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2,000 Balliol Women
We are delighted to report that this term the number of women who have matriculated at Balliol reached 2,000.
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Balliol squash makes it to the premiership
Balliol squash has made it to the premiership this year.
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Annual Record 2016
The 2016 Annual Record is now on its way to Old Members. Can't wait? Read it online here using the password:
Annualrecord_2016Balliol
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Outreach Officer responds to Sutton Trust report
Kate Kettle, The David Freeman Outreach & Student Support Officer, responds to The Sutton Trust’s latest report measuring ‘Teachers' Oxbridge Perceptions’.
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Berggruen Prize for Honorary Fellow Charles Taylor
We congratulate Canadian philosopher Professor Charles Taylor (Balliol 1952 and Honorary Fellow) on being named winner of the first Berggruen Prize.
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Thank you for giving!
Thanks to the generosity of over 250 Old Members, the Michaelmas 2016 telethon raised £240,000.
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Professor Howard reports on propaganda bots
Philip Howard (Professorial Fellow of Balliol and Professor of Internet Studies at the Oxford Internet Institute) and his team released papers after the first two US pre-presidential-election debates about ‘computational propaganda’ on social media, known as propaganda bots.
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World Masters Track Cycling Championship winner
Many congratulations to Peter Smith (1965) on winning the World Masters Track Cycling Championship in the Men’s Time Trial for 75 Plus category.
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Wood engraving by Anne Desmet, RA
Limited edition prints are avaliable for Old Members to purchase at a 50% discount before 31 December.
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Share your memories
We’d love to receive your memories of Balliol tutors and tutorials for an article in next year's Floreat Domus.
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1968 Commemoration Ball Programme
Do you remember Pink Floyd playing at Balliol on 21 June 1968? If you have a copy of the 1968 Commemoration Ball Programme that you would like to share, or if you have any other material regarding College clubs, sports and societies, please email the College Archivist:
anna.sander@balliol.ox.ac.uk
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Two Johns Dinner
On Friday 28 October Balliol hosted the Two Johns Dinner, an event which aimed to build upon the networks of Balliol and Harvard.
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Balliol Medical Society Annual Seminar & Dinner
Saturday 5 November
Balliol College
Usborne Dinner
Thursday 17 November
The Reform Club, London
Younger Society Dinner
Saturday 3 December
Balliol College
The Varsity Matches
Thursday 8 December
Twickenham Stadium
Balliol Entrepreneurs Evening
Thursday 26 January
London
Greville Smith Society Lunch
Friday 17 March - New date
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Jowett Bicentenary Weekend
Saturday 18 - Sunday 19 March
Balliol College
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Balliol students in Oxford Playhouse production
Balliol students are involved in a production of The Nether by Jennifer Haley, which will be showing at the Oxford Playhouse on 2-5 November.
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Oliver Smithies Lectures
Professor Jenny Davidson, Oliver Smithies Lecturer and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in the City of New York, will give two Oliver Smithies Lectures in Michaelmas Term 2016.
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New method of counting cheetahs
Dr Arjun Gopalaswamy (2009) has published a paper in which he and his co-author report on a new, more accurate way of counting cheetahs in the wild.
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Successful trialling of a self-driving electric vehicle
Professor Paul Newman (1991) is part of the team whose work has led to the trialling of a self-driving electric vehicle in a public space for the first time on 11 October.
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Who are the Walloons?
The EU’s trade deal with Canada was held up after objections from Belgium’s French-speaking Walloons last week. The Ceta pact was eventually signed after a week of talks. Martin Conway, Professor of Contemporary European History, Chair of History Faculty, MacLellan-Warburg Fellow and Tutor in History, talks about the group which has suddenly been thrust into the international spotlight
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READ AGAIN: REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
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PUBLICATIONS BY OLD MEMBERS
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If you would like us to mention in this section any significant work published this year or last, please contact Ginny Matthews.
Jonathan Bard (College Adviser to Graduates in Medical Sciences), Principle of Evolution, Systems, Species and the History of Life (Garland Science, 2016)
William Coleman (Visiting Fellow and Oliver Smithies Lecturer 2011-2012) ed., Only in Australia. The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism (Oxford University Press, 2016)
Jonathan Ingleby (1960), Storm Signals: Contemporary Essays on Mission and Discipleship (Heritage of Regnum, 2016)
Paddy Walsh (1974), Walsh’s Dictionary of British Politicians, Statesmen, Jacks-in-Office, Politicos & Political Spouses, Lovers & other Political Animals (Quince Tree Press, 2016). Cover illustrations by Philip Brace (1974)
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