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Democracy in practice
What is the relationship between political parties and African voters and how does this affect democracy? Zenobia Ismail has worked on issues relating to governance and democracy in Africa for […]
Alumnus wins cybersecurity award
A Gates Cambridge alumnus has been awarded the prestigious National Security Agency Award for Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper of 2012 for research he conducted for his PhD. Joseph Bonneau’s winning […]
Tackling toxoplasmosis
Bo Shiun Lai experienced something most scientists take years to achieve – publication of his research in a leading journal – when he was still an undergraduate. His research on […]
Aid reversed
People in developed countries could learn a lot from those countries which have faced years of having to come up with innovative ways of living on limited resources, says Kerstin […]
Worm phenotypes identified
Research led by a Gates Cambridge alumnus has identified behavioural functions for a huge range of genes which are a key resource for neuroscience research. The research which is led […]
Healthy tv
A Gates alumnus has contributed to a Department of Health Report on Assistive Technology which was presented to the UK Parliament this month. Pradipta Biswas wrote a section of the […]
After the revolution
How has the Arab Spring influenced Egyptian society at an everyday level? Maha Shash is interested in the impact social change, international events and political ideas have on patterns of […]
Playing to win
A book by Gates Cambridge alumna Hilary Levey Friedman on the pressure on young American children to do competitive afterschool activities is already getting major press attention although it is […]
Modelling change
When she started her academic career, Yanna Antypas [2004] was fascinated by optics and the idea of seeing things with new eyes. This search for novel approaches has taken her […]
From cocktail waiter to Cambridge
Justin Park dropped out of school at the age of 16 to be a poet, but is now heading to the University of Cambridge to study Anglo Saxon and Norse […]
