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SimPrints wins business award
A social enterprise set up by Gates Cambridge Scholars has been named the Start-up Company of the Year at the Business Weekly Awards in Cambridge. SimPrints, which is based at […]
Provost receives honorary doctorate
The Provost of the Gates Cambridge Trust has been appointed an honorary doctor of the Board of Research at the prestigious Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Professor Barry Everitt is among […]
Leading woman
Conditional cash transfer programmes that give poor mothers small amounts of money for caring responsibilities don’t necessarily support women in meeting their practical needs, says Gates Cambridge Scholar Tara Cookson […]
Recognition grows for SimPrints
A pocket-sized fingerprint scanner that links individuals’ fingerprints to their health records has been created by a team of students and has the potential for widespread health benefits, according to […]
A revolution through the lens of history
Studying the history of political upheaval in the Middle East in Cairo just months after the Tahrir Square revolution certainly puts history in perspective. Max Reibman [2010] travelled to Egypt […]
Scholar wins NASA Fellowship
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has been awarded a prestigious NASA fellowship to study the origins of the universe. Erin Kara [2011] has been awarded a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Hubble […]
Investigating the roots of nationalism
In 1999, NATO bombs rained down on Belgrade, hitting various targets including a TV centre just 300 metres from Ivan Rajic’s flat. His mother lived in fear that a neighbouring […]
New US Gates Cambridge Scholars announced
Forty of the most academically brilliant and socially committed young people in the US will take up a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge this autumn. […]
Trees of life
Martin Kaonga has come a long way from his childhood days in a remote village in northern Zambia with just 200 households to his current role as an expert in […]
The power of mentoring
A human rights barrister, a business school professor and a Life Sciences skills officer will give advice on how effective mentoring can improve opportunities for career progression at a professional […]
