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Uncovering the ancient history of the gateway to the Pacific
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has designed a website that showcases an archaeological project in the Raja Ampat Islands of West Papua which has unearthed new material revealing how its ancient human inhabitants lived. Dylan Gaffney […]
Alumna leads international consortium for smallholders in Colombia
A Gates Cambridge alumna is leading an international consortium in a £391k pilot project to help smallholders in Colombia, including many women farmers, to improve their marketing channels and get their […]
Towards ending hunger in Africa
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won new funding to further develop her impressive research training programme for African scientists and has been selected as runner-up for a prestigious Government award for impact […]
Commitment to inclusive practice
Harum Mukhayer has been commended for her outstanding contribution to college and university life. Harum [2016], who is doing a PhD in Law, was Highly Commended for her outstanding contribution […]
Decolonising colonial boundaries
Rumbidzai Dube has had over a decade of experience as a human rights lawyer, promoting women’s rights, defending fundamental freedoms, observing elections, monitoring gender-based violence, advocating state accountability and facilitating law […]
National Youth Award for Gates Cambridge Scholar
Gates Cambridge Scholar Krittika D’Silva has been selected for the Youth Award at this year’s Royal Bank of Canada Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. The award recognises the contributions of an outstanding […]
Democratising social science
Cristian Larroulet Philippi [2019] is interested in broadening the reach of the social sciences and ensuring they engage with the society around them rather than with scientific abstractions. That approach, […]
A step forward in combatting pancreatic cancer
Research into how cancer cells destroy their own mitochondria could offer a promising new target for pancreatic cancer therapies, according to a new study. The study is co-led by Gates Cambridge […]
Scholar speaks at sex workers’ rights event
Gates Cambridge Scholar Sharmila Parmanand spoke about the struggles of the sex worker rights movement in the Philippines at a Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) in Bangkok last week. Sharmila [2016], […]
Fighting infection in Indonesia
The problem of antibiotic resistance is a global one, forecast to cause up to 10 million deaths a year in the near future. In Indonesia efforts to stop its progress […]
