Photo credit: Gayle McIntyre, University of St Andrews
St Andrews in the News
May 2021
Welcome to the May edition of St Andrews in the News.
We hope you enjoy this month’s edition, which features news, live and watch-again events and fascinating alumni stories and experiences. Please contact us if you would like to contribute your story, video or podcast to share with our online community.
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HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton (as they were then styled) at the launch of the 600th Anniversary Campaign.
Photo credit: Alan Richardson
Return to St Andrews
Two of our alumni will be making a special trip back to St Andrews next week, 20 years after they met as students, and a decade after they were married. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be meeting and hearing from current students about their experiences of the past year, and learning about the ways in which students, and the University, supported each other during this time. During the visit, William (Geography 2005) and Catherine (History of Art 2005), – will meet students and staff involved in the Can Do programme, a joint initiative between the Students’ Association and the University to support Covid-safe student-led activities during some of the most restrictive periods of the UK lockdown.
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University of St Andrews Community Fund
A St Andrews Voices programme designed to combat the effects of long Covid is one of a number of projects that has received funding from the University of St Andrews Community Fund. Thanks to the many alumni and friends who have donated to the fund to make this possible.
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Sustainability summer short course
We have introduced a short course that will showcase the world-leading teaching, research and strategy on sustainability that St Andrews has to offer. It will challenge you to think beyond the traditional topics of sustainability.
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Centre for Energy Ethics 3MPlanet competition
This competition is open to all University of St Andrews honours students whose dissertation research explores topics relating to energy, climate change and/or climate action – the first in a series of events leading up to COP26 later this year.
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Professor Sir Ian Boyd elected to Royal Society
Sir Ian Boyd, Professor of Biology at the University of St Andrews, has been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Society.
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The Harry and Margery Boswell Collection
We are delighted to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Harry and Margery Boswell Collection – inaugurated by Margery Boswell as a memorial to her late husband Harry. View the stunning art collection and watch out for further details of a forthcoming digital publication.
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General Council news
Business Committee: the online election to fill six vacancies opened on Monday 10 May 2021 and will close on Monday 7 June 2021. All General Council members are eligible to vote. If you have a valid email on the alumni database you will already have been sent an email with a link to the the voting website containing instructions on how to vote. Enquiries: generalcouncil@st-andrews.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)1334 461913.
Summer meeting of the General Council: owing to Covid restrictions, it won’t be possible to hold this summer’s meeting in person. The Principal will write to General Council members with a University update at the end of June. We hope to return in person to Parliament Hall for the autumn meeting in November.
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Joint online event: Universities of St Andrews and Padua
Save the date! Dr Isobel Falconer will be joined by Prof Alessandro De Angelis from the University of Padua to discuss the history of mathematics, physics and international collaboration through consideration of the careers of James Gregory and Galileo Galilei.
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Green Gown Awards 2021
Are you a graduate who left St Andrews three years ago or less? Have you established an exceptional sustainability initiative or enterprise? If so, the Green Gown Awards 2021 are keen to hear from you.
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SaintsFunder
This month’s spotlight falls on Sponsor a Scope – where the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences is raising funds to replace thirty-year-old petrological microscopes that are no longer fit for purpose. This equipment is essential to the learning experience within Geology degree programmes.
We have many talented students and staff whose exciting projects include taking part in the Formula Student 2021 competition, making the University’s art collection available to everyone, everywhere and photographing the influence of the sea.
SaintsFunder is open to all students, alumni and University staff, so send your ideas to SaintsFunder@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Alumni stories
This month’s alumni story is about Alex Shaw (MA 2017) who took a risk and embraced a career in photography after she had graduated – thanks largely to the University of St Andrews Boat Club
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Chronicle 2021
This year’s edition of Chronicle – the magazine for alumni and friends of the University – will be posted out at the end of June. Update your contact information to make sure you get your copy.
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Laidlaw Music Centre: Piano Performance exams
Watch again as Piano Scholar George Cherry and Kiara Mills play their virtuosic piano exam recitals.The MU3001 Performance Exams had to be submitted by recording this year, which has allowed us to share some of the recent performances.
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Saints Talks in June
1 June at 5pm BST – Dr Jeffrey Murer: Art and Politics: How works of imagination communicate the established order, become acts of resistance, and inspire action.
15 June at 5pm BST – Dr Neil McGuigan: Malcolm III: usurper, slaver, founding father, clearance chief?
Registration and joining instructions will be available soon.
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#CultureAtHome
Enjoy lots of high-quality online performances, music, images, objects, films, poetry, literature and podcasts from the University of St Andrews.
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History of Medicine in the University of
St Andrews
John Blair OBE, MB ChB 1951, ChM 1961, Hon DLitt 1991
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Scotland 2070 – Healthy Wealthy Wise
Hillary Sillitto, BSc 1976, Ian Godden and Dorothy Godden
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