Christ's College, Cambridge

01/06/2026

A Festal Evensong to celebrate the restoration of the memorial to Sir John Finch and Sir Thomas Baines will take place on Sunday 7 June at 18:00 in the College Chapel.

Sir Ben Bradshaw, former MP and Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport will speak at the service which will also be attended by Sir Chris Smith, Chancellor of the University.

Finch and Baines met as students at Christs and became lifelong companions. Finch described their relationship as ‘a beautiful and unbroken marriage of souls’. They are buried together in the Chapel sanctuary and the memorial was installed in 1684.

https://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/news/celebrating-pride-month 🌈

📷Fitzwilliam Museum

29/05/2026

Who can resist a selfie with Charles Darwin?

Bye-Fellow, Professor Mariana Rossi, has just returned from a conference on nanonscience and nanotechnology in Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz – Galapagos https://www.nssyconference.org/

📷Mariana Rossi

NSSY 2026 Conference Galapagos

28/05/2026

Sophie Rowe, Head of Conservation at the Fitzwilliam Museum talks about the TLC (tender loving care) given to our Chapel monument. See the results next week!



📷 Christ's College Cambridge

28/05/2026

Congratulations to Fellow, Professor David Klenerman and Professor Shankar Balasubramanian jointly awarded The William Bate Hardy Prize 2026 by Cambridge Philosophical Society.

The Prize, established in 1963, is in honour of biologist and food scientist, Sir William Bate Hardy (d. 1934). The first award was made in 1965 to Christ's alumnus, Professor Hugh Huxley.

https://ow.ly/UgrT50Z54eQ

📷 Nathan Pitt, University of Cambridge

20/05/2026

Happy World Bee Day! 🐝

The UK is home to around 270 species of bees. Here at Christ’s College, we provide a diverse habitat for many of these species including the Western honeybee (apis mellifera) seen here at home in our beehives which are cared for by members of the gardening team.

📷Christ's College Cambridge

19/05/2026

We have embarked on one of our most exciting projects to date as we plan a new Library fit for the 21st century and beyond. Designed by award-winning Grafton architects, the building will provide increased study space, be fully accessible, and contribute to our long-term goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

The project is called Library+ because it will also modernise the adjacent kitchens and upgrade the dining facilities.

We intend to open the new building for the academic year 2028-29. In the meantime, students are using the Third Court Library on the ground floor of the Y Building.



📷 Picture Plane

14/05/2026

Cambridge rises to morning melodies 🎶

Early this morning, over 100 people gathered to hear The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge sing from the rooftops of Christ's College, Cambridge for Ascension Day.

Ascension Day is a long-standing Christian tradition celebrating the ascension of Christ into heaven, 40 days after Easter.

14/05/2026

Congratulations to Fellow, Prof David Klenerman who along with Profs Shankar Balasubramanian and Pascal Mayer is awarded the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research for work that transformed DNA sequencing.
https://www.ch.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-scientists-win-2026-princess-asturias-award-dna-sequencing-breakthrough

The Department is delighted to share the news that Prof. Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, Prof. Sir David Klenerman, and French biophysicist Prof. Pascal Mayer have been awarded the 2026 Princess of Asturias Award for Scientific and Technical Research for their work that transformed DNA sequencing.

13/05/2026

From James Bond to the Bourne Identity ...

The latest 'Miltonic Mill' blog by Dr Edward Allen, reintroduces the 2017 book of creative and critical responses published to mark the 350th anniversary of the publication of 'Paradise Lost' by alumnus John Milton https://darknessvisible.christs.cam.ac.uk/paradise-lost-reloaded



📷Christ's College Cambridge

12/05/2026

Join us for the traditional Ascension Day service in First Court this Thursday - 14 May - when the choir will sing anthems from the top of Great Gate. The 15 minute service begins at 08:15. All welcome.

Please note that a photographer/filmmaker will be present.



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