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Leading geoscience expert to speak on science advocacy
A leading geoscience advocate who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be speaking about the dialogue between scientists and policy makers at a Gates Cambridge event this Thursday. As […]
New US Gates Cambridge Scholars announced
Forty of the most academically brilliant and socially committed young people in the US will take up a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge this autumn […]
A sense of service
Michael Masters‘ brief covers everything from squirrels chewing through power cables and causing power outages to tornados, flooding and acts of terrorism. As the Executive Director of the Department of […]
From folk punk to county jail
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will tell their stories about building for earthquake and typhoon resistance in the Philippines, walking the Kokoda Trail in Papua New Guinea, touring with a folk-punk […]
Epigenome breakthrough
A new computational method which can identify changes in the epigenome across human populations that are associated with diseases such as arthritis has been developed by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. […]
Investigating wildlife crime
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a £1,000 bursary to spend three months in South Africa researching wildlife crime on game reserves. Poaching has been rising in the last five […]
Survival in man-made habitats
Reptiles and amphibians whose forest habitat has been depleted by humans could have a better chance of survival in some types of agricultural settings than others, according to a new […]
Transcribing the past
José Izquierdo is more than a music historian. He is attempting to bring history to life and to create a sense of shared heritage in a region whose musical past […]
From tooth fossils to drug resistant TB
The pros and cons of hydrogen fuel cells, reconstructing ancient diets through teeth fossils, making old buildings energy efficient and drug resistant TB are the subjects of this week’s Gates […]
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 […]
