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Congratulations to Koushikk Ayyappan, Serene Singh and Sophie Westhorpe – the winners of our TT22 Student Video Competition.

Geophysicist Dr Ben Fernando has appeared in print and broadcast media outlets providing analysis of Mars meteorite impacts.

Dr Kaibo Hu, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Christ Church, has been awarded the SIAM Early Career Prize in Computational Science and Engineering.

The young poet who writes the best single poem on the theme of ‘The Planets’ will receive a first prize of £5,000.

Christ Church, Oxford, is exhibiting 13 new portraits of women as part of the Oxford University college’s commitment to better represent its diverse community. 

Oxford University’s Policy Engagement team followed Dr Holmes-Henderson to Parliament, interviewing the policy colleagues she works with and the impact her research and engagement is making in real world educational decision-making circles.

The Sub Dean of Christ Church, Revd Richard Peers, has been appointed Dean of Llandaff Cathedral and will be installed in his new position on 20 November.

'I heard with great sadness the news this evening of the death of Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, who was Visitor of Christ Church.'

Professor Stephen Smartt CBE FRS follows Professor Roger Davies, who has held the Chair since 2002.

Christ Church Junior Research Fellow Dr Leah Broad has been interviewed on BBC Radio 3 about the composer Ethel Smyth.

Dr Marc-André Cormier, Research Fellow in Biological Sciences at Christ Church, will lead a session on the role of marine mixotrophy in the global carbon cycle at the 2022 Challenger Society Conference.

Martin Gorick was the Archdeacon of Oxford between 2013–2020, in January 2020 he left Christ Church to take on a new role as Bishop of Dudley.

Earlier this month the Cathedral hosted the British Society of Master Glass Painters Centenary Exhibition, as part of the Oxford Festival of the Arts.

Christ Church Fellow Professor Matthias Holweg has co-authored a topical report exploring the impact of unethical applications of artificial intelligence (AI), and how organisations can avoid them.

Geoffrey Rhoades Commemorative Bursary winner Peng Yao's work explores the world of children's imagination and childhood memories.

The American Friends (the association of Christ Church Old Members resident in the US) have generously established a scholarship fund to provide financial assistance for postgraduate students who are currently enrolled at Christ Church.

Keta’s Journey – The 47 Peaks is a new fundraising challenge to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association in memory of Christ Church alumna Keta Hansen (1989, Chemistry).

Christ Church, Oxford has appointed the Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC to lead an independent review into the governance of the Foundation.

Professor Laurence Brassart will investigate the mechanical and degradation behaviour of biodegradable polymers in load-bearing applications. Dr Neil Hart is working to develop the predictions of rainfall season characteristics necessary to managing a growing climate risk.

Dr Arlene Holmes-Henderson is leading a team which will evaluate the impact that use of the Vocabulous website has on students’ understanding and retention of English vocabulary.

Christ Church in conjunction with the Oxford University Ukrainian Society, presents a concert of Ukrainian songs at Christ Church Cathedral, 12 June at 20:00, following Evensong.

Christ Church is pleased to announce that it will be hosting one of two workshops on lyric poetry this summer in its Research Centre, both of which are now open for registrations.

Dr Ashley Moyse, the McDonald Postdoctoral Fellow in Christian Ethics and Public Life, has been appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medical Ethics in the Department of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Centre, New York.

In the past three years, Christ Church has held back from offering commentary on a series of damaging reports regarding its relationship with the former Dean, Dr Martyn Percy. 

The campaign by Dr Percy and his supporters has been fuelled by information, some selective, some false and some appropriated from leaked documents, letters and emails, and knitted into a narrative that has been at best, distorted and one-sided and, at worst, untrue.

The Cathedral Choir and the choir of the Chapel Royal Hampton Court celebrated their shared history with a historic evensong.

Gina Neff, Professor of Technology and Society at the Oxford Internet Institute and fellow at Christ Church, has published Human-Centered Data Science: An Introduction, with MIT Press.

Christ Church Cathedral is delighted to announce The Unicorn School (Abingdon) as their Chapter Charity for 2022. The Unicorn School is for children aged 7 to 16 years who have Specific Learning Differences.

Christ Church Junior Research Fellow Dr Timothy Barendt has had an article on molecular machines published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Christ Church music historian Dr Leah Broad is to publish a biography of four trailblazing female composers, Ethel Smyth, Rebecca Clarke, Dorothy Howell and Doreen Carwithen.