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Crime fiction vs crime fact
How do sensationalised stories about crime affect sentencing policy? Tovah Ackerman believes there is a link between how a crime is presented and sentencing policy. She also believes that painting […]
Speakers announced for Gates career webinar
An international panel of speakers will take part in a Gates webinar on career development, continuing research and networking on 8th October. The webinar, the second in a series of […]
Looking to the stars
Like many other children, Jonathan Diaz used to look up at the sky and marvel at the immensity of our Galaxy. His interest was driven by a passion for story-telling, […]
What is the future for news?
As paid-for media struggle to stop plummeting readership, Gates scholar Andrew Gruen is investigating what a successful business model would look like for a new media start-up Gruen, who has […]
Webinar for US applicants takes place next week
Gates alumni and the Gates Cambridge Trust will be holding a webinar in September for US applicants on how to apply for a scholarship. The US Application webinar will be […]
Under the microscope
When Guilhem Chalancon was seven he wanted to be a neurosurgeon. He was interested in the biology of the brain and waded his way through heavy medical texts. “I learnt […]
Wellbeing and where you live
While Annalijn Conklin was growing up, she saw her mother and her best childhood girlfriend suffer from a number of progressive chronic illnesses. During childhood, Annalijn’s mother was in and […]
Webinar on career development scheduled for October
Three Gates alumni are organising a webinar on career development, continuing research and networking. The webinar, the second in a series of talks for scholars on career development, is expected […]
Hi-tech cluster workers ‘make reluctant social networkers’
Innovation and high-tech “clusters” inspired by the success of Silicon Valley in the United States are, ironically, struggling to get much social networking out of the scientists who inhabit them, […]
Gates Scholar – Elect makes local headlines
Mukhta Natrajan was described as “promising scholar” when she joined the Center of Undergraduate Research Opportunities program at the University of Georgia, a quality that must have stuck with her, […]
