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Lord John Alderdice Elected to Honorary Fellowship at Pembroke College

We are delighted to announce that Lord John Alderdice has been elected to an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his distinguished political and academic career.

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Believe in Him Installation Visits Pembroke

Believe in Him, created by Utah artist Tom Holdman in collaboration with the Roots of Humanity Foundation, is a 32-foot long stained glass exhibit which has travelled between Rome, Paris and London. During the recent vacation, the travelling exhibition spent a week in Pembroke's Hall and Chapel, where it was enjoyed by students, staff and visitors.

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Pembroke Undergraduate Rhiannon White Receives Prize from the Rank Prize Funds for Summer Research Internship

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This week we are celebrating the recent success of Pembroke undergraduate Rhiannon White, (BA Experimental Psychology, 2014). Rhiannon was awarded a prize from the Rank Prize Funds for her summer research project that was supported by both the Rank Prize Funds and the Rokos Awards.

The Rank Prize Funds covers the area of optoelectronics (the study and application of electronic devices and systems that source, detect and control light) and support a number of students in their penultimate year of undergraduate studies at UK universities which have a major commitment to teaching and research in optoelectronics, including vision and the eye. This scheme enables students to integrate in day-to-day activities of a research group or laboratory. The Rokos Awards are available to Pembroke students  studying STEM subjects, and support those who wish to enhance their studies and scientific knowledge through research internships.

Rhiannon undertook her internship in the Perception Laboratory in the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford (20th June- 9th September, 2016). Her project report was titled ‘Improving Fixational Stability in Cases of Central Vision Loss’. She addressed the problem that ‘poor fixation stability is one of the primary challenges to high-resolution in vivo imaging of human retina in cases of central vision loss’ and the project ‘tested the hypothesis that careful design of fixation targets may improve fixation stability’.

The Rank Prize Funds Committee awarded her a monetary prize of £500 and remarked that the ‘standard of competition was very high’. She was presented with the award by Professor Donal Bradley, the Chairman of the Optoelectronics Advisory Committee and Trustee of the Prize Funds.

Rhiannon said, ‘receiving the Rank Prize Funds prize was a lovely surprise! I really enjoyed my time over the summer and learnt a lot about the process of carrying out a research project. It was a great opportunity to work with patients, and I am definitely interested in pursuing similar research projects in the future.’

Congratulations, Rhiannon! Read her full report here.