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Queen Mary Alumni e-Newsletter: Issue 35, January 2012

College news 

Queen Mary wins Cathay Pacific's New Horizons Award; Major grants from Leverhulme Trust for Queen Mary; New Year's Honours for Queen Mary people - Knights Bachelor: Professor Robert Watson CMG (Chemistry, 1969; PhD Chemistry, 1973); CBE: Dr Naim Eliahou Dangoor OBE (Engineering, 1938) and Professor Ursula Martin; OBE (Diplomatic Service and Overseas): Louise Stanton (European Studies (German and Linguistics), 1990; Professor Julia Kristeva receives Honorary degree from Queen Mary; Queen Mary offers studentships worth £10m to research talent; Queen Mary outreach programme celebrated in Parliament; Queen Mary spin-out company seeks brands to trial Twitter analytics service; New hub for German-Jewish history and culture 

Research news

Cell 'battery' found to play central role in neurodegenerative disease; Largest ever heart stem cell studies underway; Cancer and lifestyle in the UK; New trial set to help people with house-dust mite allergies; Tools for predicting diabetes exist but not used; 'Asthma app' launched for children and young people; New app matches your face to celebrities' faces; Men have stronger reactions to seeing other men's emotions compared with women's

Staff news

Dr Thomas Asbridge's landmark series The Crusades airs on BBC; New Chair of UCLP Education appointed; Queen Mary cancer researcher wins prestigious new award; Queen Mary's Dr Ben Still wins 'I'm a Scientist, get me out of here!'; Queen Mary awarded for contribution to animal welfare; Professor Peter McOwan receives Mountbatten Medal for 2011; Adviser of the Year award 2011; School of History celebrates launch of Dr Helen McCarthy's new book

Alumni giving

Inspire Success - A big thank you!; Leaving a gift to Queen Mary, University of London in your Will

Career development opportunities

Working for Queen Mary; Postgraduate Open Evening

Volunteering your time

Insight to Law volunteers needed; School of Politics and International Relations - Alumni Profiles wanted!

London Hospital Dental Club

London Hospital Dental Club Annual Clinical Meeting 2012: Programme and booking information

Student news 

Queen Mary students awarded under new £1.5m scholarship programme; Significance of male jewellery revealed in gem of an exhibition

Alumni news

Priority booking for Glyndebourne 2012 - Dates for your diary; Summer 2011 Graduates' Destination of Leavers of Higher Education Survey; Business-savvy graduate shares secrets of business success in new book; Rolls-Royce appoints Queen Mary alumnus as Director; Dr Nick Webborn receives prize for outstanding contribution to Sports Medicine; Queen Mary's 'Most Influential Londoners': Stephen Deuchar CBE (PhD History of Art, 1986), Robert Elliott (Law, 1974), Rajiv Grover (q Barts, 1989); Jason McCue (Law, 1990), Professor Norman Williams (q The London, 1970), Simon Woolley (MA Hispanic Studies, 1994); New alumni entries in 2012 Who's Who: His Honour Judge Paul Kay Sloan QC (Law, 1980); Lynsey Hanley (Politics and History, 1997); Michael Drury CMG (Law, 1980; LLM, 1981); John Burton QC (Law, 1978); Catherine Wood QC (Law, 1984); Barts 1961 qualifiers' Reunion   

Former staff remembered

Dr Alvaro Angeriz; Professor Donald Jeffries CBE; Professor Kevin Sharpe

Forthcoming events

Thursday 2 February - History Postgraduate Seminar: Restoration Latitudinarianism and the moralisation of interests with Elliott Karstadt; Wednesday 15 February - History Postgraduate Seminar: with Philip Aylett; Thursday 1 March - History Postgraduate Seminar: The Eclipse of 'Elegant Economy' with Martin Cohen; Friday 2 - Saturday 3 March - London Hospital Dental Club Annual Clinical Meeting; Monday 5 - Wednesday 14 March - Opening of the ArtsTwo Building; Thursday 15 March - History Seminar: Examining the Impact of the Great War through Mass-Observation with Joel Morley; Saturday 24 March - Alumni Spring Lunch; Saturday 24 March - School of Physics and Astronomy Alumni Day (tbc); Thursday 29 March - History Postgraduate Seminar: with Jade Shepherd; Monday 26 - Saturday 31 March - Alumni Receptions in India and Bangladesh; Friday 22 June - Wednesday 4 July - Alumni Receptions in Bangkok, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong; Friday 5 - Saturday 6 October - Alumni Reunion Weekend; Monday 22 - Friday 26 October - Alumni Receptions in the USA

For a full listing of forthcoming wider College events, please click here.