The College congratulates three of its alumni on recent prestigious appointments.
Dr Nicolas Bell, who matriculated at Selwyn in 1991, has been named as the new Librarian of Trinity
College Cambridge. He will take up the position on 1 October, succeeding Professor David
McKitterick. Dr Bell is currently Curator of Music Collections at the British Library.
Selwyn is welcoming back students for the Easter term with its trees in blossom in a wonderful display across the College gardens. Our cover photograph shows the Prunus TaiHaku Cherry Trees outside Ann’s Court along the walk towards West Road, and the trees are at their best too outside the main entrance in Grange Road.
Easter Monday saw the College’s annual party and Easter Egg Hunt for the children of Fellows, staff
and graduate students. There was a lunch in Hall, with sausages and chips on the menu, and then
participants in the hunt assembled in the College garden.
One of Selwyn’s Fellows, the neuroscientist Fabian Grabenhorst, was featured on a BBC One science programme this week. He
was interviewed for ’The Truth About Fat’, seeking to discover whether our brains are hard-wired to like fats. Keen-eyed
Selwyn’s Hannah Evans (second left in the photograph below) will be competing in the first women’s Boat Race to be held on the Tideway in London. The women’s event has been moved to the same day and location as the men’s, and it will take place – with live television coverage – on Saturday, April 11th.
Selwyn’s undergraduates are away from the College until mid-April, but there’s a programme of events continuing in the College through the vacation.
Congratulations to Tom Hollander, who studied English at Selwyn, on being named Best Actor at the Royal Television
Society’s 2015 programme awards. Tom was honoured for his portrayal of Dylan Thomas in the BBC’s "A Poet In New
York". A review of the programme at the time said Tom was "startlingly good" in the role, and we congratulate him now
on his recognition by the television industry.
The College held its annual lunch for parents on Saturday March 14th, to coincide with students getting ready to go home for the Easter vacation. The parents invited were those with undergraduates in their first year, and almost 200 people had lunch in the College Hall.
Selwyn Fellow David Newland, an emeritus professor in engineering, will be giving a public talk in the Engineering Department
on Friday, March 13th.
