We are so excited to be hosting our Community Fun Day once again, and we are inviting you to join us! Come along to enjoy an exciting range of activities from across the County to celebrate the best of Durham community projects. The event will be taking place on a marquee on Palace Green from 10am until 3pm on Saturday October 29.

Dr Magdalena Zira, IAS Fellow at Collingwood College, directs Euripides’ Phoenician Women in theatres ancient and modern throughout Cyprus this July. Durham Classics Professors Edith Hall and Arlene Holmes-Henderson, co-directors of the Advocating Classics Education project, have provided advice on public engagement and educational enrichment opportunities.

Dr Cassandra Phoenix has contributed to a Global Report on Ageism.

Tributes have been paid to former Durham University Vice-Chancellor, Sir Kenneth Calman, who has died.

[02/24] Dr Ruszczyk, Assistant Professor in the Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience (IHRR) was invited to speak about her Gender and Resilience in the City book at Reading University.

A round up of news across our department this month.

On Friday 20 June, the Physics Department and St John’s College hosted a STEM ECR Networking and Careers Event, open to all science faculty students and staff, aimed at supporting researchers at this pivotal stage. Around 30 ECRs signed up for an informal evening of pizza, drinks, and cross-disciplinary conversation, bringing together participants from chemistry, physics, computer science, engineering, and more.

DEI are pleased to announce we have launched a new Master of Energy Systems Management (MESM) programme, starting in September 2021, and it is already receiving a great response!

Political Anthropologist Professor Nayanika Mookherjee has been honoured with the 2025 Rivers Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in Anthropology. 

I joined you in the Wolfson Institute for Health and Wellbeing last week as the Director – I am delighted to have now started in the role!

Durham Arctic Society are a student-led organisation dedicated to the promotion of interdisciplinary undergraduate engagement in arctic studies and research with a focus on climate change and sustainability.

Professor Carlene Firmin, MBE, delivered her inaugural lecture in style with over 2500 participants registering to watch online.