Dr Jose Alcantara takes part in discussion of auditory perception and music at screenings of new documentary Lost and Sound at the Cambridge Arts Picture House on 12 and 16 May.

Fitzwilliam Admissions Office launched a new undergraduate prospectus and course booklet to coincide with the recent Arts and Sciences open days at the College.

Fitzwilliam College Music Society hosted a major international event to celebrate the 450th Anniversary of the great Elizabethan composer John Dowland on 4th-5th May.

Dr Kasia Boddy, Fitzwilliam Fellow and Director of Studies in English, has published ‘Geranium’, a cultural history tracing our changing attitude to the flower.

The 2013 Telephone Campaign will see 13 Fitz students speak to hundreds of the College’s alumni, asking for support for the Student Opportunities Fund and College Teaching Fund.

Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir has completed two days of recording for a CD, to be released later this year.

Publications by Fellow Dr Peter Webb examine music in the post-industrial city – and an AHRC grant funds a series of symposia exploring the role of music in social and political engagement.

Dr Shamil Chandaria (Economics 1984) has endowed a new Fellowship in Philosophy at Fitzwilliam College; Dr Louise Hanson has been appointed to the post from September 2013.

The Governing Body has elected Mrs Nicola Padfield MA, Dip Crim, DES as the next Master, to take office on 1 October 2013.

Fitzwilliam Men's 1st team triumphed in football Cuppers on Monday 11 March and Fitz Women's 1st team are League champions.

Fitzwilliam College Gardens will be open on Sunday 14 April from 2-5 pm. The £5 charge (which goes to charity) also admits you to Churchill College.

The Chapel Choir sang works by Dennis Doyle (Music 1947) on 10 February - in the presence of the composer and his friends.

Professor Robert Lethbridge will speak on 'Manet and the Writers of his Time' at the Royal Academy in London on 4 March 2013.

Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir sang the annual joint Choral Evensong with St Edmund Hall, Oxford, on 4 February.

Research by Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Iris Möller features in a BBC report on flood defences, on the anniversary of the 1953 North Sea Flood.

A research group led by Professor Shankar Balasubramanian (Natural Sciences 1985) has shown for the first time that DNA exists as a quadruple helix in human cells.

Recent graduate Roisin Blake (Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, 2008) is organising The Jasmine Ball in aid of the UNICEF Appeal for Syria's children.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins MBE (History 1964), cricket journalist and commentator, has died aged 67.

Senior Tutor Dr Paul Chirico, MCR President Fiona Kao and JMA President Ellie Davies met the Duke of Cambridge on 28 November

A big thank you to the 40 alumni who came back to College to advise current students at the Fitzwilliam Society Careers Fair on 17 November.

Nine hundred guests stepped through the wardrobe into Fitzwilliam's "Narnia" Ball on Saturday 29 November.

Alumnus David Sigee (Natural Sciences 1961) has just published a new book 'University Mails of Oxford and Cambridge 1490 -1900'.

Fitz athletes have made their presence felt at the 2012 Varsity Match, as well as in University Water Polo and the National Pentathlon.

John Adams (Engineering 1958) retired as Secretary of the Billygoats on Saturday 2 December, after an incredible 50 years in the post.

Rosanne Capper (Law 2002) is trekking through the Guatemalan jungle to raise money for the Education For The Children foundation.

Dan Archer (MML 1999) is an acclaimed comics journalist and is using his skills to document human trafficking in Nepal.

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera and Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society stage Princess Ida in the Fitzwilliam Auditorium.

Fitzwilliam Fellows Bhaskar Vira and David Nally are the organisers of three public debates in London, the first on Monday 26 November.

Helena Morrissey CBE delivered the 2012 Fitzwilliam Foundation Lecture 'Women on Boards: The Power of an Idea whose Time has Come' on 15 November. Now available online.

Fitzwilliam welcomes four new Fellows in 2012, Dr Kasia Boddy, Ms Niamh Dunne, Mrs Ailsa Hunt and Dr Peter Webb.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Iris Möller calls for new priorities in coastal management policy in October issue of Public Service Review.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Philine zu Ermgassen discusses the restoration of Britain's oyster beds at a meeting in Cambridge today.

Fellow Nicola Padfield is one of the authors of a new report on deaths of individuals serving community orders or on license from prison.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Bhaskar Vira reports on deforestation measures at the UN Convention on Biodiversity conference in Hyderabad, India today.

