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→ November 2, 2024
Bloomberg’s Weekend Edition just published a great article that outlines how Pembroke’s own Chief of the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working hard to ensure that Tuesday’s election is as secure as ever…and that Micrcosoft, Amazon, and the like live up to her high standard. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-01/the-us-cyber-chief-trying-to-get-americans-to-trust-the-election?srnd=homepage-americas Thank you Ms. Easterly — In Jen We […]
→ October 12, 2024
“Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.” ~ Samuel Johnson JOIN US IN BOSTON! — For a uniquely Pembrokian discussion about misinformation! From Relics to Reality —Fake News, Fact Checks, & Why We Want to Believe in Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary Desk (Speaker – Professor Lynda Mugglestone, Pembroke College, Oxford) November 14th / 7pm @ The […]
→ September 18, 2024
Come celebrate Pembroke’s 400th in NYC! Join your fellow Pembrokians for this once-every-four-century, black tie event @ the Cornell Club NYC (6:30pm) Special guests will include the Master, Dr Nicholas Cole, Professor Andre Furger, and Development Director Jacob Ward. Here’s the link to book your place…and a “plus one” or two. https://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/event/400th-anniversary-dinner-new-york The more the merrier, […]
→ September 3, 2024
Tee up a fun evening with fellow Boston-area Pembrokians on September 14th @ TopGolf in Canton, MA. Hosted by Pembroke’s Alumni Ambassadors for Boston– Kevin Higgins, Samantha Renard, and Christopher Rathbun. To hold your spot and learn more about the particulars email Kevin Higgins @ kevinh@oxfordstreetra.com Swing easy, hit ’em straight…and join us for a good laugh […]
→ August 30, 2024
Walter Isaacson: Lessons of the great innovators, from Leonardo da Vinci to Elon Musk 5th September, 1pm EST Live-streamed from the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford Join Walter Isaacson (1974), renowned author, biographer, journalist and professor, for an engaging discussion on what can be learnt from the greatest innovators in history, as part of our series of anniversary […]
→ August 14, 2024
Quick bit of news regarding another esteemed Pembrokian “on the move”. Pembroke College Foundation Trustee, Congressman Josh Gottheimer ’96 recently told Axios that he is “strongly considering” running for Governor of New Jersey. Read more about Axios’ scoop here — https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/josh-gottheimer-new-jersey-governor North America’s Pembrokians wish you well, Josh! Good luck!
→ August 11, 2024
ON THE ROAD WITH SECRETARY PETE BUTTIGIEG ‘05 U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg ’05 was joined by Pembroke College Foundation president Tom Herman ’71 in Freeport, Maine, in August as Buttigieg visited a highway bridge construction site funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. “Maine is the 50th state I’ve visited as Secretary – and being […]
→ June 11, 2024
WATCH Dr. Fareed Zakaria, esteemed Washington Post columnist and CNN host as he delivers the 2024 Fulbright Distinguished Lecture at Pembroke College, Oxford on Friday 14th June, titled “Towards a Post-American International Order.” YouTube Link Here — https://www.youtube.com/live/TxT1EXJ2How Almost 80 years on from the end of World War II, the international liberal order is under acute […]
→ May 20, 2024
One of Pembroke’s very own has perhaps the most important and sensitive job in the United States government this year: protecting the security and integrity of the 2024 elections. As Director of the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , or CISA, Jen Easterly ‘90 leads the U.S. government’s efforts to understand and reduce […]
→ May 14, 2024
Bring your partner, get a group of friends together and join us for the biggest event of Pembroke’s 400th year to celebrate all things Pembroke: our research, our people, our treasures, our food, and much more! On 29th June, Pembroke College officially turns 400 years old, and we’d love you to celebrate with us at our Pembroke […]