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First-year historians explore Bodleian's treasures

Pembroke's first-year historians had a special visit to the Weston Library last term for a fascinating session at the Centre for the Study of the Book. 

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Pembroke Spotlight: Dr Endrit Shabani on Albania's Fight for Women's Place in Democracy

Two Pembrokians, alumnus Dr Endrit Shabani and Fellow Professor Stephen Whitefield, came together to design the Women's Participation in Elections Index to measure the barriers preventing women in Albania from participating in politics. Dr Shabani shares more about the findings of the Index.

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SUPER FUNGI: Can mushrooms help save the world?

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Pembroke's Academic Director, Dr Mark Fricker, is a biologist with a special interest in the growth of adaptive networks of mould systems, and what we can learn from this about efficient network engineering of infrastrcuture projects.  Dr Fricker's work has been featured alongside that of colleagues with related research projects in a documentary film SUPER FUNGI: Can mushrooms help save the world?

The film was screened at the 2013 Pariscience International Film Festival and won two awards: the Audience Prize and the Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Prize for a film dealing with research and spreading scientific knowledge, through an original scenario.  It will be screened, in its original French, on the European TV network Arte this Thursday, 16th October, at 10:50pm and will be available on Arte + 7 during the following seven days.

To read more about the film, and watch a short trailer of the English version click here.