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July 2022

Baliol Chapel seen through trees

‘This month Balliol celebrated the award of the Fields Medal to James Maynard, my colleague in the Mathematical Institute and a former DPhil student at Balliol. For me, July has been focused on my undergraduate summer project students, DPhil students and postdocs, and fruitful research discussions with academics from around the world. I’ve also been busy preparing to take up the Chancellor’s Professorship at UC Berkeley. Whilst I’m sure to enjoy my time away, I am also certain I will be pleased to return to Balliol in 2023.’

Professor Jason Lotay (Tutorial Fellow in Mathematics)

COLLEGE NEWS

James Maynard in front of bookshelves

Fields Medal winner

Professor James Maynard (2009) has been awarded a 2022 Fields Medal — a medal that is said to be ‘the Nobel Prize of mathematics’.

Open Days return

Prospective applicants flocked to the June Open Days - the first face-to-face Open Days since 2019 - to meet Balliol’s Student Ambassadors and attend subject talks with tutors.

Choir singing in St John's chapel

Choir tour

The Balliol Choir went on a trip to Cambridge, where they sang evensong at the University Church and St John’s College, as three choir members report.

William Allan Award

The American Society of Human Genetics has named Sir Peter Donnelly, FRS, FMedSci (Balliol 1980 and Honorary Fellow) as the 2022 recipient of the annual William Allan Award. 

Logo combining scales of justice and symbols representing computer science

New course shortlisted 

A new Law and Computer Science course co-founded by Professor Tom Melham (Fellow and Tutor in Computation) has been shortlisted for Oxford University’s Vice-Chancellor’s Education Award.

Crime Novel of the Year

Mick Herron (1981) has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award for his novel Slough House - having been shortlisted five times before.

Richard Portes, seated with clipboard

European Central Bank speech

Professor Richard Portes (1962 and Honorary Fellow) spoke at the annual forum of the European Central Bank.

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PUBLICATIONS

If you would like us to mention any significant work published this year or last, please send details to Anne Askwith. Previously submitted publications are listed on the alumni publications page.