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Professor Zitzmann, with the Warden, Sir Martin Taylor (R) and Sub-Warden, Professor Paterson (L) - Photo: courtesy The Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford

Nicole Zitzmann awarded Ebola Medal

Research Fellow and Lecturer in Biochemistry Professor Nicole Zitzmann has been awarded the Ebola Medal for Service in West Africa for her invaluable and selfless work during the crisis in March and April 2015.
The garden team with their award (from left; David, Gwyn, Lucille and Mike)

Prize-winning gardens to represent Oxford for Britain in Bloom competition

Massive congratulations to Merton's gardeners who have won Gold in this year’s Oxford in Bloom competition for an outstanding display by the Universities and Colleges.
Part of the Sibelius Monument in Töölö, Helsinki - photo: Joongi Kim [CC-BY-SA 2.0]

Merton's Dan Grimley on Sibelius, Nielsen and the Nordic Breakthrough

Merton's Professor of Music Daniel Grimley is speaking at the BBC Proms again this year, as the festival marks the 150th anniversary of the births of the composers Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen.
Professor James Binney FRS - Photo: © John Cairns - www.johncairns.co.uk

James Binney awarded 2015 Occhialini Medal and Prize

Merton's Professor James Binney FRS has been awarded the Occhialini Medal and Prize for 2015 by the Italian Physical Society.
The UK team at the 2015 International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics. From left: Charles Barclay, William McCorkindale, Bob Cliffe, Rizwaan Mohammed and Sandor Kruk (2014).

Mertonian leads UK team to success at Astronomy and Astrophysics Olympiad

Congratulations to Merton Astrophysics DPhil student Sandor Kruk, a member of the UK team that won two silver medals at the International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics this month.
Professor Kathy Willis - Photo: © Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Kathy Willis awarded 2015 Michael Faraday Prize

Merton Supernumerary Fellow Professor Kathy Willis has been awarded the 2015 Michael Faraday Prize and Lecture by the Royal Society, for her excellent work in science communication.
Women harvesting rice - Photo by Jessica Thorn

Merton students take water scarcity film to Venice exhibition

Three Merton graduate students have taken their film on water scarcity solutions to a major exhibition on how and why water deeply influences our lives, being held in Venice.
Stephanie Jones with the NOMAN boat

Mertonian set to row 200 miles across the Mediterranean

Mertonian Stephanie Jones (2009) is setting out on a gruelling 200-mile journey rowing across the Mediterranean Sea in aid of The HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation.
Catherine (on the right) and her brother on their descent

Beach, pool... or Forth Rail Bridge?

Midsummer, and while many of us head for sunnier climes in order to lounge by a pool or on a beach, Catherine Farfan, our Alumni Communications Officer, chose instead to jump—or rather, abseil—off the Forth Rail Bridge.
Nicholas Black

Merton student awarded Matilda Tambyraja Obstetrics & Gynaecology Prize

Merton graduate student Nicholas Black has been awarded the Matilda Tambyraja Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology.