Latest News
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 […]
Four Scholars tell their stories
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will share personal experiences of political extremism, poverty and vision loss as well as working with an NGO focusing on educating girls in India at an […]
Sustainable development in the Arctic region
The Arctic requires a development structure capable of promoting a diversified local economy, while simultaneously empowering communities to be climate resilient, according to a report published by a Gates Cambridge […]
Opening technology up to all
Researchers led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar have devised a computer control interface which will help people with physical impairments and others who cannot use a mouse or touchscreeen to […]
The political roots of the Ebola outbreak
The Ebola outbreak in Guinea has been treated as a public health crisis, but it has more to do with the failure of the central government to address local and […]
Captain of the crew
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will be captaining one of the boats which will be racing in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races this year. Evelyn Boettcher [2013] is crew captain […]
