The Trust is pleased to announce the names of the new Gates Cambridge Scholars from the USA who were selected in Annapolis, MD on 6 and 7 February 2009.
Full details are available from the New US Scholars 2009 page.
An article on the new scholars is available from www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009021203.
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