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CHURCHILL COLLEGE ALUMNI NEWSLETTER

Introducing ChuBacker: bringing ideas to life at Churchill through the power of Crowdfunding

In June last year we trialled the College's first crowdfunding project with the College Boat Club, and the ‘Blades for Victory’ campaign doubled the original fundraising target set, raising over £6,000 including gift aid. It was inspiring to see so many from within our community, and beyond, join together in support of the campaign.

Following this success we decided to build ChuBacker, Churchill’s very own crowdfunding platform. ChuBacker has been launched to enable student-led initiatives to benefit the College community, as well as helping to fund key College priorities such as student bursaries.

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New Year's Honours for Churchill Alumni

Three of our alumni have had their achievements recognised in this year's New Year's Honours. Congratulations go to Sir Dennis Gillings CBE (G66), made a Knight Bachelor for services to the Advancement of Dementia and Life Sciences Research; Dr Joanne Bailey OBE (G91), made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Forensic Psychology, Offender Rehabilitation and Public Safety; and Lesley Knox OBE (U72), made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Culture.

PROFESSOR GEORGE STEINER, 23 APRIL 1929–3 FEBRUARY 2020

The College is saddened to announce the death of Emeritus Fellow Professor George Steiner on 3 February, aged 90. Professor Steiner – a literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator – was a founding Fellow of Churchill (1961–1969), and subsequently an Extraordinary Fellow. Our thoughts are with his wife, Zara, and his family.

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KIRSTY FERGUSON (U11) TREKS TO EVEREST BASE CAMP

Kirsty Ferguson (U11), tells us about her trek to Everest Base Camp to raise funds for the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust. The Trust aims to encourage everyone, especially young people, to speak openly about mental health, and promote resources that could save lives. Cameron was Kirsty's cousin who battled with depression and took his own life aged only 21.

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Congratulations to our Enterprise winners!
Congratulations to Susannah Evans (U&G12), Walther Traberg-Christensen (G18) and Kazufumi Iwazawa (G19), all awarded prizes in our second Pitch to Win competition for their enterprising ideas.
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See photos from our 1988–92 reunion drinks
It was lovely to see some of our alumni from the year groups invited back for their Reunion Dinner in July at a drinks reception in London. We can't wait to see you all in summer!
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EVENTS

18 FEBRUARY 2020

Churchill History Lecture Series
Stephen Colbrook will be examining the interaction between HIV/AIDS and US state policymaking
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25 FEBRUARY 2020

Churchill History Lecture Series
Searching for (and finding) That’s Life! in Churchill Archives Centre by Dr Eve Colpus
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4 MARCH 2020

Churchill Business Network at the RAeS
A Business Network event for students and alumni centred around the aeronautical industry
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8 MARCH 2020

Brunch in New York
Join Kit Cheung (G00), Michael Cowan (U70) and Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter (Fellow)
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9 MARCH 2020

The Art of Statistics
Fellow Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter discusses his book at Cambridge in America in New York
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10 MARCH 2020

50 Years is not Long Enough
Master Professor Dame Athene Donald gives a talk for the Science Festival on International Women's Day
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13 MARCH 2020

CompSci Lecture 2020
William Tunstall-Pedoe (U88) discusses entrepreneurship, AI and bringing science fiction to life
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16 MARCH 2020

Professor Sir Robert Edwards symposium
A symposium focusing on ways of working with the newly opened archive of Bob Edwards (IVF pioneer)
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18 MARCH 2020

San Francisco: Women in Tech
Dame Barbara Stocking and Master Professor Dame Athene Donald discuss challenges for women in tech
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20 MARCH 2020

Alex Hopkins Lecture & Dinner
Nobel Laureate chemist Professor Ben Feringa discusses 'The Joy of Discovery'
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21 MARCH 2020

Meet the Master in San Francisco
An informal afternoon event with refreshments for alumni with the Master in the San Francisco Bay area
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24 MAY 2020

Dinner at Trinity College, Oxford
Alumni are invited to dine at High Table at Trinity, our Sister College in Oxford
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And finally...

Another round of congratulations! This time to Matt Leach (U11) and his father Andrew for breaking the world record for the fastest half-marathon by a father and son. Matt ran 1:02:56 and Andrew, who is 56, ran 1:11:10 in Houston last month, beating the previous record of 2:20:33. We're tired just thinking about it!