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Running for office
Greg Nance has gone from running two non-profit organisations and a series of ultra marathons to running for office. Not that he has dropped the non-profits, but he is now […]
Legacies of Biafra Heritage Project to launch in south-eastern Nigeria
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is to organise a two-day intergenerational public engagement event in Nigeria on the Biafra war and its legacies. Stanley Onyemechalu [2021] has been awarded the Public […]
From global health to hydrogen power
When he was doing his PhD in innovation management at Cambridge in the mid 2010s Isaac Holeman [2013] was already running a successful social enterprise. Medic Mobile was incorporated in […]
How can we get out of the permacrisis?
Two of the world’s leading economic thinkers spoke of the urgent need to grasp opportunities presented by technology, biomedical and energy revolutions as they launched a new book outlining their […]
Teaching AI to learn like a human
The last year has seen an explosion in generative AI, particularly ChatGPT, with warnings about job losses and cheating in exams, but also excitement about the possibilities it offers to […]
Cambridge event for new book by leading thinkers
Artificial intelligence gets a lot of bad press, but if harnessed correctly has the ability to create jobs and drive growth through enhancing productivity and helping countries level up, according […]
Rainforest carbon credit schemes less effective than thought, claims report
The effectiveness of widely used rainforest carbon credit schemes has been called into question by a new study. The study, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Carbon Crediting, […]
Gates Cambridge Trust seeks Global Engagement Officer
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 […]
How combining clinical data could improve traumatic brain injury outcomes
Researchers, led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar, have integrated all medical data collected from traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients to calculate, for the first time, the personalised contribution of each […]
Building a more sustainable future
When Alejandro Rivera Rivera [2015] was doing his MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development at Cambridge, a key theme was dealing with complexity, change and uncertainty. The course gave him […]
