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Alumna Ann Cairns

"It feels like coming home": A conversation with Benefactors Award winner Dr Ann Cairns

Today, as hundreds of graduates celebrate their achievements at the Octagon, the University is incredibly proud to present the Benefactors Award to alumna and honorary graduate Dr Ann Cairns (BSc Mathematics 1978, HonLittD 2018) and her husband, Jim.
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Geoff Garnett awarded Honorary Degree in recognition of global health leadership

The University of Sheffield has awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Medicine to alumnus Geoff Garnett, recognising his outstanding contribution to global health.
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Mark Crosbie with his wife, Sarah Crosbie

Sheffield alumnus recognised in national Social Mobility List

University of Sheffield alumnus Mark Crosbie has been recognised in the inaugural Social Mobility List, a national publication celebrating individuals and organisations driving meaningful change in access to opportunity across the UK.
Dr Heather Mortiboys leading a team of Parkinson's researchers in a lab

New partnership aims to accelerate stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease

Samples from menstrual blood, placentas and umbilical cords could help unlock major breakthroughs in Parkinson's disease research.
Kitty Hung running the London Marathon in aid of scholarships

Sheffield Alumna Kitty Hung Running for

Kitty Hung, a Computer Science alumna of the University, ran the 2013 London Marathon to raise money for scholarships here at Sheffield.
Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel in interview with Brendan Stone

Law alumna Hilary Mantel, the first woman, and the first Briton, to win the Man Booker Prize twice, shared her memories of The University of Sheffield and the discovery of the ‘noise’ inside her head.
Rosemary Boucher, Donald Tomlin and Professor Sir Keith Burnett

Alumnus Mr Donald Tomlin receives the Professor Robert Boucher Distinguished Alumni Award

The Development and Alumni Relations Office were delighted to award alumnus Mr Donald Tomlin (1940, BSc Physics) the Professor Robert Boucher Distinguished Alumni Award at the annual Meeting of Court on Thursday 1 March.
Rosemary Boucher, Professor Sir Keith Burnett and Dave Wickett

Sheffield brewer receives first ever Distinguished Alumni Award

University of Sheffield alumnus and much loved local businessman Dave Wickett has received the first ever Professor Robert Boucher Distinguished Alumni Award.
Her Majesty The Queen with Professor Dame Pamela Shaw at the opening of SITraN in 2010

The Queen visits University to open Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience

Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, officially unveiled a new state-of-the-art £12 million research institute at the University of Sheffield on Thursday 18 November 2010, which is set to make Sheffield a world leader for research into motor neurone disease (MND).