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OXFORD comes to WASHINGTON LETTER from THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, PROFESSOR LOUISE RICHARDSON
Dear Oxonians and Friends of Oxford, reetings from Oxford! On behalf of my colleagues 8–9 throughout the Collegiate University, I am delighted to G extend this invitation for you to join us at the 2016 Oxford North American Alumni Weekend. OXFORD comes to As you may have noticed, this year’s event will be held in Washington, DC, one of the largest and most dynamic Oxonian communities in
the world. This will be the first time in its twenty-five year history © Janet Cairns Photo WASHINGTON that the Alumni Weekend will be held in a city other than New York. To celebrate this move, the Friday night gala, which is open to all alumni and friends of the FRIDAY 8 APRIL University, will be held in one of the iconic buildings within the Capital District: the Library of Congress. This spectacular venue promises to be the ideal setting in which to launch an LIBRARY OF CONGRESS engaging and enjoyable weekend. 10 FIRST STREET SE The ties that bind the US and the UK are famously close. Indeed, both the Chancellor and WASHINGTON, DC 20540 I have written books on the Special Relationship between the two allies. Oxford has long been very much a part of this bond between our countries. The extraordinary education we provide, from the nurturing environments of the Colleges, to the personalized instruction of the tutorials, to the cutting-edge research conducted across a staggeringly SATURDAY 9 APRIL broad spectrum of disciplines, serve as the very foundation for our great democracies, so OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL we take particular pleasure in hosting this year’s event in the US capital. 2500 CALVERT STREET NW Presentations during Saturday’s academic program will range from the “Politics of the Extreme” to advancements in Cell Biology, to the exploration of the deepest reaches of WASHINGTON, DC 20008 the oceans. Each session promises to be informative, thought-provoking, and compelling— a chance to recapture your Oxford experience, if only for a day! Additionally, there will be a series of gatherings hosted by the Colleges and other groups, providing ample opportunities for reconnecting, networking, and socializing. And, with a bit of luck, the cherry blossoms will be in bloom! As this will be my first Alumni Weekend, I am especially looking forward to meeting as many Oxonians and friends as possible and hearing about your own Oxford experience. In the short time since I was installed as Vice-Chancellor, I have already become completely enamored with this marvelous University. Like all great institutions, the more you learn about Oxford, the more impressive it becomes. I hope you will join me for what promises to be an edifying and enjoyable weekend.
Louise Richardson FRIDAY NIGHT
THE CHANCELLOR, LORD PATTEN OF BARNES, CH
REQUESTS THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY
TO CELEBRATE THE
2016 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD ALUMNI WEEKEND IN NORTH AMERICA
AND WELCOME PROFESSOR LOUISE RICHARDSON AS VICE-CHANCELLOR
FRIDAY 8 APRIL AT 7:00 PM
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
10 FIRST STREET SE
THOMAS JEFFERSON BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20540
BUSINESS ATTIRE
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SATURDAY PROGRAM EVENTS WITH OXFORD UNIVERSITY’S CAREERS SERVICE Combining Business and Pleasure
Registration n Jonathan Black, Director of Careers Service, will be in the Council 8:00 am – 3:00 pm n Palladian Foyer, Omni Shoreham Room throughout the day n Morning coffee break — with a 10 minute talk on 5 top tips for your résumé Continental Breakfast n Afternoon coffee break — with 10 minute talk on interviewing skills 8:30 am – 9:30 am n Diplomat Ballroom n Outside these sessions, Jonathan Black will be available for confidential Informal breakfast with open seating available to all registered attendees. 1:1 discussions on any career-related topic, as well as informally over lunch and at drinks
Take advantage of these free and impartial career sessions, delivered Continental Breakfast featuring Jonathan Black, from one of the most innovative university career services programs. Director of Careers Service
8:30 am – 9:30 am n Congressional Room dominant in electoral campaigns? Are we entering a new age of extremes? In this Breakfast with a 15 minute talk/workshop on networking and interviewing — discussion, Professor Marc Stears, Tutorial Fellow in Politics at University College, brush up your skills and get ready for the day ahead. will chair a panel including the Chancellor of the University, Lord Patten of Barnes.
