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The business of public health
Toby Norman [2010] is passionate about global health, but he realised after years of working with NGOs that a new approach to public health was necessary to have a real […]
Eastern Europe ‘has not learnt the lessons of capitalism’
Most, if not all, of the promises for a better standard of living and a stronger economic system given at the beginning of the transition process in Eastern Europe have […]
Memory and the ageing population
Gates scholar Luning Sun [2010] is interested in the way people’s minds work and in developing a test for measuring memory function to help the increasing ageing population. For his […]
Alumnus scoops award as he launches start-up
A Gates alumnus and entrepreneur has won a prestigious Computer Science award for his thesis which overturns previous assumptions about the discipline and helps to create a foundation for better […]
Jaya Savige invited to Buckingham Palace
Gates scholar Jaya Savige was invited to meet the Queen at an official reception earlier this month ahead of an official royal visit to Australia this week. Jaya [2008], an […]
History prize for Gates alumnus
A Gates alumnus has been awarded two prestigious prizes for his doctoral dissertation on Germany’s policy towards Islam during the 1940s. Dr David Motadel [2006], who is a Research Fellow […]
Behind the scenes at Cambridge Festival of Ideas
The Cambridge Festival of Ideas, a celebration of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, launches today and a Gates scholar has been working behind the scenes to help it all […]
Professor Rick Young to give Distinguished Gates Lecture
Professor Rick Young will speak about his ground-breaking genetics research and its implications for future medicine at a Gates Distinguished Lecture this week. Named one of the top 50 leaders […]
Careers webinar proves success
How to apply successfully for grant, how to patent your ideas and how to take your research from the idea to the business stage were three of the main issues […]
Mental time travel may occur in a new group of birds
Certain types of birds may track army ant swarms using sophisticated memory and the ability to plan for the future, according to new research co-authored by a Gates scholar. Some […]
