Pembroke alumnus John Boumphrey (1994, Modern Languages) has been recognised for his services to technology, consumer and the digital commerce industry.

Earlier this summer, the University of Oxford’s Chancellor William Hague announced that Pembroke alumnus Professor Sir Chris Whitty will be taking over as Chair of the University’s Alumni Board. 

Last November Pembroke Study Skills Lecturer Dr Dyedra Morrissey was selected to join the Advisory Board for the Festival of Education. This year she spoke for the third time at the Festival, aiming to equip educators from various sectors with the theories and methods she uses in leadership and skills development.

Pembroke has been awarded Gold in the University of Oxford’s 2026 Green Impact Awards. This is the second consecutive year that Pembroke has won the Gold award, a testament to the sustained efforts of our students and staff who are working to improve sustainable practice across the College. 

Pembroke Fellow and Tutor in Management Studies Dr Eamonn Molloy has recently published a new book titled Traversing the Spectrum of Organisational Autonomy: The Path to Self-Driving Organisations.

Every Trinity Term we recognise the achievement and dedication of students and tutors who, throughout the year, have shown remarkable merit in their academic work, sporting endeavours, leadership, contributions to College life, and more. 

Donning Pembroke pink t-shirts, our student ambassadors welcomed hundreds of prospective applicants to College last week as part of Oxford University’s Undergraduate Open Days. 

Pembroke alumnus and philanthropist Dr Thomas S. Kaplan has committed over £4 million to the College to establish the Recanati-Kaplan Minerva Institute — the world’s first-ever interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to tackling urgent global challenges at the intersection of environmental conservation and security.

Professor Yimon Aye has been awarded the Corday-Morgan Mid-Career Prize for Chemistry in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s 2026 Prizes for her pioneering contributions to the development of live-cell-based tools that can elucidate, reprogramme and chemically manipulate biological signalling mechanisms.