By Mark Taylor An intrigue in datasets and analysis is fitting for Tom Macky in more ways than one. The level of scrutiny and review that goes into a normal Boat Race season is largely unknown to those that tune in to see the annual tussles on the Tideway. Months and months are spent focusing…

Sarah Sharp has almost gone from one extreme to another in her relationship with rowing. When the PhD student first arrived to study an MPhil at Pembroke College, she had never before seen a rowing boat. “I was miles away from the rowing world,” explains Sharp. “It was never something I had encountered. It never…

By Mark Taylor When you take time to consider some of the cliches associated with rowing, a lot of them have audio connotations. Finding the right note, getting a tune out of the boat, finding a rhythm and even hearing the boat sing – which is also the name of a popular rowing blog –…

By Mark Taylor There was no doubt for Arden Berlinger that environmental issues were going to be a priority when deciding a career path. “I knew that I wanted to do something related to environmental and sustainability research,” she says. “When I was an undergrad I was trying to figure out how I could have…

by Mark Taylor Problem solving appears to lie at the heart of most things to which Carina Graf is committed. Be it academics or sport, there is an underlying theme about the Emmanuel College student’s motivation that ties them all neatly together. Graf is in her fourth year of trialling with CUBC. After being in…

by Mark Taylor All good things must come to an end, and Ollie Boyne is eager to savour everything that being a part of the University of Cambridge has to offer for one final time. After four years studying a PhD in computer vision, Boyne is now in the writing up phase of his research,…