Welcoming Remarks Coffee Break
9:45 am – 10:00 am n Palladian Ballroom 11:15 am – 11:45 am n Diplomat Foyer
Politics of the Extremes A Hidden Revolution that Will Transform Medicine
10:00 am – 11:15 am n Palladian Ballroom 11:45 am – 12:45 pm n Diplomat Ballroom
Many countries are currently seeing the rise of parties with non-compromising Tired of endless stories about medical breakthroughs? Cynical about yet another policies, extreme approaches to social problems, and rhetorical styles that reject one? Don’t be: this is different. We are on the brink of understanding the inner specific social groups. Why are these voices from the political edges becoming workings of the cell, the fundamental unit of all life. A recent extraordinary convergence of apparently unrelated breakthroughs across disciplines is driving a Lunch with a Presentation by the Vice-Chancellor, revolution in biomedical science. By learning how cells function, what goes wrong Professor Louise Richardson with them in disease, how we can fix them, and how drugs work (or sometimes n don’t), medicine will be transformed. Excitingly, this is not limited to a particular 12:45 pm – 2:15 pm Palladian Ballroom type of illness: all disease will eventually be affected. Professor Dame Carol Attendees will have the opportunity to sit with their College representatives, Robinson of the Chemistry Department and Professor Matthew Freeman, Head fellow alumni and guests at lunch. of the Dunn School of Pathology, will lead a discussion about the fundamental breakthroughs that underlie this medical revolution and explain why most people haven’t yet noticed it. Ocean Circulation and Climate: — or — Why the Oceans Matter! 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm n Diplomat Ballroom The State of American Politics The oceans are a key component of the climate system, storing roughly 1000 11:45 am – 12:45 pm n Empire Ballroom times as much heat and 50 times as much carbon as the atmosphere. In this talk, Professor David Marshall, Department of Physics and Professorial Fellow Moderated by Rothermere American Institute Director Professor Jay Sexton, this of St Hugh's College, will discuss the challenges of predicting the global ocean session will feature the Honorable Jim Himes (D-CT), United States Representative circulation, which allows scientists to better understand and model climate (St Edmund Hall, 1988) and Winant Chair of US Government Professor Lisa Miller patterns. One challenge of particular importance is to understand and model the in broad conversation on the current election cycle, the legislative challenges of effects of turbulent ocean eddies, the equivalent of weather systems in the ocean. the current era of polarization, and foreign affairs. By focusing on the fundamental physics — conservation of energy and momentum — we are able to reach some surprising conclusions about how the global ocean circulation works. UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS — or —
n Dr Eleanor Parker, Student Recruitment Officer (UK & North America) Enigmas of Arrival in the Undergraduate Admissions & Outreach Office, will be available 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm n Empire Ballroom throughout the day to answer questions about applying to Oxford for full-time undergraduate programs. There will also be information available Three versatile Oxford historians, all with connections to The Oxford Research on opportunities for graduate study at Oxford. Please stop by the Palladian Centre in the Humanities (TORCH), discuss the fascinating transcontinental Foyer for information, to volunteer to speak about your experience as an and cross-cultural pathways taken by colonial travelers to Britain, and Oxford undergraduate at one of her information sessions across the US and especially Oxford, in the late 19th and early 20th century. Elleke Boehmer Canada, or to register for the admissions presentation on Sunday 10 April. (Wolfson College), TORCH Director and Professor of World Literature in English, Dr Faisal Devji (St Antony's College), University Reader in Modern South Asian History, and Dr Imaobong Umoren (Pembroke College), Women in the Humanities Early Career Fellow, look at the rich contributions of these Indian, Caribbean and African students, writers, entrepreneurs, anthropologists and COLLEGE EVENTS activists to British cultural life, and take Professor Boehmer's exciting new cultural history Indian Arrivals 1870-1915 as a flashpoint for their conversation. Balliol College Saturday 9 April: Balliol alumni and their guests are invited to attend the Balliol North American Reunion and Pathfinders Anniversary Dinner at Coffee Break the Library of Congress, courtesy of Matthew Westerman (1983) and hosted by The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes (1962), Chancellor of the University of 3:15 pm – 3:45 pm n Diplomat Foyer Oxford. Invitations to follow. For more information and how to register, visit www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/balliol/events/balliol-reunion.
Oxford and the Education of Leaders Brasenose College Saturday 9 April: Brasenose dinner, location TBC. Invitations will be sent in March. For more information, visit www.bnc.ox.ac.uk or 3:45 pm – 5:00 pm n Palladian Ballroom email [email protected].
