of workshops run by him during his time here as Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts.

It is with great sadness that the College has learned of the death of Sir Christopher Dobson FRS FRSC FMedSci, an alumnus and Honorary Fellow of the College.

It is with great sadness that the College announces the death of Sir Rex Richards FRS, who served as Warden of the College from 1969 to 1984 and as Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1977 to 1981.

Peter, who is Linacre Professor of Zoology at Merton, has been recognised for his work with many organisms and genes elucidating key aspects of how changes in the genome influence evolution of animal development.

Higgs Hunters, organised by Professor Alan Barr and his colleague Professor Chris Lintott, involved over 37,000 'citizen scientists' in searching for interesting features in data from the ATLAS experiment at CERN; Professor Daniel Grimley's Digital Delius project created a permanent digital exhibition of Delius’s manuscripts supported by a range of outreach activities.

Professor Schekochihin has been recognised for his work in elucidating the dynamics that regulate the properties of turbulent, magnetised laboratory and astrophysical plasmas.

In May we launched our second Pre-Law Residential Essay Competition, intended to encourage UK Year 12 school students to consider studying Law at Oxford.

Biological Sciences undergraduate Hermione Grassi has become the second Merton student in as many years to be presented with this award at the University of Oxford's Sustainability Showcase.

Merton's Tutor in Pre-Clinical Medicine is one of 73 distinguished leaders in physiological sciences named in the Society's 'Class of 2019'.

This year, the fourth in the competition's history, saw another strong field, with the judges commending a further three entries in addition to the three prizewinners.