Merton News

Sir Matthew Rycroft (1986) was recognised in the King’s New Year Honours list for his services to British Diplomacy, Development and Domestic Policy.

Professor Jennifer Payne has taken on the role of Acting Warden of Merton College.

Following a nomination by dedicated student and guide dog owner Ella Caulfield, Merton College undergraduate students have raised £5,000 for the charity Guide Dogs, enabling them to name a guide dog puppy.

Girl Choristers CD Into the Stillness named album of the week on Classic FM

Merton DPhil student Jonathan Kwok's biotechnology spinout Infinitopes Cancer Vaccines has been shortlisted as a finalist for both the OBN UK Best Startup Biotech and the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) New Startup of the Year award.

Diego Rojas Arancibia reaches finals of Oxford University's All-Innovate ideas competition.

Recipient of the Ukrainian Refugee Graduate Scholarship, Taisiia Sazonova and recipient of the Ukrainian At-Risk Academic Scholarship, fellow Nadiya Ivanenko, were welcomed to the Merton community at the beginning of Michaelmas this year.

DPhil student Jade Bentil (2019) has been awarded the 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship from the North American Conference on British Studies.

The Warden, Professor Irene Tracey FMedSci, has received the Commander of the Order of the British Empire from His Majesty King Charles for services to Medical Research.

Merton Fellow James Newton has been jointly awarded the 2023 Cole Prize in Number Theory, in recognition of his research setting out a significant proof in the field.