Are the qualities necessary for leadership intrinsic in the genetic makeup of a Campion Hall Revd Dr James Hanvey, SJ, Master of Campion Hall would fortunate few, or can they be revealed and nurtured through education and be delighted to meet any Jesuit and Oxford alumni to talk about the future experience? The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Louise Richardson, will explore this development of the Hall and its research programmes, and the unique nature of question with a panel including leading Washingtonian Oxonians. the community and its international network through Oxford University and the Society of Jesus. Closing Remarks Christ Church Saturday 9 April: All members and friends of Christ Church and their guests are invited to a dinner at the Metropolitan Club (1700 H Street NW, 5:00 pm – 5:15 pm n Palladian Ballroom Washington, DC 20006 ) from 7:30 pm. Contact [email protected] for further details. Drinks Reception Corpus Christi College Saturday 9 April: An early evening drinks reception for Corpus Old Members and guests. Further details will follow from the Development 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm n Diplomat Ballroom Office or visit www.ccc.ox.ac.uk/Gaudies/.
This reception is sponsored by OUS-DC, the local alumni group. Visit www.ousdc.org Exeter College Saturday 9 April: Alumni event from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm with a for information on upcoming activities and volunteer opportunities. wine tasting in Georgetown hosted by Nicholas Ulanov (1979, Theology). Further details will be available on our website. Visit www.exeter.ox.ac.uk/alumni or contact Maria Szpitun at +44-01865-279620 or [email protected].
Green Templeton College Saturday 9 April: Professor Denise Lievesley, Principal of Green Templeton College, invites alumni to join her at the University Club of Washington DC (1135 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20005) for Lincoln College Saturday 9 April: Dinner, 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm at The National a drinks and canapés reception between 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. This is a wonderful Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045. Contact opportunity to meet Green Templeton’s new Principal, as well as to catch up with [email protected] with questions. old friends and make new ones. Tickets: $35. To register, email [email protected]. Magdalen College Friday 8 April: New York City dinner at The Harvard Club with speaker John Micklethwait (1981). For details, visit Hertford College Saturday 9 April: Hertford invites you to join the Principal, www.magd.ox.ac.uk/alumni-event/new-york-dinner/. Saturday 9 April: Will Hutton, for a reunion dinner from 7:30 pm at The Capital Grille (601 Washington, DC dinner at the Chevy Chase Club, 6100 Connecticut Ave, Chevy Pennsylvania Ave NW). For more information and to reserve your place, visit Chase, MD 20815,hosted by Marsh Marshall (1978) and with George Will (1962) www.hertford.ox.ac.uk/washington. as the speaker. Visit www.magd.ox.ac.uk/alumni-event/washington-dc-dinner/ for more information. Contact [email protected] with any questions. Jesus College Saturday 9 April: The new Principal, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, will host a dinner in Washington, DC. Contact [email protected] for details. Mansfield College Saturday 9 April: Drinks Reception, venue and further details TBC. Contact [email protected] with questions. Keble College The Warden and the Director of Development will host Keble tables at the Gala Dinner and the Vice-Chancellor’s Luncheon. Details about a Merton College Friday 8 – Sunday 10 April: Details of the Merton Weekend, Saturday 9 April Keble alumni and friends event TBC. Contact including the Saturday AM annual meeting; Saturday PM Reception and Dinner [email protected] with questions. at The Cosmos Club and Sunday Brunch at the Allards’ Georgetown home will be posted to Merton members. For more information visit www.mc3na.org or contact Kellogg College Saturday 9 April: Kellogg College will be organizing a special Robert McKelvey/Susan Stukane at [email protected] or evening event for all alumni, friends and guests. For more information, contact 800-449-5322 or Helen Kingsley at [email protected]. Monica Popa, Head of Development at [email protected]. New College Saturday 9 April: Dinner for New College Old Members. Invitations Lady Margaret Hall Saturday 9 April: Mr Alan Rusbridger, Principal of with timings, venue detail and information on how to book will be sent. For any LMH, invites alumni (and a guest) for a reception and dinner with Marty Baron enquiries please email [email protected] or visit the Old Members & (Editor of The Washington Post) at 6:00 pm in The Congressional Room at the Friends area of the New College website at: Omni Shoreham Hotel (2500 Calvert St NW, Washington, DC 20008). This is a https://www.alumniweb.ox.ac.uk/new/events. wonderful opportunity to meet LMH's