We are delighted to announce the launch of the Gates Scholars’ diaries, a series of articles by Gates Scholars about their experience of various aspects of Cambridge.
In the very first Gates Scholars’ diary Orian Welling talks about his experiences so far as one of the October 2009 entry of scholars.
Gates Scholar Diaries will be a termly feature with the next one scheduled for early January 2010.
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is co-directing a documentary film on the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge which will premiere at the Cambridge Festival at the end of the month. Seetha Tan [2022], who is doing a PhD in Sociology, is co-directing the Black Town & Gown film, which will be shown on 28th […]
There is a strong economic case for investing in climate mitigation and adaptation because there are significant economic consequences of failing to do so, according to a new report. The report says that allowing global warming to reach 3°C by 2100 could reduce cumulative economic output by 15% to 34%. Alternatively, investing 1% to 2% […]
Naina Agrawal-Hardin is interested in how climate change is being litigated around the world and in global reactions to climate change projections. Beginning this autumn, she will do an MPhil in the relatively new subject of Anthropocene Studies, with a focus on how climate change projections have historically been received by a wide range of […]
The US provides a third of global development assistance for fighting disease and preventing pandemics and three quarters of the global AIDS budget. Overnight that aid has been halted with devastating effects for the whole world, the head of UNAIDS said last night. Giving the 2025 Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture at Pembroke College last night […]
