Paying it forward
Before leaving a legacy to St John’s last year to help students in challenging circumstances, Walter Hayman (1943) was a child refugee, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a distinguished mathematician.
Playlist: a computer scientist’s choices
Steve Furber (1971) developed the ARM microprocessor and is now working on computer models of neurons to better understand the human brain. He explains his research and music preferences.
Neil Lawrence: in a nutshell
Neil was the first PhD student to work on machine learning at the Cambridge Computer Lab, and he is now the University’s first DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning.
Top College stories
The Cambridge Foundation Year; a Golden Globe award; a book on paper; maternal and infant health; economics of biodiversity; Queen’s Honours.
Poetry and protest
Michael Gun-Why (2002) on teaching during the pandemic and breaking down barriers to higher education.
Asia-Pacific Johnian virtual get-together
Join us online and catch-up with fellow Johnians based in Asia-Pacific.
The music of words
Rachel Ip (1995), who has just published her first two picture books, writes about music and rhythm in the words of stories for International Children’s Book Day.
The ‘go-anywhere’ wheelchair
John Ross (1961) on his stair-climbing prototype
Inspiring dialogue
Cameron Taylor (2009) relates how he brought the Dalai Lama to Cambridge (twice!) and set up the Inspire Dialogue Foundation.
Pandemic and poetry
Paridhi Sharma (2012) started writing poetry during lockdown. Read one of her poems and her thoughts on the pandemic.