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Exploring the role of tau in Alzheimer’s
Sarah Nicholls is keen for her PhD to give her the training and skills for a career dedicated to finding new treatments for devastating neurological diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease which […]
New book for Anna Malaika Tubbs
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is publishing her second book in May after her first became a New York Times best-seller. Anna Malaika Tubbs’ new book, Erased: What American Patriarchy Has […]
Black Town & Gown film premieres at Cambridge Festival
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is co-directing a documentary film on the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge which will premiere at the Cambridge Festival at the end of the […]
The huge economic impact of inaction on climate change
There is a strong economic case for investing in climate mitigation and adaptation because there are significant economic consequences of failing to do so, according to a new report. The […]
Litigating the climate emergency
Naina Agrawal-Hardin is interested in how climate change is being litigated around the world and in global reactions to climate change projections. Beginning this autumn, she will do an MPhil […]
Why health is a human right
The US provides a third of global development assistance for fighting disease and preventing pandemics and three quarters of the global AIDS budget. Overnight that aid has been halted with […]
Exploring the ideological brain
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is launching her ‘startingly original’ book on political neuroscience with an appearance at two major festivals and a workshop at Bill Gates Sr. House. Leor Zmigrod’s […]
The coming microstructure revolution
Hana Butler Gutiérrez likes tiny things, but she wants to make a big impact. For her MPhil in Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise she is looking to deepen her understanding of […]
The plight of the bumblebee
Insects are in decline globally, and pollinator loss is of particular concern. It is said that one in three bites of food we eat is thanks to pollination by bees, […]
Arts impact: Gates Cambridge at 25
Gates Cambridge Scholars work in every corner of the cultural industries, contributing to new ideas in the world of art, to different ways of viewing the role of music in […]
