News stories about Alumni of the College.
Trinity’s Access and Outreach Programme has expanded, with a second Schools Liaison Officer, innovative partnerships, and new videos about College life. Schools Liaison Officers Terri-Leigh Riley and Caitlin De Jode explain what they do and why.
A new exhibition of letters and personal effects of Trinity alumnus Frederick Pethick-Lawrence and his wife Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence charts their role in the women’s suffrage movement in early twentieth-century Britain.
A hitherto unknown collection of 53 letters from the poet AE Housman shed new light on his final years at Trinity, and his regard for his godson, Gerald Jackson, the son of his best friend, Moses Jackson.
Shortly before his death in 1985, Gordon Welchman wrote: "The stories of Alan Turing's life and mine have two things in common. First, we were regarded by our boss as the two greatest contributors to the wartime success of Bletchley Park. Second, we had been banded as security risks. What has happened to me can be compared with what happened to Alan Turing."
On Tuesday 17 May, 58 alumni and friends attended a drinks reception at the Four Seasons Restaurant with Trinity College Master, Sir Gregory Winter, and Rev. Dr. Michael Banner. Guests were riveted by the presentation and Q&A from Sir Gregory on his work with antibodies, which focused on both the science and business of modern medicine. There was a palpable sense of appreciation for the patience and fortitude required to bring a human antibody drug, like Humira, to market.