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Gates Cambridge Scholars’ Distinguished Lecture – Niklas Zennstrom
Niklas Zennström, the Founder of Skype and Kazaa, gives a Gates Distinguished Lecture on the secrets of being a successful entrepreneur.
Gates scholar hosts talk on charity advertising
Gates scholar Christopher Geissler is hosting a debate on when pictures of suffering children step over the line and become exploitative at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas. ‘How far […]
Gates Alumna shortlisted for prestigious BBC World Challenge Competition
Gates Alumna Leda Smith has been working for a marine conservation organisation which has been selected out of 800 nominations worldwide to become one of the 12 finalists for the […]
Gates scholars to speak at Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Gates scholars will be speaking about their research and campaigning in areas ranging from citizen journalism and online protests to African enterprise and business networking at this year’s Cambridge Festival […]
Skype co-founder to talk about the secrets of business success
One of the founders of Skype will give some pointers on how to set up “game changing businesses” at a lecture on Tuesday. Niklas Zennström, the Founder of Skype and […]
Gates alumnus addresses FDA hearing on neglected diseases
A Gates alumnus has given testimony to a Food and Drug Administration hearing in the US on how to develop drugs for the world’s poorest people. Dr Andrew Robertson, co-founder […]
Scholars hold first internal symposium of the term
The Gates Scholars Council is running its first Internal Symposium of Michaelmas term this week. The symposium includes four presentations by scholars on their research. Mathew Madhavacheril‘s talk “Mapping the […]
New scholar plans surgery exchange programme
A newly arrived Gates scholar plans to set up an international surgery exchange programme. Dr Trevor Ellison [2010] is doing an MBA in management at Cambridge this year which he […]
Trevor Ellison
Dr Trevor Ellison grew up with a realisation of the importance of medicine from an early age and this has spurred to set up an international surgery exchange programme to […]
Gates scholar wins Australian Geographic award
A Gates scholar has been awarded a prestigious Australian Geographic award for a canoe expedition around Indonesia’s Togean Islands which highlighted the impact of overfishing on traditional communities. Alex Vail, […]
