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Scholar contributes to international AI safety report
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is a contributor to the new International AI Safety Report 2026, the most comprehensive evidence-based assessment of AI capabilities, emerging risks and safety measures to date. […]
Top health innovation role for Gates Cambridge Scholar
Gates Cambridge Scholar Lina Scroggins has been appointed chief product officer at leading US health firm Mercy. Lina [2005], who did her MPhil in Biological Science, has been working for […]
Leading with empathy
A crisis of leadership means large numbers of workers are dissatisfied in their work today due to an epidemic of poor management and the increased complexity, pace of work and […]
Gates Cambridge: Impact in Archaeology
The Gates Cambridge Scholarship covers a huge range of disciplines and celebrates how they are able to improve the lives of others. History, including ancient history, can alter the way we […]
New book charts writer’s role in thwarting Scottish independence
Gates Cambridge Scholar Marc Mierowsky’s new book on how writer Daniel Defoe and his fellow spies worked to end Scottish independence in the early 18th century is out later this month. […]
