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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 […]
Medical ethics and repatriation
A Gates Cambridge alumnus has received a prestigious prize in medical ethics from Harvard Medical School. Michael Young [2011], who completed an MPhil in Philosophy in 2012, has won the Beecher […]
A passion for automobiles
Jonathan Miller [2006] has been obsessed with cars since he was a baby and had a toy car in his crib. Growing up, most of his toys were car related; […]
Gates Cambridge Scholar profile: Alex Vail
Alex Vail talks about his research on how fish hunt collaboratively and how people’s attitudes about fish are crucial to conservation.
