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DICK LUGAR ’54 AWARDED THE 2016 FULBRIGHT PRIZE

DICK LUGAR ’54 AWARDED THE 2016 FULBRIGHT PRIZE

→  November 24, 2016 0

    Sen. Richard Lugar ’54 has won the prestigious 2016 Fulbright Prize for International Understanding.  The Fulbright Prize is named in honor of another illustrious Pembrokian, the late Sen. J. William Fulbright 1925. The prize is awarded by the Fulbright Society for distinction in any field which exemplifies the ideals of Sen. Fulbright in promoting […]

MICHELLE PELUSO ‘93 Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of IBM

MICHELLE PELUSO ‘93 Appointed Chief Marketing Officer of IBM

→  November 15, 2016 0

Michelle Peluso, ‘93, a former Trustee of the Pembroke College Foundation, has been appointed IBM’s first-ever Chief Marketing Officer. Michelle was formerly CEO of Gilt, the luxury ecommerce company.  Before that she served as global consumer chief marketing and internet officer at Citigroup, and as CEO of the travel site Travelocity. Michelle has served as a […]

INVITATION — New York Event for Ariel Ezrachi’s new book “Virtual Competition” (November 14th @ 7pm in NYC)

INVITATION — New York Event for Ariel Ezrachi’s new book “Virtual Competition” (November 14th @ 7pm in NYC)

→  November 6, 2016 0

Pembrokians…YOU ARE INVITED… Monday, November 14th at 7pm Book Culture 450 Columbus Ave, New York, NY 10024. Harper’s Magazine and The Authors Guild invite all North American Pembrokians to join them on Monday, November 14th at 7pm for a special discussion with Maurice E. Stucke & Pembroke Fellow Ariel Ezrachi, authors of the new book Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy. Mary Rasenberger, Executive Director […]

The Smithsonian Honors Oxford— Calls Pembroke “The Gateway to Oxford University”

The Smithsonian Honors Oxford— Calls Pembroke “The Gateway to Oxford University”

→  November 2, 2016 0

  Pembroke College was heralded as the Smithsonian Institution’s “Gateway to Oxford University” at a gala reception held the evening of October 19 at the Smithsonian Castle in Washington. Julian Raby, the distinguished Director of the Smithsonian’s Sackler and Freer Galleries of Art, in the evening’s keynote remarks praised the close and growing relationship between […]

Oxford On Top

Oxford On Top

→  September 27, 2016 0

Great news! Oxford is the first UK university to top the World University Rankings for 2016. To learn more, click here

Prof. Nicholas Cole & Prof. Peter Claus Visit Boston

Prof. Nicholas Cole & Prof. Peter Claus Visit Boston

→  September 11, 2016 0

Pembroke Fellows Nicholas Cole (left) and Peter Claus (right) visited Boston on September 6 and met for lunch with Pembroke College Foundation President Tom Herman (center). Nicholas reported great progress on his U.S. Constitutional Convention digitization project, based at Pembroke, which will be publically launched in Oxford on October 14, 2016. In addition to his […]

Sterling Year For Pembroke Academics —  2016 Norrington Table Results

Sterling Year For Pembroke Academics — 2016 Norrington Table Results

→  September 6, 2016 0

Sterling Year For Pembroke Academics —  2016 Norrington Table Results Pembroke College obtained its highest Norrington Table score ever, vaulting 16 places in the newly released rankings for the academic year 2015/2016. Pembroke tied with Brasenose and Univ. as the colleges that had risen most in the ranks, moving from last place in 2014/2015 to […]

As A Writer and Athlete, Stuart Stevens Fears Nothing

As A Writer and Athlete, Stuart Stevens Fears Nothing

→  July 29, 2016 0

Novelist, screenwriter, extreme sports enthusiast, renowned Republican political consultant, and epicure Stuart Stevens ’72 is out with a timely new book, “The Innocent Have Nothing to Fear” (Random House), a dark comedy about an American presidential campaign involving a Trump-like character and set in a contested Republican convention. “I started the book before the (2012) […]

Pembroke’s Dr. Adrian Gregory on the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme (video)

Pembroke’s Dr. Adrian Gregory on the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme (video)

→  July 5, 2016 0

  Pembroke’s celebrated historian Dr. Adrian Gregory reflects on the First World War and the remembrance on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in this video. http://www.oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk/culture/videos-podcasts-galleries/oxford-great-war      

Hattendorf ’73 Awarded D.Litt and Alfred Thayer Mahan Award

Hattendorf ’73 Awarded D.Litt and Alfred Thayer Mahan Award

→  May 3, 2016 0

Multiple congratulations to famed maritime historian, Professor John B. Hattendorf ‘73, who was awarded the prestigious Doctor of Letters degree (D.Litt) by the University of Oxford at a ceremony in March 2016. John is Chairman of the Maritime History Department and the Ernest J. King Chair of Maritime History at the US Naval War College […]