Latest News
Child’s best friend?
Matt Cassels had at least 10 pets when he was growing up and yet it had never occurred to him to think about how important his relationships with them were…until […]
Zoonotic outbreaks
Preventing the next major epidemic won’t be easy. But if social, veterinary, biological, and medical scientists work together, we’re much more likely to succeed. The latest Ebola epidemic in West […]
A role model for her community
Natalie Rebeyev is not only the first person to go to university in her family, but, as a Bukharian, she is one of very few women to study outside her local community. […]
From a vegetable app to justice in Kenya
The five will speak at 2pm on 7 May in the Gates Cambridges Scholars Room at the symposium which will be attended by the Trustees and Trust staff as well […]
Breakthrough for diabetic mums-to-be
The first natural birth to a mother with diabetes who has been fitted with an artificial pancreas devised by researchers, including a Gates Cambridge Scholar, took place this week. Body […]
Scientists launch e-commerce site
Students from the University of Cambridge have set up the world’s largest e-commerce platform for single stranded DNA which they believe have enormous potential for contributing to therapeutic treatments. Gates […]
Training Africa’s scientists
African governments and international NGOs need to invest more in research and development to enable African scientists to come up with solutions to poverty and food insecurity, says Carol Ibe. […]
Understanding a culture through its food
The first book to tell the cultural and agricultural history of the Afghan and Tajik Pamirs has been published. The book, With Our Own Hands, was put together by Gates […]
Complex identities in history
Anisha Bhat is interested in questions of identity and in showing that identity for many people is often complex and multilayered. Having been born in India and growing up in […]
GSS returns to Cambridge
The eighth Global Scholars Symposium will bring a number of distinguished speakers – including renowned Canadian HIV advocate Stephen Lewis, Indian social activist Medha Patkar, and award-winning UK comedian Francesca […]
