Selwyn’s Professor Sir Colin Humphreys will be giving a public lecture in Cambridge about the next generation of LED lighting on Monday February 9th. Titled “Lighting the future”, it will take place at 6pm in the Bristol-Myers-Squibb lecture theatre in the Department of Chemistry. Sir Colin is Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, and a Fellow of Selwyn.

He describes his theme:

Selwyn’s football teams have achieved success on the pitch despite tough tests from their opponents and from
the weekend’s wintry weather. The men’s team is through to the final of the Cuppers Plate, after beating
Queens’ College 2-1 in a close semi-final. The match went to extra time, but victory for Selwyn was sealed by this
penalty:

We learned today, with deep regret, that Ann Dobson has died. Ann and her husband Chris provided almost all the funding for
the first two phases of the College’s masterplan for expansion; and Ann’s Court is named in her honour. The Master of
Selwyn, Roger Mosey, said: "This and future generations of students will be enormously grateful to Ann Dobson, along with

The College is deeply sad to report the death of Ruth Chadwick. Ruth’s service to the College over the years in partnership
with her husband Owen was immense; and they were a welcoming presence for generations of Selwyn students during Professor
Chadwick’s long Mastership. It was heartwarming that, even with her illness in recent years, she was able to come to the most

On Saturday 20th June, the grounds of Selwyn will be transformed as the May Ball Committee welcomes students, alumni, staff and guests to celebrate the end of May Week in style. This marks the restoration of a May Ball to the College calendar after a number of years’ absence.

The Master of Selwyn, Roger Mosey, appeared on Radio 4’s Today programme in an item about the
proposed television
debates during the 2015 General Election campaign. In a live discussion with Lord Grade, he said
that he hoped all the party
leaders would take part, but that a single party leader’s refusal to do so should not be allowed
to scupper the whole idea.
You can hear an extract from the broadcast on the BBC website:

The former Labour education and home secretary, David Blunkett MP, visited the College on Thursday January 8th. He spoke to students in the Master’s Lodge about his career and current issues, and then had dinner in Hall with some of the Fellows.