Whilst we’re preparing our term card for Mich 24, have a look at Easter 23’s term card!
Each week, we aim to host an event. This term, we had our signature event, Darwin Dinner, given by Prof Florian Hollfelder on directed evolution. We also had two other talks as well as social events like Origami Night! Each Easter term we celebrate the end of exams by a Garden Party and announce our new committee!
Week 1: 28th Apr – Talk: Bringing afterlife to life at CERN (Prof Oleg Brandt)
Week 2: 3rd May – Talk: Darwin in Patagonia (Stuart Blake)
Week 3: Origami Night!
Post Exams: Mid-June Garden Party & AGM
Welcome!
Since its establishment in 1937, the Darwin Society has been Christ College’s Science Society and is open to anyone with an interest in science!
We are named after one of Christ’s alumni, the famous naturalist Charles Robert Darwin, whose work The Origin of Species became the foundation of evolutionary biology.
A picture of Charles Darwin taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1868.
Our talks are open to all members of the University, sign up to our mailing list to stay up to date! In the past, we have hosted leading scientists, including Nobel Laureates, FRS professors and science commentators. We also run career and outreach events throughout the year. We are a dynamic, conscientious and sociable society and we encourage all feedback, ideas and questions!
Our main aim is to be a safe space for students to have fun whilst expressing their passion for science. All our talks are free, open to all Cambridge students and staff, and are not ticketed. We host social events, including Board Games and Movie nights (sometimes science themed!), and department tours and collaborations with other groups in Cambridge, to deliver fun opportunities to socialise and learn. Each term, we do joint events with other college science societies, including Formal dinner swaps, which we subsidise for Christ’s Undergraduates.
As a society, we are proud of our traditions and history. Each year, we celebrate Darwin’s birthday, 12th February, with a highlight of current research in a biology field given by an academic. We also host our flagship event, a black tie dinner known as Darwin Dinner, in Lent term. Here, an esteemed scientist gives a talk on their cutting edge research, followed by a Formal dinner at Christ’s, open to all Cambridge students! We also end the year with a free garden party for Christ’s students and Fellows, after exams, to celebrate the year.
Feel free to get in contact via email at cccdarwinsoc@gmail.com, and sign up to our mailing list! Look forward to seeing you at our events soon! 🙂
Messages from our Presidents
“I loved our formal swaps this year (Caius, Newnham and Catz) and how they’re always subsidised. This year, we plan to do even more including joint board games and pub crawls with other colleges!”
Dhruv Shenai, Darwin Society President 24/25
“We are really looking forward to an exciting new year with the Darwin Society. We are one of Christ’s College’s most active societies and we are always trying to find new ways to improve things!”
Ocean Tsang, Darwin Society President 23/24
“The Darwin Society was an absolute highlight of my time at Christ’s. You really get to know the other scientists around college and spend time with them outside of supervisions. It’s a wonderful community!”
Emily Wenban-Smith, Darwin Society President 22/23
