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The beauty of maths
Yufei Zhao won the MIT School of Science’s Future of Science Award over the summer. It is a prestigious award based on his research contribution to the field of combinatorics […]
Coding start-up aims to boost quality of computer education
A computer science education start-up founded by a Gates Cambridge Scholar has raised the funds needed to expand its coding education mission into code review with the aim of helping […]
From undergraduate to biotech boss
Just months after completing his MBA at the University of Cambridge Chandler Robinson started a biotech company and sold a potentially life-saving drug that he worked on as an undergraduate, […]
Children’s stories as objects of power
What role do the stories children hear as they grow have in building a sense of identity? Thandeka Cochrane [2015] says children’s stories are crucial to self-formation. She is interested […]
Transforming supramolecular complexes
Researchers have, for the first time, succeeded in transforming the structure of a supramolecular complex in three different ways, according to a new paper. Gates Cambridge Scholar Derrick Roberts [2012] is co-lead author with […]
Tackling male violence through arts education
Will McInerney disliked the formal education system as a child. “I would much rather have been outside playing basketball,” he says. “I struggled in school for a long time. I […]
An enterprising mind
Andrea Cabrero Vilatela was born into an entrepreneurial family and developed a strong interest in science while at school. In the year and a half since she earned her PhD […]
Dr Silvia Breu (1976 – 2018)
Gates Cambridge is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr Silvia Breu. Silvia, who was diagnosed with cancer last year, died peacefully at the Arthur Rank Hospice in […]
Arts activist
“Circumstances made me who I am. Hands held high in a pleading beggars position, Grieving, nonetheless believing that the privilege will someday listen To the pledges of my people, Please […]
Asking the fundamental questions
Vincentius Aji Jatikusumo likes asking questions. At school there was never time for the teacher to answer them all, but as a PhD student he has complete freedom to ask […]
