Nurturing the lifelong relationship between the University of Aberdeen and our graduate community
On Saturday 22 March, 350 current and former players of Aberdeen University Rugby Football Club (AURFC) gathered at The Marcliffe to celebrate the Club’s 150th anniversary. Attendees spanned generations, from members of the 1960s team to the current student team, and marked the occasion with stories, laughter, and heartfelt reunions.
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When Quita Shivas was at school she won every sports race, so it was no surprise when she enrolled at the University in 1946 that she continued her passion for athletics and won every event she entered. She went on to become one of the UK’s most accomplished runners and…
We were saddened to learn of the recent passing of former member of staff and honorary graduate Eddie Stevenson who was honoured by HRH Queen Elizabeth II with an MBE.
Eddie worked in the biomedical physics department at the University for over 44 year and, as a chief technician, was…
What inspired the creation of the 57˚North gin? Were there specific flavours you aimed to capture?
The 57 ° North Gin project is a collaboration between our team at Porter’s Gin and the Cruickshank Botanic Garden. The creation of the recipe required us to work closely with…
When Professor Anne Kiltie came to the University of Aberdeen from Oxford in June 2021 to take up the position of Friends of ANCHOR Clinical Chair in Oncology, she was made to feel very welcome by students and staff and was inspired by their passion and warmth.
On…
Rhod Sharp was born and educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to Aberdeen to study English at the University. He graduated in 1975 with an MA (Hons) English and was then selected as scholar of the St Andrews Society of New York, studying at Princeton University and obtaining a Masters…
When Elliott Martens and Lasse Rasmussen were still students at the University of Aberdeen, they hit on the idea of making wine from fruit after being concerned by the amount of soft fruit waste created by local businesses.
Soon after, they co-founded Two Racoons with the intention of making good…
Steve Aitken grew up in Aberdeen and studied at the University, graduating BSc Hons Computing Science in 2001. After spending time working in Canada, he returned to the UK and set up his own business, Intelligent Plant, which specialises in the performance monitoring of equipment and processes through analysis and…
It may be almost 50 years since David Henderson graduated from the University of Aberdeen but the passion he expresses for his time at the University has certainly not diminished.
Much of this passion is focused on his time playing both football and cricket for the University. A third football…
Italian Giulia Marzetti has stated that her MEng in Chemical Engineering from Aberdeen has been pivotal in getting her to where she is today, which has recently included her being named as one of the WISE Top 50 Women in Engineering.
Here she tells us about her time in Aberdeen…
