COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS
College Highlights From our Fellows
Professor James Diggle (Life Fellow) has been awarded a CBE for his services to classical scholarship. James Diggle is a Professor of Latin and Greek who has overseen the 20-year production of the new Cambridge Greek Lexicon, which received widespread acclaim soon after its release in 2021. He joined Queens’ in 1966 as a Research Fellow and previously served as Praelector and Director of Studies in Classics.
Mr Paul Greengrass (1974, Honorary Fellow) has been awarded a CBE for his services to the Arts. Paul Greengrass is a renowned British director, screenwriter and producer known for Captain Phillips (2013) and the first three Jason Bourne films, starring Matt Damon. 16 THE BRIDGE
Awards & Prizes
David N. Moore Fellow in Mathematics, Professor Julia Gog received her OBE in November for her services to Academia and the Covid-19 response. The Investitures Ceremony was held at Great St Mary’s Church, Cambridge. The Mayor of Cambridge, Dr Robin Walker (Life Fellow), Anna El-Erian and the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire all attended.
Professor Marie Edmonds, The Ron Oxburgh Fellow in Earth Sciences, has been named a 2022 Geochemistry Fellow of the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry. Marie’s research focusses on how volcanoes shape the climate and planet through the outgassing of volatiles, like water and carbon dioxide. The awards will be presented at the society’s Goldschmidt Conference this summer.
Congratulations to Dr Ella McPherson (Anthony L. Lyster Fellow in Sociology) and Dr Peter McMurray (Faculty of Music) for winning Pilkington Prizes, which acknowledge excellence in teaching at a Department, Faculty or the University as a whole.
