Yes this is a fantastic win for @oxforddemsci.bsky.social to be joined by Jakub Bijak - a gem indeed! @leverhulme.ac.uk @reubencollege.bsky.social

More pictures from last week's sold-out Lunar New Year Cultural Dinner! 🐎 Thank you to our GCR, Oxford Chinese Student and Scholars Association & Oxford Tea Appreciation Society for organising such a delightful evening for our community.  新年快乐 / Happy New Year! 📸| Leo Zhou & Bingji Li

Reuben alum, Sainabou Laye Ndure, has received the STEM Award at the SheAwards Gambia for her work in genomics, community engagement & advocacy. Through the Human Genetics Awareness Association, Sainabou is helping to advance genetic literacy and make sure that research connects with communities.

Another year, another successful Pancake Day at Reuben 🥞 Thank you to our newest Reuben chef, Rob, for running a flipping brilliant live pancake station over lunch. Even better, it was open to all Oxford University members from 1-2pm!

Reuben Boat Club saw their biggest intake ever last term 💪🚣‍♀️ Michaelmas was absolutely packed, from taster sessions to racing  in the Lion & Chough, Tamesis Novice Regatta and the Isis Winter League. College is immensely proud of all our rowers and we can't wait for Torpids!

Join us for a discussion on the resurgence of interest in Christianity in Silicon Valley and among AI development on Thurs 5 Feb, 5pm. tinyurl.com/4kshakbh @uehiro.ox.ac.uk @oxmedhum.bsky.social @reubencollege.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @thetimes.com @albertogiubilini2.bsky.social

You might've seen one of our Associate Research Fellows, Dr Jonathan Pattrick, on Inside the Factory: Throat Lozenges last night on BBC One! Skip to 6:23 to watch the visit to Oxford Bee Lab @biology.ox.ac.uk, where Dr Pattrick shows how bees make honey 🐝 https://f.mtr.cool/zbvkfckhjf

Earlier today, we welcomed a delegation from Tsinghua University, Beijing, for a tour of our College building. Having travelled over 5000 miles to Oxford, we’re so glad that Reuben College was on their must-see list for visiting the University!

"Ethical questions are often forgotten in #health #emergencies - we need to work harder to make sure they are remembered and valued" says @drtessjohnson.bsky.social. More about Tess' work: youtube.com/shorts/sejE0... #WiE More remarkable women, every Thursday. #pandemic @reubencollege.bsky.social

We’re delighted to share that £847 was raised for the UNICEF Sudan Appeal at the Reuben Charity Night at the end of last term! Our GCR did a great job organising and securing some excellent prizes. Many thanks to everyone who attended, donated, and volunteered, making the evening a real success.

@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social is looking for ECRs to take up OMI-Hooke Research Fellowships; successful applicants will also be elected to Research Fellowships at Reuben College. Deadline: 12pm, 19 Jan 2026 Details: https://f.mtr.cool/fyzdlbecgt

We're delighted to have welcomed four new Visiting Fellows to Reuben College at the start of the new year. Andrew Thompson, George Kamiya, Dr George Savage & Dr Vivian Lee bring leading expertise across a range of disciplines, including climate insights, entrepreneurship, med tech & health systems.

Are you a Reuben student with a public engagement idea? Apply for up to £1000 to make it happen with our PER Innovation Fund: https://f.mtr.cool/fehpqwyevz (Pictured: 'Other Than Oxford', a PER photography project & exhibit by Morgan Mitchell)

Three years to roam freely in the complexities of quantitative finance as part of the Oxford-Man and Mathematical Institutes, and as a research fellow @reubencollege.bsky.social, our newest graduate college. Full details: www.maths.ox.ac.uk/node/79671

Congrats to Prof Esther Becker (Governing Body Fellow, Cellular Life), who has been named as a recipient of the Oxford-Harrington 2025 Rare Disease Scholar Award, which advances promising discoveries from academic labs into clinical practice. @ndcnoxford.bsky.social #RareDiseases #Reubenite

Thanks to everyone who joined our Graduate Carol Service at University Church 🎄 We were delighted to welcome Lord Hague for a reading, and well as hearing Bible verses in Swahili and Mandarin from our DPhil students.  (We were also delighted by the post-service mulled wine!) 📷| Dan Paton

Congrats to Dr Zakiul Hassan, one of our final-year DPhils, on receiving 1st place in the ACCTMTH Clinical Research Award. Through collaborations with ISARIC and partners in Bangladesh, his research improves clinical care & trial readiness for emerging viral encephalitis, including Nipah virus.

