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St John’s College, Cambridge

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Open Days & Residentials
Year 12 March Visit Day 3
St John's College
March 12, 2026 10:15 AM
Music in College
POSTPONED - Shirley Smart Trio – Jazz at John's
Main Lecture Theatre, Old Divinity School
March 12, 2026 7:00 PM
The Common Good Programme
The Rev’d Andrew Hurst – What is Truth?
St John's College Chapel
March 15, 2026 6:30 PM
Music in College
Concert: Williams, Finzi & Harmer
Chapel
March 15, 2026 8:15 PM
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Latest news

Gloved hand works on an experiment in a laboratory
Failed experiment leads to surprise drug development breakthrough

An unexpected result during a routine control test revealed a new light-powered chemical reaction that could make drug manufacturing more sustainable and give scientists better tools to develop medicines

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Artist’s illustration of the interplay of a vibrational mode in electron-transfer processes
Molecular ‘catapult’ fires electrons at the limits of physics

Cambridge scientists discover vibration-driven charge transfer faster than a single molecular vibration

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A portrait of the Brontë sisters by Patrick Branwell Brontë copyright The National Portrait Gallery, London
The Cambridge chapter before Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

The patriarch of the Brontë family was a St John’s undergraduate who changed his surname from Brunty to Brontë – a name his three remarkable daughters would later make famous in books that have sold millions of copies worldwide

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Radiologist calls for revolution in UK breast cancer screening in historic medical lecture

Recording of the 2026 Linacre Lecture given at St John’s College by University of Cambridge breast cancer specialist is now available online

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