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What does Twitter tell us about global happiness?
What can looking at tweets tell us about the happiness of the world? This and many other fascinating questions will be answered at this term’s Gates Scholars Internal Symposium. Alexander […]
Seminar to address how to have an ethical career
Four Gates alumni who have found ways to combine their work with their passion for “making a difference” will discuss how to find a socially conscious job at a virtual […]
Gates alumnus launches climate change photo project
A photo project promoting individuals who act as role models in the fight against climate change has been co-founded by a Gates alumnus. Climate Heroes was founded by two photographers, […]
Peter Brereton
Peter Brereton has long had a strong sense of service. From his early years in a Jesuit school to an undergraduate degree in the US Naval Academy and seven years […]
Gates scholar to give talk on citizen journalism
Gates scholar and journalist Andrew Gruen is to speak at an Online News Association meeting next week about his experience of working with a leading citizen journalism site in South […]
Gates scholar highlights innovative Rising Stars programme
Gates scholar Niraj Lal [2008] has been featured in a British Science Association People and Science article on a pioneering communications programme run by the University of Cambridge. PhD student […]
Enmeshed in the prison system
For Alexandra Cox [2007], juggling her academic studies with on the ground work for prison reform goes hand in hand. So in the last year she has not only been […]
Scholar talks about his research on the Uyghurs
Gates scholar Ross Anthony’s research into Xinjiang and the Uyghurs has seen him interviewed by the international media and he now hopes to write a book on the subject for […]
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony only came to study China by accident, but his research into Xinjiang and the Uyghurs has seen him interviewed by the international media and he now hopes to […]
Alumnus launches online school books project
A Gates alumnus has launched an innovative books programme with online musicians to get people around the world to send books to schools in a deprived city in California. Tyler […]