new Principal, catch up with old friends and meet new ones. After dinner, Mr Rusbridger and Mr Barron will be 'in conversation' Nuffield College Friday 8 April: The Warden of Nuffield College, Sir Andrew and alumni and friends will be invited to join the discussion. Tickets: $90 per Dilnot, and the Director of Development, Caroline Kukura, look forward to meeting person. Dress code: Business attire. Invitations to follow. To register, email alumni at the dinner at the Library of Congress. Sunday 10 April: Philip Suttle [email protected]. (MPhil Economics, 1981) and his wife Ruth are kindly hosting all Nuffield alumni for brunch at their home in Potomac. Further details about this event will be sent Linacre College Saturday 9 April: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm; Dinner in The Cabinet by the development office. Room, Old Ebbitt Grill, 675 15th Street NW. The Principal, Dr Nick Brown, will preside.Price: $100 for 3-course dinner, wine and taxes. Contacts: (US) Dr Clifford Oriel College Saturday 9 April: Dinner for Orielenses (6:30 pm – 7:00 pm for Peterson, [email protected] or 802-899-4999; (UK) Dr Anne Keene, pre-dinner drinks and 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm for dinner) at the The Cosmos Club [email protected] or 011-44-1865-271671. (2121 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008). For more information and to make a reservation visit http://alumni.oriel.ox.ac.uk/events. Pembroke College The Master looks forward to greeting Pembroke Old St Hilda’s College Saturday 9 April: St Hilda’s Dinner at the Cosmos Club Members and friends at the Friday Reception and Gala. (2121 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008). Email development office at st-hildas.ox.ac.uk for details. The Queen’s College Saturday 9 April: Washington, DC Dinner at 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm. Contact [email protected] with questions. St Hugh’s College Saturday 9 April: The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, Principal invites you and your guest for a reception and dinner at DACOR Bacon Regent’s Park College The Principal of Regent’s Park College, Robert Ellis, and House (1801 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20006). Drinks at 6:30 pm; dinner at the Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Julie Reynolds, look forward to 7:30 pm. Sunday 10 April: Afternoon Tea at Tudor Place Historic House and Garden meeting alumni at Alumni Weekend. (1644 31st Street NW, Washington, DC 20007). Tea at 1:30 pm; House Tour at Somerville College Saturday 9 April: There will be an evening reception and/ 2:30 pm. RSVP by Wednesday 23 March to [email protected]. or dinner for Somervillians hosted by the Principal, Dr Alice Prochaska. Contact the St John’s College Saturday 9 April: All SJC alumni and their partners are invited Development Office for details at [email protected] or to a drinks reception and dinner. Full details of the events will be posted on the 011-44-1865-280626. St John’s website.
St Anne’s College Saturday 9 April: Principal Tim Gardam invites St Anne’s University College & Rothermere American Institute (RAI) Saturday 9 alumnae and guests to drinks and dinner. Sunday 10 April in New York: Alumnae April: Reception and Dinner at the University Club, Washington DC. Please email and guests are invited to a St Anne’s Brunch with the Principal. St Anne’s will be in [email protected] for further details. touch with alumnae with further information. Email [email protected] with questions. Wadham College Thursday 7 April: New York Wadham Alumni Reception & 30th Anniversary of the Sarah Lawrence Programme, 6:00 pm (venue TBC). Saturday St Benet’s Hall Saturday 9 April: The Master, Prof Werner G Jeanrond, looks 9 April: Wadham reception and talk hosted by Lissa Muscatine (Politics, 1977) at forward to meeting for dinner from 7:00 pm at Taberna del Alabardero (1776 I Politics and Prose Bookstore (5015 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008). Street NW Washington, DC 20006). For information and booking contact Email [email protected] with questions. [email protected]. Wolfson College Saturday 9 April: Dinner at The Blue Duck Tavern, 7:00 pm St Catherine’s College Saturday 9 April: The Master & Fellows of St for 7:30 pm. $50 per person. Contact [email protected] to register. Catherine’s look forward to seeing you at our drinks reception in the Billiard Room at The Cosmos Club. Contact [email protected] for further Worcester College Saturday 9 April: Join the Provost, Sir Jonathan Bate for information. a conversation with Andrew Cockburn (1966, History), Washington Editor at Harper’s Magazine, about American politics and journalism. The talk will begin at St Cross College Saturday 9 April: Drinks and buffet dinner at 6:00 pm at the 6:00 pm at the Omni Shoreham and will be followed by drinks and canapés. Email Georgetown Alumni House (3604 O Street NW Washington, DC 20057). Guests [email protected] for registration