Stressed about exams, an interview, or an upcoming game? 😐 Dr Hannah Critchlow from @magdalenecollege.bsky.social says that we do need a little bit of stress in order to grow, but too much can be harmful. Hannah studies the 21st century human brain and shares advice on striking the right balance.

Please join us on 5 May at 5pm in @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Sophie FitzMaurice (Cambridge) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Packing the Border: Quail Crates and the Regulation of Animal Movement on the US-Mexico Border, 1910s-1940s'. Click for abstract & details.

Congratulations to Magdalene Emeritus Fellow Professor Eamon Duffy FBA (1979) on being awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Notre Dame at its 2026 Commencement. Read more on our website: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Magdalene Medical student Nyneisha took part in TedX's Global Idea Search, and her talk is now available on YouTube: youtu.be/-h0PXLpDWHw?... Here she discusses the process of creating her talk: www.instagram.com/p/DWEK7WAFPfV/

Magdalene Fellow Dr Alex Wood was the lead author of 'Beyond the "Gig Economy": Towards Variable Experiences of Job Quality in Platform Work', an article investigating Platform Work, both remote and local, and its impact on anxiety levels and physical health. www.cam.ac.uk/sto.../gig-e...

🎉 Today we’re proud to announce the #CambridgeJudge 2025 Excellence in Teaching Awards and the Honours for Impactful Reach and Significance winners! 🌟 Impact & significance honours: https://loom.ly/zZLorgY 🌟 Excellence in Teaching Awards: https://loom.ly/kldfqAo#CambridgeJudge #Impact

The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.

Magdalene’s 2024-25 Impact Report is out now. It shares how support from Members and Friends strengthens College life and helps students. Read the report here: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/impact-report

Magdalene Fellow Tim Coombs has recently co-authored a report on how high-temperature superconducting cables could be the solution for moving renewable energy from offshore platforms and remote fields to the places that need it. Read more: www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Prof Gina Neff is one of the guests on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. About half an hour into the episode, she'll discuss the new frontier of chatbots and how they are affecting young people's health in the UK. Watch here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

From Boston to Nashville, Managing 'Macbeth' Magdalene Finalist Miss Tally Arundell (2023) was one half of the Tour Management team for the ‘Cambridge American Stage Tour: Macbeth’. Read the full story: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/.../boston-n.... 📷 Grace Garrett

The UK’s drive to net zero won’t succeed on wind turbines & solar farms alone The bottleneck is moving clean electricity from remote fields & offshore platforms to the homes, cities & industries that need it @ioppublishing.bsky.social @magdalenecollege.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gridloc...

We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025). A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.

Members of College and the wider community are invited to attend Magdalene’s Act of Remembrance, which will take place in the College Chapel on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November at 6.00 pm. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/remembr...

Magdalene College is deeply saddened by the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon FRS, who served as Master of the College from 1995 to 2002. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

It's Matriculation Day! A very warm welcome to all our new Magdalene community members. This year we welcome 207 new students, 106 undergraduates and 101 postgraduates. #LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #MagdaleneCollege #CambridgeUniversity

Read the Cambridge in America article on Tally's journey here: www.cantab.org/double-doubl...

Read the article about Professor Xavier Moya's sustainable heating and cooling technology here: news.cam.ac.uk/c/AQiOkhIQ59...

A second day full of inspiring presentations on the world‘s first pieces of animal rights legislation at our Cambridge Conference @animalrightslaw.bsky.social @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

Would you like to dine in Formal Hall at High Table along with a guest? If you are a Magdalene Member with MA dining rights, you can do just that by attending an NRM Night! For more information and to book to attend, please visit www.tickettailor.com/events/magda....

New #OpenAccess article on 'Colonial World-Making' from @magdalenecollege.bsky.social JRF & @camhistory.bsky.social Leverhulme, @gianamar97.bsky.social ! No need to search for it, read it for free on OUP site 🔎📑

"‘A Disastrous Expedition’: I.A. Richards Caught Climbing the Roofs of Magdalene College". Check out our new article about the fabled practice of night climbing in Cambridge. Image ©Master and Fellows of Magdalene College Cambridge. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

🌄 Fossils from the Grand Canyon! Magdalene Bye-Fellow Mr Giovanni Mussini co-led the discovery of soft-bodied Cambrian fossils, including a worm named after a Star Wars dragon. These 500-million-year-old creatures show how early animals evolved to eat, move and survive. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gran...

Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene Day! Photo of the Chapel stained glass window behind the altar featuring Mary Magdalene and her emblem, a jar of precious ointment. This wonderful, rich and animated East Window was installed in 1850 and designed by A W Pugin. #LoveMagdalene #MyMagdalene #GTF

Magdalene is open for the Cambridge Open Days! Meet our brilliant students, tour College, explore our award-winning library, and get all your questions answered. No need to book, just drop in. We can’t wait to meet you! 💜 🔗 www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat... #cambridgeuniversity #cambridgeopendays

The race is on! Magdalene PhD student Siobhán Johnson is captaining @cam.ac.uk in a Varsity Channel swim vs Oxford tomorrow night! No wetsuits, just cold water courage 🌊💙 Support them: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... #GTF #ChannelRelay

It's graduation day!! 🎓 Congratulations to all our amazing students graduating today! 🎉 #CambridgeGraduation #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene #GTF

Thinking of applying to Cambridge? Visit Magdalene during the University Open Days on 10 & 11 July. 🎓 Student-led tours 📚 New Library + accommodation 🎤 Admissions talks + Q&As 👋 Meet Directors of Studies No booking needed, just drop in! www.magd.cam.ac.uk/undergraduat... #CambridgeOpenDays

Magdalene PhD student Spatika has won the UK final of FameLab at Cheltenham Science Festival with her talk Time Travel with Your Brain! She’ll represent the UK at the international final at CERN this November. #FameLab www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

Magdalene PhD student and MCR President Siobhán is swimming the English Channel this July with the Cambridge Varsity Relay Team to raise funds for the Ocean Conservation Trust. No wetsuits. Cold water. Big cause. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/swimmin...

200 years ago today, the Literary Gazette reported: “The Pepysian Diary and Correspondence, edited by Lord Braybrooke, is expected with much impatience”. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social

Meet our Fellow Simon Stoddart FSA, Professor of Prehistory at University of Cambridge & a Fellow of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. He's a landscape archaeologist who has worked for 40 years in the Mediterranean, as well as on the Scottish island of Lismore. www.sal.org.uk/2025/06/meet...

A heron and punt spotted near @magdalenecollege.bsky.social 🛶

Magdalene’s Schools Liaison Officer shares their thoughts on how university outreach can have the greatest impact and why looking beyond the local area makes a real difference. wonkhe.com/blogs/wideni...

Over Easter, 120+ Year 12s joined us from Merseyside, the Isle of Man, and Wales for the Magdalene and Seren Residentials. Across four packed days, they enjoyed lectures, museum visits, College tours, punting, and formal dinners. More here: www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-ea...

A big Magdalene welcome to our newly admitted Fellows. Mr Aaron Taylor, Dr Lydia Walker, Prof Xavier Moyà, Prof Jeremy Begbie, Prof Andrea Zifferero and Prof Richard Peiser. #GFT #MyMagdalene

Alumnus Professor Adrian Bull has an MBE for services to public understanding of nuclear matters and he is President of the UK’s Nuclear Institute. Read his interview below. @magdalenecollege.bsky.social www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/alumni-...

Please join us on Tues 27 May @ 5pm when Shigeru Akita (University of Osaka/Clare Hall) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar (jointly w/ the Global Economic History Seminar). Magdalene College, Cambridge. Click for further info & abstract. www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_akit...

The Union Flag flies above Magdalene today to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. On 8 May 1945, the war in Europe came to an end. We honour all those who served and remember all who have died in conflict. #VEDay #LestWeForget

Magdalene Fellow Professor James Raven has won the 2025 Wenjin Book Award for The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book, a global exploration of books across time and culture. One of China’s top literary prizes. www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/magdale...

This month we welcomed Year 12 students who learnt how to “window” chicken eggs to observe live embryos—spotting eyes, brain, heart, and even twins in one rare case! 🐣 They also viewed development stages of zebrafish embryos, spotted fluorescent markers, and compared wildtype vs mutant embryos 🐟

Please join us on Tues 6 May at 5pm when Emile Chabal (@emile-chabal.bsky.social) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar (jointly with the Modern European History Seminar). Magdalene College, Cambridge. Click for further info & abstract. www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_chab...

Democracy’s survival depends on rebuilding tech with democratic accountability. Magdalene Fellow @ginasue.bsky.social on why leaving AI decisions to tech giants risks the public good. 🔗 www.cam.ac.uk/stories/Gina... #AI #TechForGood #Democracy

🎓 Gates Cambridge Scholars 2025 announced! 95 future leaders from across the globe are joining the programme in its 25th year. We're thrilled to welcome Asa Quasney Wardat and Dr Gilad Shorer to Magdalene! #GatesCambridge #MyMagdalene #GTF www.cam.ac.uk/stories/gate...

It was a pleasure to welcome so many Magdalene Members to our recent Hong Kong Dinner. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a wonderful evening full of laughter and good company. #GTF #MyMagdalene #LoveMagdalene

This year our Telephone Campaign will run from 22 March to 6 April. Our fantastic team of students will be picking up the phones to chat with Members around the world! Meet our student callers! www.magd.cam.ac.uk/news/meet-th...

If you're heading to the Annual Eliot conference in Dublin (hosted by @intleliotsociety.bsky.social), consider my peer seminar with Nicoletta Asciuto, "T. S. Eliot and/in Translation"! sites.lsa.umich.edu/tseliotsocie...

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