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Scholar appointed co-director of human rights centre
Gates Cambridge Scholar Ella McPherson has been appointed Co-Director of the Centre of Governance and Human Rights at the University of Cambridge. Ella is Lecturer in the Sociology of New […]
Scholars tell their stories
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will tell their stories of life in the field at an event on 19th October. The Scholar Stories event will cover archaeology from the Mediterranean to […]
A grander mission
Shefali Mehta has not had a conventional career path and has straddled different academic disciplines. Now working as a freelance consultant on conservation and agriculture issues, she says Gates Cambridge […]
Power and vision
A Gates Cambridge Scholar and fellow PhD students have won funding for a graduate research group on the politics of vision, perception, memory and history, which will address issues of […]
Trailblazing woman in Archaeology
How do human populations adapt to environmental change? One answer is to look at ancient civilisations who have undergone similar change. Suzanne Pilaar Birch’s research uses oxygen isotopes to investigate […]
Top prize for play that incorporates academic research
A Gates Cambridge Scholar whose research contributed to a theatre production has seen the play that she worked on and helped to direct scoop a top theatre prize in Norway. Ragnhild Freng […]
Protect water supplies from storm damage
Clean water matters. My father manages a small water treatment system on the Southeast coast of Florida which provides water to fewer than 1,000 customers. I have seen first hand […]
Call to tackle huge rise in use of antimicrobials on animals
The amount of antimicrobials given to animals destined for human consumption is expected to rise by a staggering 52% and reach 200,000 tonnes by 2030 unless policies are implemented to […]
From literature student to author
Amanda Dennis has grown up immersed in literature. After years of studying the subject and teaching courses in comparative literature, she has now written her first novel and is working […]
A celebration of ideas and debate
Two Gates Cambridge Scholars are taking part in this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas. Asiya Islam and Surabhi Ranganathan are speaking at the Festival, which celebrates the Arts, Humanities and […]
