Don't forget to let us know if you would like to join our Boston alumni reception on 16 April at 6.30pm. If you can't make the reception, but would like to discuss a meeting in either Seattle or Boston with Sir Tim Hitchens and Dr Huw David, please get in touch directly.

Wolfson is delighted to announce the election of Dr Yosef Wosk as an Honorary Fellow. To learn more about Dr Wosk, read the article on our website: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

On Thursday, don't miss our annual Haldane Lecture, this year delivered by Professor Dame Kay Davies of @oxforddpag.bsky.social as she discusses 'Genomics and rare diseases: from gene to clinic'. 6pm, in the LWA.

Are you a DPhil student or research staff @ox.ac.uk thinking beyond academia? Don't miss the Careers Beyond Academia: Options and Pathways for Researchers conference from 23-26 March 2026. Explore the programme and register for free: www.careers.ox.ac.uk/beyond-academia

We have officially launched the Wolfson Painting Competition 2026! To be in with a chance of winning £6,000 and seeing your painting hang in Wolfson's modern and contemporary collection, visit our website to read more: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/art-at-wolfs...

#ScientistSpotlight 🧪 This week we’re featuring David Fawkner-Corbett, NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Surgery. @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social #AcademicSky

Thank you @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social for the lovely feature on my latest @uk.theconversation.com article. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

The age-old cycle of flooding in the @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social water meadows.

Congratulations to GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social on the launch of her new novel ICE SHOCK.

Wolfson is delighted to announce the establishment of the Bongani Mayosi Scholarship, named in memory of Professor Bongani Mayosi, a Wolfson graduate, and one of the world’s leading cardiologists and most revered doctors in Africa. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Today: join Saeed Taji Farouky for a timely talk on life-writing as a battleground for survival and cultural endurance amid genocide. Register by 14:30. 📅 Feb 3 | 17:30 📍 @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social + Zoom🔗 buff.ly/Jr1gDyr@torc...

Congratulations to Wolfson member Dr Cooper Malanoski, who has co-authored a study on the link between coastline geometry and orientation, and marine extinction patterns, recently published in the 'Science' journal. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Join Jeanette Winterson and Professor Jane Shaw for a discussion of the craft of life-writing across memoir, fiction, and criticism. @engfac.bsky.social @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @sfu.ca 📅 24 January | ⏰ 18:00 💻 Online via Zoom Free and open to all 🎟️🔗 rb.gy/yldc3e

Wolfson GBF Professor Alain George is one of 19 @ox.ac.uk researchers featured in a new series of portraits commissioned by @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and the British Journal of Photography, celebrating leading researchers across the University.

Fantastic to see 2 Wolfson Fellows - Vlatko Vedral and Bob Coecke - included in the Royal Institution's 'Wrapped 2025' - a roundup of the most watched science talks of the year. www.rigb.org/explore-scie...

Earlier in Dec, we hosted our Alumni Christmas Drinks in London. It was fantastic to see so many of our alumni community connecting and reminiscing. We also discovered that our sister College @darwincollegecam.bsky.social was hosting drinks in the room next door!

Testing the river water @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social in collaboration with @thames21.bsky.social to ensure we have the evidence if the illegal rubbish dumped at Kidlington leaches into our river water.

The Australian Academy of the Humanities has announced the election of 30 new Fellows. Wolfson was thrilled to learn that GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social was elected a Corresponding (non-resident) Fellow in recognition of her outstanding contribution in a humanities discipline.

Tomorrow, @blackwells.bsky.social Broad Street, join @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social as she discusses her new book, 'Ice Shock'. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/elleke-boe...

How does life-writing shape novels, criticism & non-fiction? Olivia Laing (The Lonely City, The Garden Against Time) explores such questions with Charlie Lee-Potter. 1830 on 10 December at Goldsmiths. An OCLW & @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social collaboration. All welcome. Register: buff.ly/RhA95P4

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social Wolfson was founded in 1965. Named for Sir Isaac Wolfson, mail order baron, it is one of two pairs of colleges in Oxbridge named for the same person If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Congratulations to Wolfson GBF Jesús Lizana who has been awarded the prestigious Emerging Talent Award by SRUK/CERU in recognition of his outstanding contributions to energy efficiency and decarbonisation of buildings. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Congratulations to Wolfson RF, Dr Young Chan Kim, who has been appointed Director of Graduate Studies at the Department of Paediatrics. Dr Kim has been part of the department’s academic leadership since 2024. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Thursday 20th, in the LWA: come and hear @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on mitigating the impacts of global crises in politics, climate and inequality. With @moudhy.bsky.social www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/event/the-po...

Transitioning from PhD to your next professional role? Wolfson has launched Mentor Connect - a new programme connecting JRFs, RFs, and other postdoctoral affiliates with experienced mentors in a relaxed, non-hierarchical College setting. Learn more: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/study-and-re...

'Slow TV' is the next trend in streaming! Thank you @petercnstewart.bsky.social - we're hooked!

