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The politics of aid
Can foreign aid be neutral? Who should deliver aid in situations like Ukraine, Syria or Palestine? Does all aid come with baggage? A workshop on foreign aid will be the […]
Food security in an age of climate change
Having GDP as the sole measure of growth in a world threatened by food shortage and climate change could “drive us to destruction”, the former head of Oxfam will argue […]
Book on Nazis and Islam scoops Fraenkel Prize
A Gates Cambridge alumnus has been awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in contemporary European history. David Motadel [2006], who finished his PhD in History in 2010, has won […]
Get more energy out of conventional solar cells, thanks to cheap organics
A new kind of energy transfer from organic to inorganic semiconductors has been discovered which paves the way for boosting the efficiency of widely used inorganic solar cells with the […]
Understanding the bushmeat market: why do people risk infection from bat meat?
Ebola, as with many emerging infections, is likely to have arisen due to man’s interaction with wild animals – most likely the practice of hunting and eating wild meat known […]
Halting cancer in its tracks
New research which aims to uncover genetic strategies for fighting the growth of cancer cells that have spread from a tumour in the head and neck has been published in […]
From researcher to entrepreneur
Tiffany Bogich has moved from being a researcher to co-founding a start-up which makes researchers life easier and the research process more dynamic. Tiffany’s company, Standard Analytics IO, specialises in […]
Scholar to premiere film on DNA origami
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will be showcasing a film on her research on DNA origami at the Cambridge Festival of Ideas this month. Kerstin Goepfrich [2013] has written and produced […]
A wise elder speaks
I know many people say that the Gates Cambridge scholarship has been life changing, but I really mean it,” says Pete Manasantivongs [2001]. He was one of the first intake […]
Prize recognises work on 19th century Latin American musician
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won a prestigious international prize for musicological studies for his work in bringing back to life an early 19th century piece of Peruvian-Bolivian music which […]
