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.