This month, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk  & @1854.photography unveiled Catalysts, a portrait series celebrating the University's leading innovators. Among them is Prof Teresa Lambe OBE (Fellow, Cellular Life), who co-designed the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine and led its preclinical studies. 📸| Leia Morrison

@oxfordmathematics.bsky.social is looking for ECRs to take up OMI-Hooke Research Fellowships; successful applicants will also be elected to Research Fellowships at Reuben College. Deadline: 12pm, 19 Jan 2026 Details: https://f.mtr.cool/fyzdlbecgt

Our Christmas formal hall was an absolute delight!  Thank you to everyone who joined us for a festive evening, complete with pre-meal carols by candlelight (which is fast becoming a beloved Reuben tradition) Happy holidays, all🎄🕯️

One of our Reubenites has been featured in Nature Medicine 👏 The publication recently interviewed Dr Yosra Mekki about her work on digital twins, and how this technology could transform the approach to athlete health and sports surgery. @nature.com

DPhil student & MPLS Outstanding Student ED&I Champion 2025, Emma McMillian, has shared her thoughts on the importance of empowering young people to get into computer science for World Children’s Day. @reubencollege.bsky.social @mplsoxford.bsky.social

It's Thursday, time for our next #womeninethics reel. Meet Katrien Devolder, Prof of Applied Ethics & Director of Public Philosophy at Oxford. She's into the ethics of #lifeextension #compromise #euthanasia #geneediting & #laziness. #WIE #ethics @reubencollege.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

We welcomed visitors from @thesoilassociation.bsky.social this month 🌱 They stopped by to visit our BaxterStorey catering team and see how we’re putting our environmentally-friendly food knowledge into practice after receiving our sustainability award this summer!

Congratulations to all the Reubenites who received their degrees this weekend 👏 It's been a joy to watch all your hard work come together, and we hope you carry a little bit of Reuben with you into all that comes next.

Looking for a Fellowship? We're recruiting Official Fellows for our growing Values & Society theme. If you're employed by the @ox.ac.uk Humanities Division on a research, teaching & research, or language teaching post (Grade 7+), we want to hear from you. Further particulars: buff.ly/Ijv9oUK

Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n

Here’s to a "great, big, beautiful tomorrow." Well done to all the Reubenites who graduated this weekend! #ReubenCollege @ox.ac.uk

Many thanks to our recent alumna, Suzanne, for her kind words about her time here 💚

We received an International Architecture Award this autumn! Being awarded on such a global stage was a wonderful celebration of the shared vision and ambition that's brought our College to life from the start. Heartfelt thanks to our architects at fjcstudio and all our collaborators.

We’re hiring! @oii.ox.ac.uk, The Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods and @politicsoxford.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Politics, Technology and Computational Social Sciences. Post in association with @reubencollege.bsky.social. 1/2

Our College bear goes down under 🦘 Many thanks to Liam Fawcett for taking Reubie around Southern Australia and snapping our little mascot with local landmarks! #ReubenCollege

Jonathan Pugh (Theme Lead, Values & Society) joined BBC Radio Ulster yesterday to talk about the different ethical considerations of the 2026 Enhanced Games. If you missed the segment, listen here (begins 23:33): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ValuesAndSociety #Ethics #Reubenite #TEG

"Sitting in the hall, listening to stories of innovation & activism, I felt a deep sense of belonging." While in New York for the AFS Youth Assembly, #Reubenite Ruth Nanjala stopped by the UN Headquarters to celebrate youth leadership. Read about her trip: reuben.ox.ac.uk/article/refl... #UNDay

