Newnham in America

We always need willing volunteers to host events across the US. We also need people to run regional alumnae groups. If you would like to help, please contact the Development Office at roll@newn.cam.ac.uk. Thank you!

Newnham alumnae are invited to come to a talk by Dame Patricia to the JPMorgan Women’s Network followed by a cocktail reception at JPMorgan’s offices in mid-town Manhattan.

Newnham alumnae are also invited to join Patricia for dinner afterwards at 7pm at a nearby restaurant. An invitation will follow.

Newnham alumnae are kindly invited by Antonia von Gottberg for a buffet dinner she will host in her home at 36, Royal Avenue, Cambridge Massachussets. An invitation from Antonia will follow.

Please join us for Cambridge in America Day New York - a thought-provoking program focusing on Winston Churchill, the power of oratory and qualities of leadership. This is an opportunity to hear directly from leading academics and alumni, a chance to reconnect with old and new friends alike over drinks and lively conversation.

Venue: The Eventi Hotel, 851 Avenue of the Americas (at 30th Street), 
New York, NY 1000

Time: 1
2:30 - 5 pm, 
followed by drinks reception

Price: $25/person or $15/Cambridge10, alumni 10 years out (Matric. 2002+)

For further information, please see the Cambridge in America website

Click here to register

We hope that you will be able to join us - it promises to be both stimulating and fun!

Cambridge in America will be hosting a May Ball in June 2012.

Kathy Lord, Director, Alumni Relations, says ‘US based alumni have been after us for some time now to organize a May Ball. While we know we can’t compete with the real thing (nor could we stay up all night!), we’re excited to organize a festive event at Lincoln Center’s famed Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Save the dates have gone out to all US based alumni and we anticipate a fun evening of food, drink, dancing and entertainment.’

Save the date! Further information and details will be sent out as they become available.

Information on all upcoming events can be found on the Cambridge in America website

On 8 May, a group of US alumnae enjoyed lunch at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, followed by a lecture by Newnham Professor Mary Beard, entitled ‘Rough Work? Emperors Defaced and Destroyed’. This was the last in a series of six A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. The group were joined for lunch by Elizabeth Cropper, Dean of the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery, and there was a chance to speak with Mary Beard after the lecture.

Four Newnhamites attended Cambridge in America Day at the Eventi Hotel, New York on 9 April. Lecturers included Professor Stefan Collini (Clare Hall) of the Faculty of English, Lydia Wilson (Trinity Hall) who is the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of the Cambridge Literary Review, and Novelist Helen Oyeyemi (Corpus Christi).

Following the speakers, guests had the opportunity to mingle and reconnect at a drinks reception while enjoying a photography exhibit by Issam Kourbaj, artist in residence at Christ’s College.