Sarah Asplin QC (Law 1979) has been appointed a Justice of the High Court, assigned to the Chancery Division, with effect from 1st October 2012.

Sir Peter Bazalgette (Law 1973) has been appointed Chair of Arts Council England with effect from February 2013.

John Willis (History 1965) has been appointed Chairman of The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)

Lucy Johnson (Geography 2010) raised £1,250 for Afrinspire’s work in Uganda, and collected data for her dissertation on self-help groups.

Jane Reck (History 1981) was awarded the Royal Society Radio Prize in June for her Radio 4 documentary 'Hearing the Past'.

Former Fitz PhD student Aditi Mukherji is the first recipient of the Norman Borlaug Award for her work to eliminate hunger and poverty.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Professor David Cardwell was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering on 16 July 2012.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Ken Platts has broken another cycling record – this time as the first rider over 60 years of age to beat 50 minutes on 25-mile time trial.

Professor Kevin Brindle has been elected to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.

In Care Home Kids: Looking for Love, Ashley John-Baptiste (History 2008) looked at the problems of children growing up in the care system.

A road trip to Jerusalem; flying a Fitzwilliam sledging flag in the Arctic; 13th century student rent wars; biodiesel, the Passion, the Boat Race, and more: Optima 18 is available now.

The Olympic Torch was carried past Fitzwilliam College on Sunday 8 July.

Help us celebrate Fitzwilliam’s anniversary by subscribing to a new book about the College.

Professor Robert Lethbridge has given notice of his retirement on 30 September 2013. He will have served as Master for eight years.

Dean Spielmann (LLM 1989) has been elected Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights.

Three Fellows of Fitzwilliam have been promoted, with effect from 1 October 2012. Dr James Elliott becomes Reader in Materials Science and Metallurgy, Nicola Padfield becomes Reader in Law and Dr David Nally becomes Senior Lecturer in Geography.

James Richardson (Engineering 2008) has been testing the aerodynamics of some of Britain's best speed skiers at the Department of Engineering.

Fitzwilliam's Ellie Davies was a member of the victorious Cambridge University Women's Cricket Team in the 2012 Varsity Match on Saturday 16 June.

The first Cambridge Hill Colleges Arts Week kicks off on Monday 18 June, with Fitzwilliam’s Music Society Garden Party, a John Piper exhibition and Bach concertos.

Fitzwilliam has won the 2012 men's squash Cuppers, beating Emmanuel College 3-2 in the final on Sunday 13 May.

Fitzwilliam 1st team have stormed to victory in the 2012 Cuppers, beating Christ's College 3-2 in the final on Sunday 6 May.

Fitzwilliam String Quartet performed Haydn’s 'The Bird' and 'The Frog' quartets, and Mozart’s celebrated String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, on Sunday 22 April.

Emma Fletcher (Land Economy 1996) has created a set of six 'Olympic walks' around Cambridge.

Graduate student Moritz Schramm (MB/PhD 2005) is rowing for Cambridge in the 2012 Xchanging Boat Race on 7 April 2012.

Fitzwilliam woman Helena Morrissey CBE (Philosophy 1984) is behind the move to equal status for women’s and men’s rowing in the Boat Race.

Fitzwilliam College’s gardens will be open for charity under the National Gardens Scheme for the first time on Sunday 15 April 2012.

Lord Richard Best OBE gave a talk on UK housing policy to land economists of Fitzwilliam’s Cameron Society on 1 March.

Congratulations to Andrew Stracey, who won the 2012 President's Putter golf tournament at Rye on 8 January.

Labour MP Andy Burnham (English 1988) returned to Fitzwilliam on 25 January to give a talk on health policy, the NHS, and the role of the Opposition.

Professor John Mullan delivered the 2011 Fitzwilliam Foundation Lecture, ‘The Business of Literary Fiction’, on 17 November.

Sarah Shucksmith (Geography 2006) founded Sarah Junior School in the Kibera slum during her gap year. Now they’re building a new school.

Honours for Fitz alumni Peter Bazalgette (1973), Chris Heaton (1971), Helena Morrissey (1984), Christopher O’Connor (1987) and Mark Pemberton (1972).

Vancouver-based alumnus Paul Heller, who came to Fitzwilliam in 1930 to read Mechanical Engineering, is 100 today, 14 December.

