💐 Today marks the beginning of Dr Lucia Tantardini’s tenure as Vice-President of Clare Hall, opening an exciting new chapter in our 60-year history. Born in Milan, Dr Tantardini received her PhD from the University of Cambridge and has maintained a longstanding commitment to Clare Hall.

🎨 Such a lovely evening on 24 September for the opening of 'Other than Words: A Sense of Release in the Presence of Art', a new exhibition by Jerry Scott at Clare Hall. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped create such a warm atmosphere ✨

🌍🌱♻️ We’re excited to share the progress being made in sustainable catering at Clare Hall! Over the past year, our Catering Team has introduced some thoughtful initiatives. Clare Hall students Rishul Karia and Robyn Schnell take a closer look at the people, ideas and research behind these changes.

⚛️ A full house at Clare Hall for Professor Ben Allanach’s fascinating Alumni Festival talk, 'Quantum Collisions: A New Force?' Professor Allanach took the audience into the world of particle physics and CERN, exploring some of the biggest unanswered questions in modern physics.

☀️📸 Our summer winners are here! We’re happy to reveal the Top 3 summer submissions for Clare Hall Through Your Lens, chosen by our judging panel. 🏆 Congratulations to Amina Iftikhar Butt, Dr Jenny Zhao and Dr Nikolai Kazantsev! Their photos will be featured in the 60th Anniversary Calendar.

🎓 Congratulations to our new EMBA cohort! Three new students matriculated at Clare Hall on Monday 7 September. We are delighted to welcome them to the College community and wish them every success in the year ahead. 🌿

🎓🔬 We’re pleased to celebrate Alumna and Life Member Noa Leach, Clare Hall’s first recipient of a full Boak Studentship, who is now Special Projects Editor at BBC Science Focus. We’re very proud to see all that she has achieved since leaving Clare Hall.

🌺 Clare Hall’s Head Gardener, David Smith, has recently marked an impressive 20 years of service to the College. We are incredibly grateful for everything David has contributed to Clare Hall over the years, not only through his work in the gardens, but also as a much-loved and respected colleague.

🍃 Clare Hall Through Your Lens 📸 "Elmside Sunset" by Dr Nikolai Kazantsev, Research Fellow A break in the clouds bathes Elmside in evening sunshine, creating a striking contrast with the dramatic sky beyond.

💐🎓 Many congratulations to the 38 Clare Hall students who graduated at the Senate House last Saturday, 25 July 2026. It was a joyful occasion for the Clare Hall community, as graduates celebrated their achievements alongside family and friends before beginning an exciting new chapter.

We’re delighted to celebrate Clare Hall PhD student Efthymia Kostaki, recipient of the 2026 SU Cambridge Excellence Award for Academic Rep of the Year, awarded as part of the Cambridge Judge Business School PhD Representatives! 🎉

⚽ On 20 June, Clare Hall and Clare College marked their 60th and 700th anniversaries with a dramatic football match at Grange Road. After 90 minutes, extra time and a tense penalty shootout, Clare College secured the win, but Clare Hall delivered a performance to be proud of! 🔥

Congratulations to our Night Porter, Barry Waterson, who has been recognised through a nomination for the 2026 SU Cambridge Excellence Awards in the category of Support for Students by a Non-Academic Staff Member 💙 Barry is known for going the extra mile to support students and our wider community.

🪷 Clare Hall Through Your Lens 📸 “Reflection” by Dr Jenny Zhao, Research Fellow The pond becomes part of the artwork here, mirroring the clouds above while the exhibition draws the eye through the glass beyond.

From April to June, Louise’s diary has followed the changing life of Clare Hall Gardens 📖🌸 April brought birdsong and a glimpse of the kingfisher, May explored the willow trees, and June celebrated poppies and the stories behind them.

👏🏵️ Congratulations to Clare Hall PhD student Henryk Chan (Haolin Chen), who has received the ISFOE Young Researcher Award at ISFOE26, the 19th International Symposium on Flexible Organic Electronics, held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Clare Hall Boat Club takes on May Bumps 2026 🚣‍♀️🚣‍♂️ From novice rowers gaining race experience to hard-fought chases, dramatic bumps, cheering crowds, and glorious summer weather, this year’s May Bumps brought plenty of memorable moments on the River Cam.

Students triumph again at the Annual Cricket Match! 🏏☀️ Despite the heat, the Clare Hall community gathered at Leckhampton Sports Ground for the traditional President’s XI vs Students match, marking a wonderful end to the Easter term.

Clare Hall May Event 2026 🌸🎷 In this special 60th Anniversary year, Clare Hall travelled back to the 1960s for an evening of swing, flower power, great food, tarot readings, and a wonderfully jazzy atmosphere.

🍂 Clare Hall Through Your Lens 📸 “An Ordinary Miracle” by Amina Iftikhar Butt, PhD student in Genetics Amina writes: "A leaf, a sunset, a passing evening, proof that the most profound things rarely announce themselves."

🤝 We were delighted to host the 2nd Clare Hall - University of Macau Forum, held from 22nd to 23rd June 2026. The Forum brought together scholars for two days of interdisciplinary discussion on sustainability, technology, culture, history, and global challenges.

🏆🌿 Clare Hall has won the University of Cambridge Environmental Sustainability Award for Best Environmental Impact (College Category)! We're also proud that our Kitchens Team received a Highly Commended award for Best Environmental Improvement.

🌷📸 We’re delighted to announce the Top 3 spring submissions for Clare Hall Through Your Lens! Selected through an anonymous judging process, these photographs will be featured in the Clare Hall 60th Anniversary Calendar.

⚽ A season to remember for Clare Hall football! From a historic Cuppers semi-final run for the men's 1st team to a Division 5 title for the 2nd team, Clare Hall and Clare College students played a key role in one of the most successful football seasons in recent years.

🏅 Congratulations to Visiting Fellow Professor Anna Marie Roos on being awarded the Founders' Medal of the Society for the History of Natural History. Previous recipients include Sir David Attenborough and Cambridge historian of science Professor Jim Secord.

🌱 A year can change a lot. For Emmanuella Bentil, each term brought something different: excitement, confidence, and gratitude. From student leadership to Friday dinners, Clare Hall became an important part of her Cambridge experience.

🌈 First summer submission to Clare Hall Through Your Lens! 📸 “Double Rainbow” by Professor Aran Garcia-Lekue, Visiting Fellow Captured from the Paul Mellon Building on 3 June, this striking double rainbow appeared after the rain, arching across the Clare Hall sky. That sky will be truly missed!

🏆👏 Congratulations to Assistant Professor Xiaogang He (National University of Singapore), winner of the inaugural Global Climate Research Prize ( #GCRP), and the #TCCON network, named runner-up. Read more 👇 www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/nationa... @cam.ac.uk @cambridgezero.bsky.social

☕📚 What makes a college experience truly special? For MPhil student Latina Li, it is the chance encounters, fascinating discussions, and opportunities to discover interests beyond her own field.

🎉 Celebrating the people who make Clare Hall such a vibrant and welcoming community! At this year's Student Awards Ceremony, we recognised outstanding academic achievement alongside the dedication, leadership, creativity, and community spirit that enrich College life every day.