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Professor James Binney awarded Royal Astronomical Society’s Gold Medal

Professor James Binney has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s 2025 Gold Medal for Astronomy, recognising his groundbreaking contributions to the study of galaxies.
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Breakthrough Malaria Vaccine Development

Researchers at the University of Oxford have unveiled the first vaccine targeting the blood-stage of malaria, showing promising safety and efficacy in early trials.
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Merton College Choir Performs Live on BBC Radio 3’s "In Tune"

Merton College Choir appeared on BBC Radio 3’s "In Tune" on December 9th
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Latest Choir Disc garners critical acclaim

The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, has earned significant acclaim for their latest CD, "Gabriel Jackson's The Christmas Story."
From right: Oliver Douglas and Patrick Foley won a medal in BUCS

Merton’s postgraduate Shines in Tennis Doubles Championship

Oxford’s Tennis Stars won a medal in Tennis Doubles Championship.
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Professor Lorna Hutson Wins Book Award

Professor Lorna Hutson awarded the Research Book of the Year prize at the 2024 Saltire Society National Book Awards.
Professor Sunetra Gupta signing the historic Royal Society of Literature Roll Book

Professor Sunetra Gupta elected to the fellowship of the Royal Society of Literature

Professor Sunetra Gupta, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Introducing Colleges Sustainability Officer Jilly Mowbray

An interview with Jilly Mowbray, the recently appointed Colleges Sustainability Officer, who is working with nine Oxford colleges including Merton to support the development of the colleges' environmental strategies and additional interventions to promote sustainability. 
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Mertonian debut novelists making their mark

Nussaibah Younis (2004), and Veronika Dapunt (2003), are each releasing their debut novels in spring 2025.
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An Interview with Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts, Joumana Medlej

Joumana Medlej is Visiting Research Fellow in the Creative Arts at Merton College for Michaelmas term. An artist-scholar from Lebanon, Joumana discovered her vocation for early Arabic calligraphy while assisting a master calligrapher in Beirut. She went on to specialise in these disused scripts, which she references as Kufi, from which she derived the…