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The time to act on climate change is now
Urgent action is needed to press for a reduction in carbon emissions ahead of next year’s UN climate summit in Paris, Dame Barbara Stocking told a packed audience at the […]
Five Scholars tell their stories
Surviving narcotrafficking in the Colombian jungle, moving from corporate law to academia, an adventure on the Trans-Siberian railway and growing up with siblings adopted from disadvantaged families in Chicago will […]
Researchers use simple chemicals to minimise organ damage following heart attack and stroke
Scientists have identified chemicals that could protect vital organs from long-term damage following a heart attack or stroke, according to a new study on which Gates Cambridge Alumnus Edward Chouchani […]
Poetry and conflict
Three Gates Cambridge Scholars have set up a new reading group which focuses on the role of poetry in conflict, looking at how ethics might relate to poetry. Poethics, which […]
Inaugural Dinner and Dialogue on Isis, culture and conflict
Two Middle East specialists will moderate a discussion on ISIS, culture and conflict at a Dinner and Dialogue event organised by Gates Cambridge Scholars. Raphael Lefevre [2012] and Jose Ciro […]
Fighting the stigma of mental disorders
Neha Kinariwalla was working with an epilepsy research group in Oxford when she came up with what seemed like a simple idea for destigmatising the illness which affects 50 million […]
Scholars to take part in Day of Service
Gates Cambridge Scholars will take part in their first large-scale Day of Service on 8 November as they join forces with various local or online service initatives. About 80 Scholars […]
Alumnus named top innovator
A Gates Cambridge Alumnus has been named one of the top 100 leaders of innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. Jakub Szamalek is on the list of New Europe 100 […]
Mobile health ‘can support cancer care’
Mobile technologies can support and improve cancer care and other non-communicable diseases in developing countries, according to a new study. Gates Cambridge Scholar Isaac Holeman is lead author on the […]
Scholars debunk idea that social egg freezing is empowering
Egg freezing for non-medical reasons is not empowering, according to four feminist scholars studying assistive reproductive technologies. In an article entitled “Breaking the Ice: Young Feminist Scholars of Reproductive Politics […]
