Honorary graduates and new professors
Students from the Class of 2023 graduated during a (mostly) gloriously sunny week in June. Honorary graduates included:
- Sam Torrance (golfer and broadcaster)
- Kirsty Wark (journalist and television presenter)
- Professor Margaret Bennett (folklorist and ethnologist, singer, writer and broadcaster)
- Professor Carmen Reinhart (economist)
They were joined by 73 students from the Classes of 2020 and 2021, who had missed out on in-person ceremonies due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
During winter graduation in November, students celebrated alongside honorands Dr Margaret Atwood (one of the world’s leading writers); Dame Evelyn Glennie (the Scottish solo percussionist); and Rufus Norris (actor and director). Gordon Moir was presented with the University Medal for services to greenkeeping.
The full list of Honorary Graduates is available here:
Principal’s Medal
The Principal’s Medal is an award made to students who have displayed exceptional endeavour and achievement during their time at 58勛圖. Each award carries a value of £1,000 in addition to a specially produced medal.
The students who won the award in 2023 were:
- Isabelle Molinari MA (Hons) Economics and Management
- Simone Korsgaard Jensen MMath (Hons) Mathematics
- Zachary Davis PhD School of Chemistry
Find out more about the Principal’s Medal
New professors
The following new professors were inducted at the Winter Graduation 2023:
- Professor Natalie Adamson
Art History
- Professor Alina Baluch
Business School
- Professor Shiona Chillas
Business School
- Professor David Donaldson
Psychology & Neuroscience
- Professor Victoria Donovan
Modern Languages
- Professor Isobel Falconer
Mathematics & Statistics
- Professor Nicholas Feasey
Medicine
- Professor Timothy Greenwood
History
- Professor Jonathan Keeling
Physics & Astronomy
- Professor Myles Lavan
Classics
- Professor Alexander Long
Classics
- Professor Emily Michelson
History
- Professor Christian Moser
Modern Languages
- The late Professor Simon Northridge
Biology
- Professor Silvia Paracchini
Medicine
- Professor Simon Prosser
Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies
- Professor Tom Rice
Philosophical, Anthropological & Film Studies
- Professor Philip Roscoe
Business School
- Professor Kathryn Rudy
Bishop Wardlaw Professor, Art History
- Professor Gurchathen Sanghera
International Relations
- Professor Susmit Sarkar
Computer Science
- Professor William Tooman
Divinity
- Professor Kenneth Wood
Physics & Astronomy