Merton News

We are delighted to announce that the Regius Professorship in Mathematics at the University of Oxford will become a permanent fixture at the College.

It is with great sadness the College has learnt of the death of Emeritus Fellow Dr Jim Coulton.

Professor Jonathan Prag, Tutor in Ancient History at Merton, has received the Building Capacity Award at the annual University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Awards, which recognise and celebrate high-quality research-led innovation at all levels.

The Revd Dr Melanie Marshall has been appointed as the college's Associate Chaplain and Career Development Researcher, becoming the first woman to hold a chaplaincy at Merton.

The Merton College Girl Choristers have joined others from across the UK in a video for The Friends of Cathedral Music which is raising funds to help cathedral choirs survive.

Professorial Fellow in Mathematics Ulrike Tillmann has been appointed as Chair of the Royal Society Education Committee; she will hold the post until 2025.

An article by Dr Julia Walworth, Fellow Librarian, and Tuija Ainonen, Medieval Manuscripts Electronic Cataloguing Project Officer, which originally appeared as a blog post on The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities website.

It is with great sadness that the College has learned of the death of Dr Prosser Gifford, alumnus, Bodley Fellow, and former President of the Merton College Charitable Corporation (MC3).

Following the agreement to hold the July Open Days virtually, anyone thinking of applying to Merton will be able to join us online to access insights, advice and information to help them decide which course and college is right for them.

Professor Madhavi Krishnan, Tutor in Physical Chemistry, has been awarded this year's Corday-Morgan Prize by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The prize is awarded annually "for the most meritorious contributions to chemistry."