Nora Sidgwick, an outstanding mathematician and sister-in-law to Lord Rayleigh,worked with him on electrical standards and influenced his decision to admit women to experimental physics courses in 1882.Co-founding Newnham College, she championed women's right to university exams.

Many happy returns to alumna Brenda Milner who has just celebrated her 106th birthday. Milner studied first mathematics then psychology Newnham College (1936) leading to celebrated work developing the field of neuropsychology thetimes.com/uk/science/art…

Chemist and X-ray crystallographer, Rosalind Franklin was born #OTD 1920. Newnham College alumna, her work was central to the understanding of the molecular structure of DNA and the molecular structures of viruses. She died of ovarian cancer aged only 37. #WomenInSTEM

#OTD in 1994 Nobel Prize winning chemist, X-ray crystallographer & alumna Dorothy Hodgkin died. She won the Nobel 60 yrs ago for her work in mapping the structure of vitamin B12. She is the only British woman to have been awarded a Nobel in any of the three sciences it recognises

Wonderful to be at Newnham College in Cambridge, following in the footsteps of the brilliant Rosalind Franklin, who I wrote about in my new book, Eighteen. Copies available to order here: linktr.ee/aliceloxton Newnham College Cambridge University

🎥 Mowing the meadow in 360 degrees We attached a 360 camera to the mowing cart this week, as the shire horses Bryn and Cosmo helped mow the King's College, Cambridge wildflower meadow.

It's been a wonderful two weeks of sporting brilliance from athletes around the world. Cambridge Alumni have competed in nearly every Summer Games since the first in 1896. So far, 369 alumni have competed in 30 different sports, including three Paralympians and 14 Winter

Interesting to read the Cambridge University Boat Club recollections of Newnham College alumna Avril Wootton from rowing Cambridge University in the 1960s. cubc.org.uk/2024/07/23/60-…

Best of luck to everyone getting their A-level results today🤞 Tweet us if you're joining us in September! If you’re not quite sure about next steps, you may find this page helpful: undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/apply/after/ex… #GoingToCambridge #ALevels #ALevelResultsDay #NewnhamCollege

ICYMI Onassis Fellow Dr Shushma Malik was a guest on Great Lives on BBC Radio 4 talking about Roman Emperor Nero - “An unexpected choice for Great Lives, the Roman Emperor Nero has a reputation for debauchery and murder. He was also surprisingly popular…” bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Principal Alison Rose will be visiting Singapore and Hong Kong this week with Sarah Carthew, Development Director Newnham College. They are both keen to meet with alumnae in Singapore and Hong Kong and will be hosting events in both locations. 🔗 in bio to event details.

One of Newnham College 's first students Jane Ellen Harrison was born OTD in 1850. mary beard described Harrison as '... the first woman in England to become an academic, in the fully professional sense.' she writes about Harrison for LRB lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

Lovely photo of Principal Alison Rose Development Director Sarah Carthew and our Newnham College teddy meeting some of our Singapore alumna earlier today.

Newnham 🧸 is currently on tour in Singapore - meeting our Newnham College alumnae with Principal Alison Rose and taking in some of the landmarks.

The CCARHT 8th Annual Symposium 11-12 Sept focusses on Lands, Widows and Wombs : a Gendered Assets Approach to 'Enabling Environments' of Human Trafficking and Exploitation. Led by alumna Revd Dr Carrie Pemberton Ford. 🔗Details of this hybrid event ccarht.org/symposium/

🍂 Autumnal vibes Newnham College

Delighted to feature as ‘June’ in the 2025 Cambridge University calendar 🐿️

A new play 'The Lightest Element' has opened Hampstead Theatre exploring the life story of ground-breaking Newnham College alumna, astronomer & astrophysicist Dr Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. Read more of her story in The Guardian theguardian.com/science/articl…

Actor Maureen Beattie who portrays alumna Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin in The Lightest Element Hampstead Theatre and the playwright Stella Feehilly joined anita rani on BBC Woman's Hour this morning #ICYMI listen again from 46:57 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

The tour of Singapore and Hong Kong continues for Principal ⁦Alison Rose⁩ and Development Director Sarah Carthew pictured here at the Singapore Alumnae group dinner with our Newnham 🧸 bear.