Our colleague Dr Bonnie Evans (2nd from left) visiting No 10 Downing Street, as part of a group invited to create a more diverse network of advisors.

Congratulations to Peter Eveleigh, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation on the democratisation of private flight this morning. Also in the picture: thesis supervisor Simone Turchetti and examiners Robert Naylor and Alan D. Meyer.

Hot off the press: new #OpenAccess book, co-edited by our colleague Dr Amelia Bonea: #Women, #science, #engineering and #medicine in the twentieth century.
doi.org/10.7765/9781...
#HistSTM #HistSci

CHSTM’s home, the Simon Building. Looks almost nice like this.

A couple of photos from Dr James Sumner's 'Electric Dreams' stall at last weekend's Universally Manchester festival.
universallymanchester.com #scicomm

New article by CHSTM PhD graduate and honorary research associate Dr Leah de Quattro - based on research for her PhD dissertation:
Understanding Midwife-led and Group-led Antenatal Preparation: Part 1. The Practising Midwife. Volume 28, Issue 3, May 2025, Pages 37-39.
doi.org/10.55975/SGP...

The forthcoming issue of the BJHS on science diplomacy in Asia looks good. Some CHSTM involvement.

Congratulations to our colleague @cinziag.bsky.social, whose latest book, Assemblages of Cancer: Experiences and contexts of breast cancer in the UK, France and Italy, was published last week by @manchesterup.bsky.social. Read the book (#OpenAccess) here:

www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

@moderation.bsky.app may be a bit overzealous here; we'd like to suggest that the cover does not deserve to be labelled as 'adult content'. Anyway ... let's see if this works.

Congratulations to our colleague @cinziag.bsky.social, whose latest book, Assemblages of Cancer: Experiences and contexts of breast cancer in the UK, France and Italy, was published last week by @manchesterup.bsky.social. Read the book (#OpenAccess) here:
www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

TODAY: Manuscript workshop on aspects in the history of modern medicine in China. Co-hosted with the Manchester China Institute

Planet Bee is a student-led science magazine at the University of Manchester recruiting writers and artists for their next edition. The theme is 20/25 Vision: What Does 21st Century Science Mean to You?

Interesting comment piece by CHSTM colleague Dr James Sumner in Nature Reviews Physics, on why the AI revolution is always just out of reach.

doi.org/10.1038/s422...

Congratulations to Po-Hsu Chen on successfully defending his PhD dissertation on approaches to herbal toxicity in Chinese medicine. In the picture: the examiners, the candidate, and the supervisors

Outdoor memorial for CHSTM's founding director John Pickstone. Spotted in the wild by his successor Mick Worboys.