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Reconnecting through music
When José Izquierdo [2013] was working on his PhD at Cambridge on how Latin American composers united European and local influences in the 19th century, he found a way to make […]
Scholar on winning team for inaugural AI prize
A project on how local authorities in England can use AI ethically to improve the public value they offer has been selected as one of five winners of a new […]
Gates Cambridge Scholar wins Sundance directing award
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won the US Documentary Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival for an investigation into systematic abuse at an Indian residential school in Canada. Emily […]
Celebrating science in Pune
Why do we forget most of our memories from infancy? How can psychedelics help rats decide better? What happens when worms are high on cannabis? These were some of the […]
Gates Cambridge podcast: So, now what?
Gates Cambridge’s podcast So, now what? is for anyone looking for ideas, vision and optimism about how we can practically tackle some of the world’s most complex and challenging problems. […]
Decentring knowledge
Gates Cambridge Scholar Aliya Khalid [2015], who did her PhD in Education and is currently based at the University of Oxford, has co-edited a book which seeks to dismantle the […]
Advocating open science
Maria Pawlowska has gone from doing science to making science research more easily available to all, both in Europe and now in Canada. Her commitment to science started with an […]
Building bridges between researchers and industry
Climate change is causing more frequent floods and adverse weather events, accelerating the deterioration of bridges and buildings and shortening their lifespan. But what if we could counter this by […]
Gates Cambridge seeks Programme Assistant
About us Gates Cambridge Scholarships are prestigious, highly competitive, full-cost scholarships awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available […]
The art of storytelling
When Jakub Szamałek started writing the first in a series of crime novels set in ancient times while he was doing his PhD in Classics he can little have imagined […]