“The biography of the biography.” Zachary Leader reveals how Ellmann shaped Joyce, and how Leader shaped Ellmann. In conversation with Hermione Lee. 📅 11 Nov | 🕠 17:30 | 📍 Wolfson 🔗 buff.ly/Jbwslll @engfac.bsky.social

Tomorrow! Don’t miss Harvard's Susan Kahn on their brilliant biography, 'Canine Pioneer: The Extraordinary Life of Rudolphina Menzel'. 🗓️ 11 Nov | 🕑 14:00 | 📍 Wolfson College (in person & online) Register: buff.ly/TKB59bD @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social #JewishWomensVoices #LifeWriting #Biography

Wolfson GBF @mmosleh.bsky.social shares his research examining partisan news sharing on social media platforms...

Why not come along to one of our College art tours to learn more about Wolfson's exceptional collection of paintings, photographs, sculpture and more? The first tour of the year is tomorrow, 30th Oct at 6pm with @matthewlandrus.bsky.social. Wolfson members only - see our website for more details.

Job opportunity! ODID and @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social seek applications for an Associate Professor in Development Economics. ⏰ Deadline: 8 December Full information: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/asso...

Wolfson is delighted to welcome Adnan Naseemullah as our newest GB Fellow. Adnan is Professor of Comparative & South Asian Politics at the Oxford School of Global & Area Studies. He is researching the multiple meanings of democracy and political violence in the context of domination & subordination.

In memoir, where does truth end and storytelling begin? Kate Kennedy and Elleke Boehmer explore this question and more 13 Oct, Wolfson. buff.ly/WLdDnBr #Truth #Narrative @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social

We're thrilled to share two new podcasts from the Wolfson community, on very different subjects! Firstly, 'The Light Side' - conversations about physics with the people that do it, hosted by graduate student Anjali Waghmare. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Wolfson is delighted to welcome Tom Simpson to College as our newest Governing Body Fellow. Tom is the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy @blavatnikschool.bsky.social where he is also the Co-Chair of Executive Programmes and directs the Military Leadership and Judgment Programme.

Wolfson and @engfac.bsky.social are delighted to announce this year’s Jon Stallworthy poetry competition for Oxford postgraduate students. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/jon-sta...

Today we gathered in the South Car Park to mark the ‘groundbreaking’ for the new Garden Building. Construction works will commence on Monday, 11th August.⁠ Sir Tim Hitchens marked the occasion by reiterating the College’s long-term goal to provide more on-site accommodation for our students. ⁠

We are thrilled that @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social has announced its inaugural cohort of Global Majority and Underrepresented Writing Scholars for 2025-26! www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/oclw-an...

Wolfson is pleased to announce that Dr Gillian Tett, the author, journalist, and Provost of King’s College Cambridge, will give the College’s inaugural Adams Lecture on 23 October.

Wolfson JRF Dr Katarina Almeida-Warren has co-authored a landmark study on ageing chimpanzee's tool use, revealing parallels with human ageing - read more on our site. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/study-s...

Wolfson College is the first zero carbon HEI in the UK and Everything Electric came to see how we did it. Watch the full video on how we decarbonised a Grade II listed, Oxford college 🌱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SS6S...

We're excited for the UK release of 'Ice Shock' by Wolfson GBF @ellekeboehmer.bsky.social later this year.

From the moment you arrive at Wolfson, whether you're a new student, a resident or a visitor, you'll receive a warm welcome. ⁠ ⁠ Grab a delicious drink from our cafe, enjoy a walk around our grounds and see what makes Wolfson the natural home for graduates in Oxford. #graduatestudy

Wolfson GBF Prof @mmosleh.bsky.social has co-authored a study revealing that posts made by Republican users on X are more than twice as likely to be flagged for misinformation than those by Democrats. Read more at our website: www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/misinfo...

Wolfson congratulates Dr Mootaz Salman, Research Fellow, on his appointment as Group Leader with the British Heart Foundation and @ukdri.ac.uk. This role comes with a significant £1.5million award to advance understanding of the blood-brain barrier in vascular dementia. youtu.be/htglXwLUAj0

Congratulations to GB Fellow Professor Frances Gardner on her recognition in the King's Birthday Honours! Prof. Gardner has been appointed as a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (CMG), in recognition of her services to reducing violence against children.

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Tomorrow - Thursday - evening, 6-7pm in the Levett Room, Wolfson RF Nicole Votruba and AfOx Scholar Sarah Mlambo will be sharing insights into their work on women's mental health in Africa and Asia, and into Oxford-Africa collaborations.

📸 Discover the intricate links between photography and memory with Marianne Hirsch and Sara Davidmann on 3 June, 14:00–17:00 at @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social & Online. Register: shorturl.at/P7kCg 📸 @oxfordhistory.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social

Wolfson M1 are Head of the River! After an incredible week of Summer Eights, the whole Wolfson Boat Club put on a classy display of strategy, stamina and skill, with M1 bumping Oriel on the last day to take Headship. Congratulations Wolfson!