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composer Judith Weir, who will be participating in the Make an Aria workshop - photo © Kirsten McTernan

Mertonians Make an Aria

Merton is to be well represented in the final workshop for this year's Make an Aria project, organised by prestigious opera company Music Theatre Wales.
Sarah Hickmott

Merton Graduate Wins Gapper Essay Prize

Merton postgraduate student Sarah Hickmott has won this year's RH Gapper Postgraduate Essay Prize - the major prize for graduate work in French studies in the UK.
Cayenna Ponchione with conductor Valery Gergiev

Merton student to conduct Oxford Philomusica

DPhil music student Cayenna Ponchione has been selected to conduct the Oxford Philomusica in concert, after a successful conducting masterclass with Valery Gergiev.
Stuart Hall (circled) at his matriculation in 1951

Stuart Hall 1932-2014

An obituary by Dr Michael Whitworth.
Professor Simon Hooker

Simon Hooker made a 2014 Fellow of the Optical Society of America

Merton's Professor in Physics Simon Hooker has been made a 2014 Fellow by The Optical Society of America.
Nicholas Black and Catrin Lloyd

Merton medical students win essay prizes

Two Merton medical students have been awarded prizes in the Medical School's General Practice Essay Competition 2013.
Hugh Sackett and Professor Irene Lemos at the awards ceremony in Chicago

Mertonian is first Briton to receive top American archaeological award

Mertonian Hugh Sackett (1949) has been awarded the Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement by the Archaeological Institute of America.
Professor Robert MacLaren

Merton Professor sees promise in clinical trial results

Bodley Fellow Professor Robert MacLaren has announced that the initial results of a first clinical trial of the technique he pioneered, retinal gene therapy, have surpassed expectations.
Ringing the bells in Merton Chapel - Photo: © Lee Atherton - www.leeathertonphotography.com

Old Mertonians ring in Merton's 750th Anniversary celebrations

What better way to welcome in the New Year and a 750th Anniversary than with an historic five-hour peal attempt on Merton’s 333-year-old bells?
David Norbrook (L) and Reid Barbour at the launch of The Works of Lucy Hutchinson, volume 1: Translation of Lucretius - Photo: from http://lucyhutchinsonworks.wordpress.com/

David Norbrook awarded Honourable Mention for Scholarly Edition

Merton's Professor of English Literature has been given the award by the Modern Language Association of America for Translation of Lucretius, volume 1 of The Works of Lucy Hutchinson.