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Climate change: past, present and future
Two Gates Cambridge scholars will be speaking at a debate on climate change at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas. Rachel Reckin [2014] and Victoria Herrmann [2014] are speaking at […]
From opera to social politics
Parvathi Subbiah’s academic career has taken some dramatic changes along the way, from engineering to music – she sang opera with the world famous Simon Bolivar Orchestra – to Latin […]
Reducing species loss through collaboration
Animal behaviour experts and wildlife conservationists have come together to identify the 50 key questions on which they can collaborate to reduce species loss. Experts from the two disciplines came […]
Keeping an eye on the road
A new book which explores the prospect of people being able to control the electronic displays and interfaces in a car through eye gaze technology has just been published. The […]
Out of Africa and into Eurasia
A new study in Nature analyses genomic diversity in 125 human populations at an unprecedented level of detail, tackling questions related to our species’ demographic history and genetic adaptations, and […]
In search of a curative therapy for a viral epidemic
Gates Cambridge scholar Victor Roy is calling for a bold response to Hepatitis C while investigating the financial dynamics of pharmaceutical innovation that can lead to restrictions in treatment access. […]
The role of poetry in war
What is the role of poetry in war? How can it help people to cope with violence, fear and loss? Award-winning Ukrainian poet Iryna Shuvalova will investigate the role of […]
How digital can catalyse good governance in healthcare
Mobile phone technology offers opportunities for improving governance in the healthcare sector, particularly in low and middle income countries, according to a new study co-authored by two Gates Cambridge Scholars. Corruption, fraud, […]
Female enterprise
Just over three years ago Gates Cambridge alumna Xiaohan Pan [2005] co-founded an education company with the aim of promoting entrepreneurship and female leadership. The aim was to create a community of […]
A foot in two worlds
Camilo Ruiz’s desire to produce research which has a direct impact on people’s lives is motivated by his experience growing up with one foot in the US and another in Colombia, […]
