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Centenary of Fred Sanger's birth commemorated

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology is commemorating the centenary of the birth of Professor Fred Sanger, a Fellow at King's from 1954 to 1983 who is widely regarded as "the father of genomics". 

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‘Xu Zhimo’ willow cuttings

Cuttings of one of the willow trees celebrated in Xu Zhimo’s most famous poem “Second Farewell to Cambridge” are to find a new home in China.

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Xu Zhimo Memorial Garden Unveiled at King's

A memorial garden commemorating the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo (1897-1931) was formally opened on 10th August by Xu's grandson Tony.

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Choir member is King's Singers second alto

Edward Button has been appointed as second alto in the world-renowned vocal sextet.

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King's hosts Inaugural BME Open Day event

Prospective students from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds were invited to the College to meet current students and Fellows, to garner practical advice about applying to the University, and to listen to an Empowerment Session from spoken word

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Energy Storage Idea wins King's Entrepreneurship Prize

£20,000 prize awarded to Pumped Heat, a company aiming to decarbonise the electricity system through long duration energy storage.

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Last Night features King's members

A number of King's alumni feature in this year's BBC Proms.

A Successful 2018 Fundraising Telephone Campaign!

Thank you and well done to our student callers for their amazing efforts in raising almost £200,000.

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King's alumna premières new composition

A composition by King's alumna Kate Whitley (KC 2007) was premièred in Trafalgar Square on Sunday 29th June by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Orchestra's Music Director Sir Simon Rattle.

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Darin Weinberg's book has been awarded the 2018 Melvin Pollner Prize

Darin Weinberg's book Contemporary Social Constructionism (2014, Temple) has been awarded the 2018 Melvin Pollner Prize in Ethnomethodology by the American Sociological Association's section on Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis.