At Van Mildert College, we are looking forward to 2025 and to celebrating our 60th Anniversary with current and past students, staff and supporters.

Alumna Mathilde Brun (Music, University College, 2019-22) captivated audiences with her accomplished operatic singing at the annual student-led summer performance at Durham Cathedral.

Innovator and Founder of Optim Energy, Jeremiah Thoronka has been featured in Forbes Africa’s 30 Under 30 list for his success and impact in the Climate Change and Sustainability (Social Impact) sector.

Inspirational figures from the worlds of human rights, education, media, conservation and business have been honoured by Durham University.

Our student sports clubs have achieved an all-time record for the University by winning 13 BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) national championships this season.

One of our leading geography researchers has been honoured by His Majesty King Charles III.

We have paid tribute to all those who lost their lives in the D-Day landings on the 80th anniversary of the 1944 military action.

Alumna Lauren Irwin has been announced as part of Team GB’s 42-member rowing squad for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games this summer.

When alumnus Mark Aedy (College of St Hild and St Bede, Geography, 1979) mentioned the idea of publishing his late father’s memoirs as a Royal Air Force pilot to Grace Norman in our Alumni Relations Office, she suggested to him that the University could support him.

Senior University colleagues have been visiting Washington DC to reinforce Durham’s relationships with our wider community, our research partners and our alumni and supporters in the United States.

We have cemented our developing partnership with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in North America by signing an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) between Durham University's Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies and the Museum.

Update - we have now received details of the funeral arrangements. The funeral will take place at 12 noon on Friday 28 June, St Cuthbert’s Church, Satley, DL13 4HU.