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Headline Wadham, June - July 2020 • DPhil student Shwanda Corbett (Fine Art, 2016) is selected to receive a £10,000 Turner Prize Bursary. The Guardian • Philip Sherwell (PPE, 1983) reveals the seven year coronavirus trail from mine deaths to a Wuhan lab. The Sunday Times • Joshua Rozenberg (Law, 1968) writes on law reform, commenting that the middle of a crisis is not a golden opportunity for a radical rethink. It is the worst time of all. Law Gazette • Marie Tidball (Law, 2002) comments on Covid-19 mortality figures for people with disabilities. The Times • Professor Andrew Farmery comments on the development of ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic. Financial Times • A team of researchers claim to have verified a decades-old theory by Wadham Emeritus Fellow, Sir Roger Penrose, that energy can be created by black holes. The Times The Standard • An Oxford Student Union petition calling on the University to defer all payment of graduate continuation fees until its reopening, mentions that Wadham does not charge these fees. Cherwell • Wadham Fellow Ankhi Mukherjee and Honorary Fellow Sandra Fredman are signatories to criticism of Professor Louise Richardson for ‘inappropriate’ Mandela claims. The Telegraph • Fellow, Professor Colin Mayer comments on the difficulties of managing ESG assessment criteria. Financial Times • Interview with alumnus Nathaniel Lande about his book, While the Music Played: A Remarkable Story of Courage and Friendship in WWII. Santa Barbara News-Press • Rosamund Pike (English, 1997) talks to Jane Garvey on Woman’s Hour about her role as Marie Curie in Radioactive. BBC Radio 4 • BBC drama 'Sitting in Limbo' documented the harrowing story of Anthony Bryan, first reported by Wadham Honorary Fellow Amelia Gentleman (Russian and History, 1991). The Guardian • The Dorothy Wadham Building in Iffley Road is shortlisted for RIBA South award. Architecture.com • Wadham Research Associate Rebecca Brown, comments on the ethics of the liberties that coronavirus immunity could offer to some people. Wired • Warden Ken Macdonald QC is listed among Oxford college heads standing with black students to fight against systemic racism. The Guardian • Wadham JCR is listed among Oxford JCRs showing solidarity with George Floyd protests Cherwell • Obituary for Professor Peter Day FRS, Honorary Fellow of Wadham College. Oxford Mail • Professor Marcus Du Sautoy (Mathematics, 1983) joins an academic panel discussing the quantum physics phenomenon the Paradoxes of Zeno. BBC Radio 4, In Our Time .

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