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Career choices
Gates Cambridge alumni with expertise in heritage and imperialism, the impact of public engagement and flu pandemic preparedness will talk about their different career paths at an alumni career symposium […]
Drones film is catalyst for broad campaign
Gates Cambridge Scholar Jennifer Gibson will be involved in a Q & A about drone attacks at the screening of a film about the impact of such aggression next month. […]
New method for mapping breast cancer
A new method of mapping transcription factor binding sites could help scientists understand the fundamental mechanisms by which someone contracts breast cancer. The research, conducted by Gates Cambridge Scholar Josh […]
Guinea election observation
Political parties and politicians in Guinea should take a series of measures to restore public faith in democratic processes and in particular avoid ‘political nomadism’ which undermines political representation as […]
The hidden junk industry
American writer Adam Minter will be discussing the hidden world of globalised recycling at a Gates Conversation on Friday. Minter is author of Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash […]
Chinese entrepreneurs to visit Cambridge
Sixteen Chinese entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial students will come to Cambridge in February to attend an innovative short-term training course in enterpreneurial management and capital markets. The programme is the first […]
New cause of fatal disease discovered
Scientists have discovered that a rare and fatal disease which involves an inability to properly metabolise cholesterol and other lipids could have more than one cause and suggest that a […]
Postnational identity in Latin America
What is the role of the Latin American writer today? In the 20th century, Mexican literature was heavily concerned with nation building, and narratives about national identity were manipulated by […]
Provost wins Fondation Ipsen prize
The Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust Professor Barry Everitt has been awarded the prestigious Fondation Ipsen Neuronal Plasticity Prize for 2014 for his research on the neuropsychology of drug […]
GSS report out
A detailed report on last year’s Global Scholars Symposium, hosted by the Gates Cambridge Scholars, has just been published. The report provides detailed overview of the many sessions at the […]
