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Scholar wins Adventure Travel Award for his book
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a prestigious prize for his book on his travels in Alaska at the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival. Ben Weissenbach’s book North to the […]
Monkey whisperer
Nurul Huda Aslari Effendy [2026] – or Huda – is a monkey whisperer. She grew up with monkeys snatching food from her garden and spent long hours watching them on […]
Scholar co-chairs migration history conference
Experts from around the world gathered in Cambridge last week for a conference on the history of the distinction between the categories of refugee and migrant. The Fung Global Fellows […]
The Gates Cambridge conversation: How can we improve people’s diet?
What works when it comes to reducing people’s intake of sugary drinks and junk food? Miriam Alvarado and Élisabeth Demers-Potvin both work on the evaluation of health prevention policies in […]
Gates Cambridge: Impact in Biotechnology
Gates Cambridge Scholars who have studied Biotechnology have gone on to have a big impact in the world of academia, enterprise, business and charity. View the story Skip to main […]
Learning to lead in Law
Ifeanyi Umunna has just been elected student body co-president at Harvard Law School for the 2026–2027 academic year. It’s a role that positions her as a central figure in student […]
Scholar publishes first book
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has published her first book, a hybrid work of lyric non-fiction, which deals with issues ranging from gendered violence and control and intergenerational silence to the politics […]
Gates Cambridge Originals: Luis Briseño-Roa
Luis Briseño-Roa’s career path – like many – has not been a linear one. He started in natural sciences and worked his way through biochemistry, neuroscience, biotech and finally pharma […]
Scholar’s thoughts on Hugging Face widely cited
An article written by Scholar Eryk Salvaggio that questions the prevailing narrative about the Hugging Face incident has been cited in major newspapers, from the New York Times to the […]
Gates Cambridge Originals: Sanjana Mehta
Sanjana Mehta [2001] thrives on learning and she has not been afraid to pivot during her career, embracing new ideas, knowledge and challenges. Her academic training is in psychology and […]
Scholar to command NASA space mission
Gates Cambridge Scholar Kayla Barron [2010] will serve as spacecraft commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-14 mission to the International Space Station which will launch no earlier than spring 2027. The […]
