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3 days ago · Jo has recently painted a picture of Downing which she has kindly donated to the College’s art collection and will soon be on permanent display in one of our buildings. We caught up with Jo to find out more about her painting of Downing and her journey to becoming a full-time artist.
- General Admission (GA)
Timetable for Graduation week: Wednesday 26 June 2024 at...
- Death of Emeritus Fellow
Downing is saddened to share the news that Emeritus Fellow...
- General Admission (GA)
5 days ago · Timetable for Graduation week: Wednesday 26 June 2024 at 7.30pm - General Admission Dinner (Graduands only) in Hall. Thursday 27 June 2024 at 6.30pm - Reception for Graduands and families in the marquee in the Fellows garden. Booking will open soon.
3 days ago · A Midsummer Night’s Dream. 29 July - 24 August 2024, King’s College fellows’ garden. The beautiful gardens of King’s College fellows’ garden form the perfect setting for Shakespeare’s delightful fairy-tale world of love, jealousy and youthful exuberance. This captivating production brings to life all the magic and humour of ...
5 days ago · Organoid models for understanding and treatment of disease. Reported by Jacob Bradbury, CSaP Policy Intern (April-July 2024).. Members of the Centre for Science and Policy’s (CSaP) Horn Fellowship gathered together at Downing College, Cambridge to explore the exciting area of organoids, biological models that aid the understanding of human development and disease with Professor Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
3 days ago · Between 1896 and 1902 Downing College sold part of its land to build the Downing Site with new scientific laboratories for anatomy, genetics, and Earth sciences. During the same period the New Museums Site was erected including the Cavendish Laboratory which has since moved to the West Cambridge Site and other departments for chemistry and medicine.
5 days ago · On 20 December 1717 Sir George Downing devised his property to four cousins in succession, and their issue; failing this, it was to be used for founding a college in Cambridge. Lady Downing died in 1734, Sir George in 1749; his cousin and heir Sir Jacob Garrard Downing, 4th and last baronet, who had survived all other possible devisees, died in ...
5 days ago · Downing is saddened to share the news that Emeritus Fellow and former Vice-Master Dr Martin Mays died on Sunday. Dr Mays first came to Downing as a Natural Sciences student, matriculating in 1957. He was a Fellow from 1965 to 2004 and held the roles of Admissions Tutor, Senior Tutor, and Director of Studies in Chemistry during his time at the College.
