Equity in education
Philip Cotton (BSc 1984) is Vice Chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) and was awarded an OBE for services to higher education in Rwanda in 2017. He…
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In memory of Malika Aly-Khan
Fiona Hill (MA 1989) is a leading foreign affairs advisor, academic and author, and has served as Chancellor of Durham University since 2023. She received an honorary degree from the…
Honouring an institutional memory
We were sad to hear of the death of Sheila Taylor (MA 1968) in August 2024. Sheila dedicated her life and career to the University of St Andrews and was…
A sweet start: from medieval history to Mars. Inc
Rebecca Snow (MA 1995) is Head of People & Organization at Mars, Incorporated. In a prescient move by her academic mother, she and her friends were dressed up as M&M’s®…
If walls could talk
Peter Jones (MA 1997) combined a passion for Paris and painting to carve out a career in the art world. Fascinated by the stories and character of buildings, he describes…
From Greece to St Andrews: a journey of science, scents and exploration
Freideriki (Frida) Michailidou (PhD 2017) was named an ‘MIT Innovator Under 35 Europe’; she won the Science and Sustainability Award at the British Council’s Study UK Alumni Awards 2024; and…
A gift from the heart for the Making Waves Campaign
Alumna and American Foundation Trustee Helen Hwang (JYA 1987) has continued her relationship with St Andrews through lifelong friendships, family connections and now, a gift of the heart which she…
Completing the cycle
It was thanks to a scholarship that Charis Kozel (BSc Hons Medicine 2011) was able to come here to pursue a career in Medicine. She describes what St Andrews gave…
A series of unbelievable coincidences
We were sad to hear of the death of Dr Frank Steven, (BSc 1955, PhD 1958) in December. Here his daughter Barbara Kirby (PhD 1987) describes how a series of…
‘Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime’: one alumna’s contribution to global health
Professor Sonia Buist (née Chapman) (MB ChB 1964) is one of the world’s leading experts in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Born in India and educated in Scotland, the US…