Category: Socials

Pizza on the Paddock

Date and Time: Saturday 11th October, 17:00 – 18:00

Location: The Paddock

Welcoming those new to the society with free pizza, and socialising with other Danby members.

Pub Quiz

Date and Time: Tuesday 28th October, 19:00 – 21:00

Location: JCR

Termly pub quiz with free pizza and a prize for the winners.

Sidney Sussex Formal Swap + Astrophysics Talk

Date and Time: Wednesday 12th November, 18:00 (talk) or 19:00 (formal)

Location: Sidney Sussex

The away leg of our formal swap with Sidney, with an optional talk on astrophysics beforehand.

Downing Formal + AI Talk

Date and Time: Monday 24th November, 18:00

Location: Tim Cadbury/Music Room

Academic talk by Professor Demetrius Floudas titled “Prometheus Unbound: Why your AI toaster will inherit the Earth”. Followed by a free formal.

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Hughes Hall Formal Swap

Date and Time: Tuesday 6th May 2025, 19:00

Location: Hughes Hall

The away leg of our formal swap with Hughes Hall.

Sidney Sussex Formal Swap

Date and Time: Friday 9th May 2025, 19:10

Location: Sidney Sussex

The away leg of our formal swap with Sidney.

Private Dinner

Date and Time: Monday 12th May 2025, 18:45 drinks reception, 19:30 dinner

Location: Grace Howard Room (drinks reception), West Lodge & Maitland Room (dinner)

Dress code: Formal (black tie) without gowns 

Private dinner with students, alumni and fellows.

Sidney Sussex Formal Swap

Date and Time: Friday 31st January 2025, 19:00

Location: Downing

The home leg of our formal swap with Sidney.

Hughes Hall Formal Swap

Date and Time: Monday 17th February 2025, 19:00

Location: Downing

The home leg of our formal swap with Hughes Hall.

Medwards Formal Swap

Date and Time: Tuesday 4th March 2025, 19:30

Location: Medwards

The away leg of our formal swap with Medwards

Danby Round-up + Pub Quiz

Date and Time: Friday 7th March, 20:00

Location: JCR

Short presentations on research by Danby members, followed by the beloved termly pub quiz!

Pizza on the paddock

Date and Time: Friday 11th October 2024, 17:30

Location: The paddock

An informal social to start the term, with pizza and STEM chat.

Pub Quiz + Danby round-up

Date and Time: Thursday 17th October 2024, 20:00

Location: JCR

Short presentation by Danby members + the pub quiz returns, with a prize for the winners, of course!

Medwards Formal Swap

Date and Time: Wednesday 6th November 2024, 19:00

Location: Downing

The home leg of our formal swap with Medwards.

Pizza Night

Date and Time: Thursday 2nd May 2024, 19:30

Location: JCR

Pizza and social as we entered exam term!

Start of Term social

Date and Time: Wednesday 17th January 2024, 15:00

Location: JCR

An informal social to start the term, with pizza and snacks.

Lent Pub Quiz

Date and Time: Thursday 25th January 2024, 20:00

Location: JCR

The pub quiz returns, with a mix of classic and new categories! Doughnuts and snacks provided!

Queens’ Formal Swap

Date and Time: Monday 12th February 2024, 19:30

Location: Downing

The home leg of our formal swap with Queens’.

Michaelmas Pub Quiz

Date and time: Friday 27th October 2023, 20:00

Location: JCR

Our first formal event of the year! Thank you to everybody for the great turnout, and congratulations to our winners (Week 5) Blue Fossils!

Queens’ Formal Swap

Date and time: Wednesday 22nd November 2023, 19:30

Location: Queens’ College

A fantastic evening with Queens’ STEM society.

Pub Crawl ft. Caius & Pembroke

Date and Time: Friday 28th January, 20:00

Location: To be determined

STEM Society Swap! Danby will be doing a Pub Crawl with the STEM societies of Caius and Pembroke. Look out for more details soon!

Formal Swap ft. St John’s (Still TBC)

Date and Time: Monday 1st February, 19:00

Location: St John’s College

STEM Society Swap! St. John’s college are inviting us for a formal at their college with their STEM society. We will know more information when they get back to us with the number of allowed guests.

Pub Quiz Round #2

Date and Time: Friday 4th February, 20:30

Location: JCR, (Downstairs of the Butterfield)

Join us for our next science-themed pub quiz for another chance to win a box of Kripsy Kremes. Questions may be a little less sciencey than last time…. will the Mighty Chondrias rein supreme again?

Pub Quiz Round #1

Date and Time: Tuesday 19th October, 20:30

Location: JCR, (Downstairs of the Butterfield)

We started off the year with our pub quiz in the Downing JCR. We had 6 teams enter, and the Mighty Chondrias came out on top. Well done to Pawel, Holly, Will, and Rijuta for their victory!

Danby Film Night!

Date and Time: Monday 29th November, 18:00

Location: TV Room, S Staircase

We also hosted a film night watching The Martian, a chill evening with free popcorn and mince pies for the final event of the term.