details. welcome; RSVP to [email protected]. Wycliffe Hall Saturday 9 April: Revd Dr Michael Lloyd, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, St Edmund Hall Saturday 9 April: St Edmund Hall Dinner with guest speaker the will host an event for alumni and friends as part of the 2016 Alumni Weekend in Honorable Jim Himes (D-CT), United States Representative (1988, Latin American North America. Contact Stephanie Cocke, US Coordinator, Friends of Wycliffe Hall at Studies). Please register interest with [email protected]. [email protected] or visit www.friendsofwycliffehall.org. Rhodes Scholars Breakfast with Service OTHER EVENTS and Leadership session Rhodes Scholars and their partners are warmly invited to breakfast at the Willard Intercontinental, 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm, THURSDAY 7 APRIL hosted by the Warden, Mr Charles Conn (Massachusetts & Balliol, 1983). The morning will include a chance to participate in the Service and Leadership The 69th Annual Oxford & Cambridge Dinner in programme which is now an integral part of the Scholarship. Look for an email from Rhodes House giving further details, including advance readings, and how to sign- Washington, DC up, or contact [email protected]. The Oxford & Cambridge Committee of Washington, DC invites you and a guest to the National Press Club (529 14th Street, 13th Floor, Washington, DC). 7:00 pm for Applying to the University of Oxford: An Introduction dinner at 8:00 pm. Visit www.oxfordna.org for more details. to Admissions and Studying in the UK
FRIDAY 8 APRIL 10:30 am – 12:00 pm n Omni Shoreham Hotel, Hampton Ballroom This session for alumni, their children (the undergraduate studies element of the Oxford Law Alumni Event session is most relevant for high school sophomores and juniors), and other guests will be hosted by Dr Eleanor Parker, Student Recruitment Officer (UK & North The University of Oxford’s Law Faculty will be organizing a drinks reception from America) in the Undergraduate Admissions & Outreach Office at Oxford. She will 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm for Oxford alumni and friends. The event will bring together cover applying to Oxford for full-time undergraduate programs, including entrance alumni living and working across North America, providing a splendid opportunity requirements and how to make a competitive application. The session will also to catch up with old friends whilst developing social and career networks. Visit focus on the differences between the UK and North American university systems http://www.law.ox.ac.uk for more details. and will include information on graduate study and related funding opportunities at the University of Oxford. Visit www.oxfordna.org to register. SUNDAY 10 APRIL Contact [email protected] for more information.
Saïd Business School Brunch TUESDAY 12 APRIL Join us for brunch at 11:00 am! Meet Dean Peter Tufano and connect with fellow nd Washington-based Oxford Business Alumni (OBA) Network members. Further Celebration of the 162 Anniversary details will be circulated among alumni by email from Oxford Saïd Alumni Relations Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race Office. For more information please contact [email protected]. The Oxford & Cambridge Dinner Committee of New York City invites you to celebrate the 162nd Anniversary of the Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race at the Downtown Association of New York. Visit www.oxfordna.org for more details. HOTEL INFORMATION REGISTRATION
OMNI SHOREHAM HOTEL RATE INFORMATION 2500 Calvert Street NW Advance Registration is available before Friday 25 March. Please return your Washington, DC 20008 completed registration form with payment to: University of Oxford North American Office, 500 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, NY 10110 or register The Omni Shoreham is offering a reduced rate on rooms of $259–$289/night online at www.oxfordna.org. depending on room occupancy, plus applicable taxes. Call 1-800-THE-OMNI and ask for the “University of Oxford Alumni Weekend Room Block” by Friday Refunds are not available after Friday 25 March. 18 March to ensure availability at the reduced rate. Alternatively, you can book online at www.oxfordna.org. ADVANCE ADVANCE REGISTRATION REGISTRATION Standard Rate Reduced Rate (matriculated b/w 2010 – 2015)
Friday Drinks Reception $125 per person $100 per person and Dinner Only
Saturday Program Only (Breakfast, Lunch, $125 per person $100 per person 4 Presentations and Drinks Reception)
Alumni Weekend Package (Friday and $225 per person $175 per person Saturday Programs)
ON-SITE REGISTRATION Please note that on-site registration is NOT available for Friday 8 April.
Saturday 9 April 8:00 am – 3:00 pm Palladian Foyer, Omni Shoreham
Only credit cards and checks will be accepted on-site; rates will increase $50 each. University of Oxford North American Office 500 Fifth Avenue, 32nd Floor New York, NY 10110
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