Two Fitzwilliam students Nadia Alnaimi and Amy Coleman were filmed for the ITV series Safari Vet School, to be broadcast on 6 January 2012.

Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir gave a Christmas Concert at Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Thursday 1 December, raising just over £200 for Cambridge charity Wintercomfort for the Homeless.

Fitzwilliam hosted recitals celebrating the 350th anniversary of 17th-century French composer Louis Couperin on Saturday 5 November.

An exhibition of beautiful and original hand printed feather artefacts created by Rebecca Jewell (Archaeology and Anthropology 1982) are on show at the Rebecca Hossack gallery in London until 24 December.

A new book co-authored by Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Jonathan Cullen looks at how future buildings, vehicles, products and equipment can be made efficiently and made with less new material.

Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir joined the congregation at St Catherine's Church, Mile Cross, Norwich, on Saturday 12 November, to celebrate the church's 75th Anniversary.

New Chaplain The Revd Dr John Munns joined Fitzwilliam in September from a teaching post at the University of Bristol.

Fitzwilliam College has announced a gift of £1.4 million from alumnus Ken Olisa and his wife, Julia. The gift, to support the College's new Library & IT Centre, reflects Ken Olisa's life-long passion for information technology and education.

Dennis Doyle (Music 1947) has presented Fitzwilliam with a Viscount Regent organ.

Sir David James Tyson Kitchin (Law 1976) took up his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal on 5th October 2011.

Alastair Hignell CBE (History 1974) was guest speaker at the Sports Alumni Dinner on 3 September, attended by over 80 alumni and students.

The Fitzwilliam Society’s 77th Reunion took place on 23 – 25 September, attended by 250 alumni and guests from across seven decades and four continents.

Recent Fitzwilliam graduate Ashley John-Baptiste is a member of ‘The Risk’, one of the groups competing in ITV’s X Factor, the popular television talent show.

Topical talks from Fellows Iris Moeller, David Nally and Bhaskar Vira inspired sixth-formers at the Geography conference on 28 June.

A generous donation from two Fitzwilliam alumni has enabled the College to appoint Lauren Scarratt as the new Schools Liaison Officer.

A $1.6 million (£1 million) donation from Goldman Sachs Gives supports students of limited means and funds teaching in Economics.

Dr David Scott, Fitzwilliam Fellow, was honoured for excellence in teaching in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology on 17 June.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Dr Ken Platts has broken the regional age group record for cycling 100 miles.

Alumnus Philip Brook (Maths 1974) has taken up the role of Chairman of the All England Club.

Explore Fitzwilliam’s connections with Catalonia; read about this year’s telephone fundraising success; discover more about student and alumni musicians, green projects and innovation.

Explore Gatehouse Court and Tree Court by viewing panoramas on the College website.

Fitzwilliam Chamber Opera presented the world premiere of 'Fables of La Fontaine' by leading British composer Ivan Moody, in a double bill with Judith Weir’s 'The Consolations of Scholarship' on 5 May 2011.

Music essay competition winners were presented with their certificates at the recent College open day.

The award-winning play, by Fitzwilliam alumnus and Billy Elliot writer Lee Hall (English 1986), opens in Cambridge this week.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Dominic Keown is the editor of A Companion to Catalan Culture, which examines the unique voice of Catalonia in history, literature, language, the arts and popular culture.

The Emile Perreau-Saussine memorial colloquium is now available online through the University's media service.

Fitzwilliam will host the 2011 Science and Society Symposium, “Biodiversity and Endangered Species”, on Friday 6 May.

Sir Dennis Byron (Law 1962) was appointed as the next President of the Caribbean Court of Justice on 15 March.

The Fitz Women’s boat took part in the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race on the Thames on 19 March.

Hassan Abbas Khawaja (Engineering 2007) received the prestigious Multiphysics Student Award on 10 December 2010.

Kathryn Hawes and Rebecca Powell won top prize for their ‘sagittal section of a dog head’ in the Veterinary Anatomy Craft Show on 6 March.

Fitzwilliam Men’s Rugby have won the Cuppers Shield, beating a combined Selwyn-Peterhouse team 20-15 at Grange Road on 17 March.

Lucie Browning (Engineering 2008) captained the Cambridge University Women’s Real Tennis team in the Varsity match at Lords on 26 February 2011.