Matriculation Day, 2025 @ox.ac.uk #Reubenite #ReubenPeople

Congratulations to our student Rebecca Payne (@oohgpwales.bsky.social, DPhil in Translational Health Sciences), who has won the Royal College of General Practitioners Health Services Research Paper of the Year! #ReubenPeople #Reubenite

Welcome to our new Visiting Fellow, Harj Narulla👏 As a barrister & leading expert on climate law & litigation, Harj has acted in world-first cases & advises states, NGOs & communities globally. He also holds teaching & research roles at @ox.ac.uk, LSE & other top institutions. #ReubenPeople

Oxford's Black History Month Lecture: 📅 16 October 🕔 5.15pm 📍 Keble College Award-winning historian Prof Hakim Adi explores 10,000 years of Britain’s history – power, pride, and the legacies of African and Caribbean people. Book ⬇️

Looking to explore race & belonging this #BlackHistoryMonth? This rehearsed reading of 'The Importance of Being Oscar Wilde’s Valet' (co-written by JC Niala, Reuben Fellow) offers powerful reflections. Set in Oxford, it imagines the experiences of Stephen Stephens, Wilde’s African-American valet.

'It has the potential to be a major own goal – politically, environmentally and economically.' Prof Sam Fankhauser warns that scrapping net zero targets would show the UK no longer values the stability that’s driven clean investment and global respect for its climate policy. Read more ⬇️

Plenty of new faces joining us this Michaelmas! 👋 Meet our newest Fellows and explore the incredible expertise they’re bringing to our community: reuben.ox.ac.uk/article/new-... #ReubenPeople #Academia #ReubenCollege

"I didn't know I could make energy out of solar backpacks!" As part of their #PublicEngagement project (funded by Reuben College) Mercy Masanga & Ayo Ayodeji visited a local school to run a hands-on workshop with 28 pupils all about energy! We loved seeing the pupils' reflections on post-its🔌💡

DPhil student, Olivia Lounsbury, has had her work on antimicrobial resistance published by @thelancet.com! Her article investigates how health system factors (including leadership, management and patient care) influence the use of antibiotics. Congrats, Olivia 👏 #ReubenPeople #CellularLife

This spotlight featuring Katrina Charles (one of Governing Body Fellows in #EnvironmentalChange) shows how interdisciplinary research creates tangible, real-world impact. We're excited to see the progress from REACH as they work towards water security for 100 million people by 2030.

NEWS: Prof Richard Walker is now Theme Lead for Environmental Change at Reuben. As a Professor of Tectonics (@mplsoxford.bsky.social), he brings expertise in earthquakes, tectonics, and satellite research. We're excited to see where he takes the College #EnvironmentalChange theme next!

Very excited to be joining @reubencollege.bsky.social as a Research Fellow in Environmental Change. Can't wait to meet and learn from colleagues and students from diverse disciplines, and feeling very lucky to be part of such a forward looking and vibrant college community. 🎉

NEWS: Reuben College is pleased to announce that its Ethics & Values theme, introduced in 2020, has now expanded into ‘Values & Society’. This shift reflects the widening breadth of humanities, social sciences and arts research within our academic community. #Values&Society #ReubenCollege

Last Friday, we welcomed around 100 delegates for our third annual Entrepreneurship Forum at Reuben. The day was filled with talks, networking and a nail-biting pitching competition with a £30k prize! Well done to the Autotone team from Oxford University Innovation on their win 💡👏

Reuben College is delighted to congratulate Prof Chrystalina Antoniades, our Theme Lead & Official Fellow for Cellular Life, on being awarded a Titular Professorship in 2025’s Recognition of Distinction. Such recognition highlights her outstanding achievements in her field of Neuroscience.

Last month, part-time student Connor Innes (MSc in Energy Systems) spoke in Parliament as part of his role as chair of the Young Energy Professionals (YEP) Forum. He's actively shaping discussions in rooms that could define our sustainable energy future. #ReubenPeople #EnvironmentalChange