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How to get heard in an increasingly noisy world

How do you get your ideas across in an increasingly noisy and divided world? Three Gates Cambridge Scholars discuss their innovative solutions in the second episode of series two of our podcast, So, now what? Jakub Szamalek [2009], Ragnhild Freng Dale [2013] and Cansu Karabiyik [2016] discuss the different ways they have innovated, through video […]

Celebrating agricultural innovation in Africa

A foundation started by a Gates Cambridge Scholar is leading a Cambridge Festival event in March to celebrate agricultural innovation in Africa where a new project on food security will be launched. The Agri-Innovation & Impact Project (AGRIIP) will be launched at the Roots of Resilience event on 27th March. It is designed to empower […]

What makes Earth tick

It was during his master’s that Alex Myhill [2022] was introduced to Earth Science and realised just how much we don’t understand about the Earth. He wanted to explore further and his PhD seeks to understand the dynamics that make the Earth tick. He is developing new techniques for the efficient computation of whole Earth […]

25th anniversary panel to speak at Cambridge Festival

Five Scholars will speak about their ideas that could change the world at this year’s Cambridge Festival as part of the ongoing celebrations for Gates Cambridge’s 25th anniversary. The Festival programme has been published today and includes the Gates Cambridge event – Ideas that could change the world – hosted by international journalist Catherine Galloway […]