‘Preventing the Next Pandemic’ was the title of this year’s Annual Fulbright Distinguished Lecture in International Relations, which was the eleventh of its kind. Dr Devi Sridhar, Professor of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, delivered the engaging and lively lecture to a full Auditorium on the 19th of November 2021.

Alex Welch (2018, Biochemistry) has recently taken advantage of the Pembroke College Tutorials Plus grant to attend virtually the 2021 International mRNA Health Conference. The grant provides access to funds that enrich students’ learning and support activities such as subject talks or visits to subject-specific learning opportunities.

Much like the 2020 admissions cycle, the University of Oxford has interviewed its prospective candidates online this year.  Resources produced by the Academic Office were published on our website on the admissions page and a series of takeovers and tips were posted on our Instagram.

In a recent Black History Month organised by the British Chamber of Commerce in Japan and the University of Oxford Japan Office, two Pembroke College students, Warren Stanislaus and Chimdinma Okpalauko, were invited as speakers.

We are delighted to announce the election of Professor Vincent Conitzer, a distinguished computer scientist and artificial intelligence (AI) researcher, as Visiting Fellow at Pembroke College.

The Recognition of Distinction Scheme is a yearly exercise which confers the title of full professor at the University of Oxford. Dr Dickman is now a Professor of Wildlife Conservation.

Congratulations to Pembroke Senior Research Fellow Professor Gregg Huff, who was jointly awarded the Economic History Association’s Lindert-Williamson Prize for ‘the outstanding book in the last two years on global, African, Asian or Latin American History’.

The Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford recently held its 2021 round of Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA). From Pembroke College, Dr Jack Amiry, Dr Richard Harrington and Professor Jeremy Taylor all won an award.

We were delighted to host our annual Long Service Awards in person again this year to honour and thank staff members that have been with us for ten years or more.