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Gates scholar meets the Queen
Gates scholar Rajna Golubic was one of 10 students chosen to attend a lunch with the Queen as part of St John’s College’s quincentenary celebrations this week. Rajna [2008] from […]
Gates scholar comments on Playstation hack
Online security expert Joseph Bonneau [2008] has called for new legislation to make companies who lose online passwords liable for any resulting harm in the light of the huge data […]
Gates alumna wins 1m euro award
Gates alumna Dr Jana Zaumseil has been awarded a one million Euro award for her work on nanoelectronics. Jana [2003], at 32, was one of the youngest ever recipients of […]
Sir Richard Dearlove to speak on ‘Arab Awakening’
Sir Richard Dearlove will give a Gates Distinguished Lecture this week on ‘The Arab Awakening – reflections on its causes, directions and implications’. Sir Richard, who has been Master of Pembroke […]
Gates alumna associate produces major documentary
A Gates alumna has associate produced a US documentary on the theme of forgiveness with an Oscar-nominated director. Rebecca Wexler [2005] associate produced the PBS film “Forgiveness: A Time to […]
Kevin Grove
Kevin Grove grew up working on a family farm outside a small village in Montana. He says he would sit on his harvest truck aged nine or 10 and read […]
New Gates scholar featured in Huffington Post
One of the recently announced Gates scholars has written about his work as a Google technology pioneer in Africa for the prestigious Huffington Post. Ben Cole [2011], who will take up an award to do an […]
2011 Gates Scholars selected in international round
Sixty of the world’s most brilliant students have been awarded a prestigious Gates scholarship, including for the first time students from Bolivia, Tanzania and Brunei Darussalam. The new scholars from […]
Oil abundance aids growth, says study
Being an oil-rich country is not a curse, but the volatility of oil income can prevent a country from capitalising on its assets, according to a new series of studies […]
Gates scholar leads study on grandmother bias
Paternal grandmothers may have evolved to have a beneficial effect on granddaughters and a detrimental effect on grandsons, according to a new study led by a Gates scholar. In ‘The […]
