e-newsletter Easter Term 2013
Welcome to the Easter term Homerton College enewsletter. We bring you the latest College news and details of Roll events we have planned for 2013.
College News Dr Penny Barton to become Homerton's next Senior Tutor Dr Penny Barton has been Graduate Tutor at Homerton since 2002. She has been instrumental in taking forward the rapid expansion of our diverse Higher Degree student body, created from small beginnings in 2001, as well as acting as Tutor for the Higher Degree students, and Director of Studies for first year Physical Sciences undergraduates. She is also a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences, specialising in seismic imaging of the interior of the Earth's crust and lithosphere. Of her appointment to Senior Tutor Penny said “I am both excited and honoured to have been appointed as the new Senior Tutor at Homerton. The students are what makes Cambridge so special, and it will be a privilege to work closely with the fantastic student community at Homerton, as well as our expanding Fellowship and non-academic staff. It has been fascinating being here for the last decade of extraordinary change, learning from the senior team who steered the College through to its Royal Charter. We have climbed one steep slope and are now beginning yet another new phase, planning the route onwards and upwards! I’m looking forward to getting started”.
Homerton student fights back Gavin Garland is currently a 3rd year PhD student here at Homerton but Gavin's story started when he was a child growing up in Coventry. At the age of 15 Gavin was diagnosed with a malignant cancer, a B-cell lymphoma, which progressed rapidly spreading to lymph nodes within his neck. Following remission at the age of 16 he returned to school and, after much hard work, gained a place to study for a BSc (Hons) in Cell Biology at Durham University. During this time Gavin spent a summer at the University of Birmingham conducting research into Mixed Lineage Leukaemia (MLL, a predominantly childhood blood
London Branch News The Homerton Rollers summer event will be on Saturday, June 15th. We will meet near Hackney Central Station on the North London line before setting off with our Blue Badge Guide at 10.30am for our tailor-made walk. There will be a limit on numbers and the cost will be £10 per person. We take in both modern and Georgian architecture, with an emphasis on educational institutions of a similar age to Homerton Academy (long since demolished). After walking to / along the (much changed) Homerton High Street to see where Homerton originated and Sutton House - a National Trust property mentioned in Wolf Hall - we aim to finish by 12.30 - 12.45 at a suitable lunch location... If you are interested in attending please contact Stephanie Rogers.