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AI system self-organises to resemble brains of complex organisms
A team of Cambridge scientists, co-led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar, have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system – in much the same way that the human […]
Scholar wins history of science & medicine essay prize
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a prestigious essay competition about the history of early science with a treatise on evidence of knowledge exchange between the Ming-Chinese and Iberian conventions […]
Addressing the complex roots of environmental crime
Simone Haysom [2009] says her MPhil at the University of Cambridge helped to change her life course. While she had been interested in climate change and human geography as an […]
First critical analysis of Aalto Studio’s religious buildings published
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has published the first critical account of the religious modern architecture created by Finland’s Aalto Studio. Alvar Aalto is known as the forerunner of mid-century modernism in […]
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 […]
Scholar named National Geographic Explorer
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been named a National Geographic Explorer by the National Geographic Society to research environmental resistance and justice in the Middle East. Mayumi Sato, who is […]
Scholar wins prestigious history prize
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been awarded the prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize to fund a book on India’s participation in the world order from the late 18th century to today. Dr Bérénice […]
World experts in obesity to give Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture
Two world-leading academics in understanding the genetic aspects of obesity will give this year’s Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture next month. In Brain Food: How your subconscious brain controls your appetite, […]
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 […]
