They were joined by a full house of friends and supporters for a programme of talks, music, and convivial conversation.

The event drew a large audience of College members and the general public, further establishing Wolfson's reputation for fostering cultural and artistic excellence in Oxford.

An analysis of over 200 primate species by an Oxford team of evolutionary biologists led by Dr Shultz suggests that our ancestors gave up their solitary existence when they shifted from being nocturnal creatures to those that are active during the day.

The new Centre will build on the existing strengths and activities of Wolfson College in biography and life-writing to become the natural home of life-writing in Oxford and beyond.

Dr Bano, ESRC Research Fellow at the Oxford Department of International Development, was filmed discussing her work at Wolfson College in a video that was aired at a major ESRC event in London

At the beginning of Michaelmas Term, WCBC recruited 50 new Wolfson and St Cross members who had never rowed before. On November 18^th/19^th, after less than 7 weeks training, they entered Nephthys Regatta (a novice regatta organised by the University Lightweight Rowing Club), where the women took first place. The men's 1^st VIII beat Exeter in the first round but missed out against Worcester in round two.

Dr Moldovan will be responsible for the Research and Development of high-performance scientific imaging detectors capable of studying structures and processes at the atomic level.

Initially focused for use in electron microscopy, the detectors also have potential applications for X-rays, other microscopy techniques, and machine vision. Oxford Imaging Detectors' instruments provide significant advantages over current technology, exceeding the current state-of-the-art in speed, contrast, efficiency and resolution.

Professor Watts is joint leader of a research project that has captured startling new images from the Rim of Fire in the depths of the Pacific Ocean to reveal one of Earth's most violent processes: the destruction of massive underwater mountains. 

John Buchanan was a Research Fellow at Wolfson from 1968-70, and has been knighted for services to industry.

Sir John is the chairman of global medical technology company Smith & Nephew and is also heavily involved in a number of charitable organisations. He said it was an honour to receive the recognition, particularly in his adopted home country. "I feel quite privileged. I have been very lucky dealing with the business sector and the voluntary sector and I'm just very honoured to receive this."

The conference, entitled, The Evolution of International Norms & Norm Entrepreneurship: The Council of Europe in Comparative Perspective, was convened by Wolfson Fellow Professor Anne Deighton and Dr Gwendolyn Sasse from the Department of Politics at Oxford University and co-sponsored by Wolfson College and the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, among others.