Alumni news

Canada

Congratulations to Dr Emily Osborne (2007) whose debut poetry collection, Safety Razor, was published on 14 April 2023 by Gordon Hill Press. Featured on CBC Books, Safety Razor combines personal lyrics with translations of Old Norse poetry, which Osborne studied during her doctorate at Cambridge.

Ireland

Poet and writer James Harpur (1976) has been appointed 2023 Writer Fellow at the Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin. He is teaching an undergraduate workshop and also teaching students on the MPhil in Creative Writing.

England

Congratulations to Helen Beedham (1991) on her 2023 UK Business Book Award in the People, Culture and Management category for The Future of Time, published by Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2022.

Germany

Nigel Rackham (1980) broke the UK over-60s marathon record in Berlin last September, completing the course in just 2 hours, 41 minutes, and 23 seconds.

Switzerland

Dr Carine Durand (2005) was appointed Director of the Musée d’ethnographie de Genève in July 2022.

USA

Alex Amouyel (2000) joined Newman’s Own Foundation as President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2023. The Foundation was established by the late actor, race car driver, and philanthropist Paul Newman to continue his legacy of giving away 100% of profits from Newman’s Own food and beverages.

Alex is the author of The Answer is You: A Guidebook to Creating a Life Full of Impact, published by Mango, 2022.

USA

Congratulations to Linda Kinstler (2015), contributing writer for Jewish Currents and The Economist’s 1843 Magazine, and the deputy editor of The Dial, on her 2023 Whiting Award in the non-fiction category for her first book, Come to This Court and Cry: How the Holocaust Ends, published by Bloomsbury, 2022. The awards celebrate ten exceptional emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama each year.

South Africa

Professor Yin-Zhe Ma (2008) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal was elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in October 2022. He uses cosmic microwave background radiation and large-scale structure data to study the evolution of the Universe at different epochs and to understand the physical nature of dark energy and dark matter.

Australia

Dr Michael Mitchelmore (1958) was awarded an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2023 Australia Day Honours for service to mathematics education and to the community.

India

Professor Mahesh Kakde (2004) received the Infosys Prize for Mathematics in 2022, for his outstanding contributions to algebraic number theory.

Singapore Professor Luke Ong (1981) was appointed Distinguished University Professor and VicePresident of Research at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2022.