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Murakami under the microscope
The award-winning Japanese writer Haruki Murakami was recognised as one of the world’s 100 most influential people by Time in 2015, but his work has been criticised for its representation […]
A place of peace in the bustling city
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won an honorable mention in an international architecture competition. Sofia Singler [2016] and her design partner Luka Pajovic won the mention in the competition organised […]
A foot in two worlds
Angela Gui [2017] has long been interested in ethical issues. As a child of Chinese parents living in Sweden she grew up fascinated by the difference between the ideologies behind the […]
Breakthrough in artificial signalling
Scientists have developed a way to transmit molecular signals using artificial self-assembled molecular cages – which could eventually lead to the construction of complex chemical sensors and reactors with broad […]
From the academic world to the Blue Planet
Alex Vail’s PhD was fuelled by a long-term passion for studying fish behaviour. Having grown up on the remote Lizard Island Research Station in Northern Australia, he spent his childhood […]
Important role for citizen science
Citizen science could play an important role in ensuring museum collections are up to date and aiding biological research, according to a new study. The study, Citizen Science as a […]
Simprints wins $2M innovation prize
Tech start-up Simprints has won a $2M innovation prize to prevent maternal and child deaths in the hardest-to-reach regions of the world. Simprints was co-founded by Gates Cambridge Scholars Daniel […]
Education for change
Norman Wray has been at the centre of Ecuador’s political events for the last decade or more and stood as a candidate in the presidential elections in 2013. After years […]
Scholar to be Scientific Director of major study
A Gates Cambridge scholar will be Scientific Director of an £8m four-year programme to address public health and environmental risks in Bangladesh. Dr Rajiv Chowdhury will be joint Principal Investigator […]
How mothers affect their daughters’ education
Aliya Khalid [2015] was born in Peshawar in North West Pakistan, a region which borders Afghanistan and which has suffered many suicide bombings and terrorist attacks. Although she doesn’t come from […]
