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The new apprentice
A Gates Cambridge alumnus has been chosen as an apprentice to the president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Musa Chunge [2013] did an MPhil in Engineering at the University […]
Creating emotionally intelligent machines
Gates Cambridge Scholar Andra Adams has won the Transforming Society category at the 2015 UK ICT Pioneers competition for her research on emotionally intelligent machines. The winners of the competition […]
SimPrints gains backing for maternity project in Bangladesh
Cambridge start-up, SimPrints, has been awarded £250,000 after winning a highly competitive grant from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) for a project that will improve healthcare for over […]
Building sustainable pathways
How can we shift sustainable development from the periphery to the mainstream? Paulo Savaget’s PhD [2015], which he has just begun, will focus on sustainability transitions, analysing the interactions between […]
The politics of poverty reduction in Pakistan
Statistics on poverty in Pakistan need to be depoliticised so that they can be credible, according to a new report. The report, Progress under scrutiny: poverty reduction in Pakistan, says […]
Society celebrates prominent black Cambridge students
A project which aims to celebrate the first black students at the University of Cambridge launches this month. The Black Cantabs Project is the brainchild of Gates Cambridge Scholar Njoki […]
Gates Cambridge at the Festival of Ideas
A Gates Cambridge Alumna is speaking at a debate on censorship by omission at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas which starts this week. Ella McPherson [2004], who did her PhD in […]
Paradigm shift in understanding abrupt past climate change
A new research study led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar backs up for the first time what had previously been a hypothesis about how and whether changes in ocean circulation are linked with […]
The fabric of life
Callie Vandewiele [2014] was unschooled until she was 16. She is now doing a PhD in Latin American Studies focused on traditional Guatemalan textiles at the University of Cambridge. Callie […]
Study shows sex bias in how chimps prepare for tool use
New research shows a difference between the sexes in immature chimpanzees when it comes to preparing for adulthood by practising object manipulation – considered ‘preparation’ for tool use in later […]