Oliver Gazeley (Engineering 2007) has been awarded a BP 3rd Year Prize for his project on the fatigue life of bicycle spokes.

Fitzwilliam College Chapel Choir performed Brahms’s ‘German Requiem’ to a packed audience on Sunday 6 March, at Herstmonceaux Castle.

Fitz football 1sts are taking on Queens' in the Cuppers final on Monday 14th March 2011.

Documentary filmmaker Brian Woods (Psychology 1982) is speaking at 'Watersprite', the Cambridge International Student Film Festival.

Simon Csoka (Law 1987) has been made Queen’s Counsel in this year’s silks appointment round.

Lieutenant General Sir David Leakey, CMG CBE, (Law 1971) took up his appointment as Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod in February 2011.

Fitzwilliam celebrated the life and work of Dr Emile Perreau-Saussine with a colloquium on the subject of ‘Republicanism and Religion’.

Lliam Paterson (Music 2009) is one of the winners of the 2011 StAnza Composition Competition.

David Thompson puts debate about women bishops into a historical context in an interview with ITV Anglia News

Fitzwilliam Fellow John Leigh was one of the speakers at ‘Over the Moon: The Language of Sport’, held at the British Library on 11 January.

Fitzwilliam Fellow Nicola Padfield gave evidence to the third session of inquiry into draft sentencing guideline on assault on 11 January.

Christopher O’Connor (MML 1987) is HM Ambassador to the Tunisian Republic.

Carlene Firmin (Philosophy 2002) has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List, for services to girls’ and womens’ issues. At 27, she is one of the youngest women to receive the MBE.

Fitzwilliam was open to visitors as part of Open Cambridge 2010.

British Olympian Sarah Winckless will serve as the inaugural Chair of the new British Olympic Association (BOA) Athletes' Commission.

Saffron Jones (MML 2005) is now on the Masters in Vocal Studies course at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Professor David Cardwell is working with Boeing on the remarkable properties of superconductors.

Professor Nigel Slater is involved in a new initiative to deliver antiviral agents during breastfeeding.

Dr Bhaskar Vira’s new research project looks at the conflicting demands made by local and global stakeholders on the natural world.

April’s mailing to alumni included a questionnaire about College communications.

A round-up of Fitzwilliam alumni who have gained (or kept) seats in the Commons and the Lords.

Playwright Catherine Grosvenor (MML 1997) is currently working on a new translation of a Polish play for the Royal Court Theatre, and on a new play of her own entitled The Early Days of a Better Nation.

Patrick Barkham (SPS 1994) spent an unforgettable summer ‘in search of our Admirals and Emperors’.

Ken Olisa (Engineering 1971) became the Master of the Information Technologists’ Company in October this year.

This summer saw the distribution of a new poster aimed at attracting Sixth Form students to Fitzwilliam admissions open days.

Fitzwilliam’s new Library & IT Centre features prominently in a short film which showcases Cambridge libraries.

Andreas Mogensen (Philosophy 2005) has been elected to an Examination Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford.

Professor Angus Deaton gave the 2010 Fitzwilliam Foundation Lecture, 'The Wellbeing of the World: Global Patterns of Health, Wealth and Happiness', on November 9th. This topical lecture entertained and informed a capacity audience.

Fitzwilliam’s Olympic connections feature in a new book by Matt Rogan (MML 1993) and his father Martin. Read more and take advantage of our special offer for alumni.

Fitzwilliam history student Ashley John-Baptiste, 20, is the driving force behind an event to raise the aspirations of children in care and care leavers.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, Chancellor of the University and official Visitor of the College, opened the new Fitzwilliam College Library & IT Centre in the presence of benefactors, fellows, students and staff.

Fitzwilliam's newest music group, The Fitzwilliam College Wind Ensemble, gave their first performance in the College chapel.

Fitzwilliam Land Economist Aanya Madhani has been named a London & South-East regional property student of the year by the Association of Women in Property.

Dr Justice Tankebe was presented with the 2009 Nigel Walker Prize on 26 May 2010. The prize is given for an "outstanding written contribution to the field of criminology by a member of the University of Cambridge".

Squash player Harry Leitch and gymnast Alex Hedges are participating in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Fitzwilliam's Professor David Cardwell's team have made a breakthrough in the manufacture of high-temperature superconducting materials.

The College completed the purchase of the former Cambridge Lodge Hotel on Friday 20 August. It is to become a hostel for graduate students.