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\n \n\n \n30 August 2023
\n \n \n \nOf the 25 awards for 2022-23, announced today, four honour Oxford University researchers for their outstanding contributions to science and medicine, and three have been awarded to MPLS academics.
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\n \n\n \n25 July 2023
\n \n \n \nWe are thrilled to announce our winners for the MPLS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Awards. Every other year, alternating with the University-wide VC\u2019s Diversity Awards, we recognise staff and students in MPLS who have gone above and beyond in their efforts to advance ED&I within our communities.
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\n \n\n \n24 July 2023
\n \n \n \nSix Oxford Mathematicians and two Theoretical Physicists and their collaborators have been awarded Frontiers of Science Awards for their respective research papers at the inaugural International Congress of Basic Science Conference which took place in Beijing, China.
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\n \n\n \n21 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Windmeijer is Professorial Research Fellow in the Department of Statistics. His research interests cover micro-econometrics and causal inference, with strong links to epidemiology and biostatistics.
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\n \n\n \n20 July 2023
\n \n \n \nMaitha Al Shimmari, a research student in Oxford's Department of Engineering Science, joins the Atlantic Council Global Energy Center's fifth cohort of leading women under the age of 35 in the fields of energy and climate research.
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\n \n\n \n5 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Frances Kirwan has been awarded the P\u00f3lya prize, while Professor Andr\u00e1s Juh\u00e1sz receives the Whitehead Prize.
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\n \n\n \n4 July 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Steel is also recipient of the Sir George Macfarlane medal.
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\n \n\n \n28 June 2023
\n \n \n \nTen members of staff with teaching responsibilities, across all career stages, have been recognised in this year\u2019s MPLS Teaching Awards.
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\n \n\n \n22 June 2023
\n \n \n \nMPLS departments, teams and individuals have all been recognised in this year\u2019s awards, which celebrate the exceptional contributions of staff and students in advancing environmental sustainability.
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\n \n\n \n21 June 2023
\n \n \n \nResearchers across the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division (MPLS) have been recognised for their outstanding research impact at the annual MPLS Impact Awards.
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\n \n\n \n17 June 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessors Milner-Gulland (Department of Biology), and Paul Newman and Alison Noble (Department of Engineering Science) are amongst the Oxford academics recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.
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\n \n\n \n14 June 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Michael Bronstein and Professor Alison Noble will conduct ground-breaking work on some of artificial intelligence\u2019s biggest challenges.
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\n \n\n \n13 June 2023
\n \n \n \nSix researchers from the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials have been honoured in this year's Royal Society of Chemistry Research and Innovation Prizes.
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\n \n\n \n7 June 2023
\n \n \n \nDame Carol Robinson (Department of Chemistry) is one of a handful of distinguished scholars worldwide to have been elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society (APS) for 2023.
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\n \n\n \n1 June 2023
\n \n \n \nOxford Mathematician Frances Kirwan is the recipient of a 2023 L'Or\u00e9al-UNESCO for Women in Science International Award. The awards honour five eminent women scientists from five regions of the world.
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\n \n\n \n18 May 2023
\n \n \n \nThe new Fellows have been elected to the Academy in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the advancement of biomedical and health science, cutting edge research discoveries, and translating developments into benefits for patients and wider society.
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\n \n\n \n10 May 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Myles Allen (Geography and Physics), Professor Andrew Goodwin (Chemistry) and Professor James Maynard (Mathematics) have joined as Fellows. Others recognised from the University include the Vice-Chancellor Professor Irene Tracey.
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\n \n\n \n5 May 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Alison Etheridge has been elected as an international member of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States.
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\n \n\n \n21 April 2023
\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Alison Etheridge (Mathematical Institute and Department of Statistics) and Professor Marta Kwiatkowska (Department of Computer Science, and Associate Head for Finance in the MPLS Divisional Office) who have been elected as International Honorary Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n7 April 2023
\n \n \n \nProfessor Craig MacLean, Professor Tim Coulson and Professor Dame Carol Robinson have all been awarded the prestigious grants recognising ground-breaking projects.
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