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Hundreds of former students attended Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Alumni Open Day on 11 October 2003.

Coming from as far as Australia, they met up with staff and fellow alumni, took part in a number of specially organised lectures and tours, and met the new Provost, Professor Malcolm Grant.

Professor Steve Jones (Biology) began the day's lectures with: Did Adam Meet Eve? The View from the Genes, describing how recent research at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê has provided clues to help track down our universal fathers and mothers. In Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Body Snatchers, Professor Philip Treleaven (Computer Science) talked about how Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê managed the UK National Sizing Survey using state-of-the-art 3D body scanners. Looking for Life on Mars - With Mars Express and Beagle 2, by Dr Andrew Coates (Space & Climate Physics), detailed the university's contributions to the exploration of Mars.

Alumni reacquainted themselves with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê through visiting the Cruciform Building, the Grant Museum of Zoology & Comparative Anatomy, the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Art Collections, as part of organised tours or individually. There were also demonstrations of some of the projects which have benefited from alumni giving through the Friends Programme.

The 2003 Murie Robertson Award for Outstanding Contribution to Alumni Activity was presented to Janet Kitchen (French 1964) for her work as Chair of the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Alumni London Group. Following the presentation at the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Bloomsbury theatre, the Provost gave an address to alumni on his vision for Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê. At the reception that followed, he discussed the future of the university with many guests.

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