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NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander of Europe to give Gates lecture
NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander of Europe and Commander of United States European Command is to give a Gates Distinguished Lecture this month. The lecture will be at 6pm on 31 […]
Gates Scholars’ Distinguished Lecture Series: Ian Wilmut on Dolly the sheep and cloning
Ian Wilmut, the famed Scottish biologist who created Dolly the cloned sheep, speaks as part of the Gates Distinguished Lecture Series.
Gates Scholars’ Distinguished Lecture: Philip Campbell, Editor-in-Chief of Nature
Science – Facts and Frictions
Kathelijne Koops’ research on chimpanzees grabs more headlines
Kathelijne Koops‘ research on chimpanzees has grabbed more headlines. Kathelijne’s most recent findings suggest that chimpanzees mourn the death of their own much like humans do. The co-authored article (PDF […]
Srilakshmi Raj (USA)
PhD student Srilakshmi Raj is attempting to look at variation of diabetes and obesity genes among diverse ethnic groups in India. A Gates scholar at the University of Cambridge where […]
Niraj Lal (Australia)
Nij has been working with the University’s Community Affairs team on their Rising Stars public engagement programme. In January 2010 he took part in a public event to promote Rising […]
Muhammad Irfan (Pakistan)
Born in Iran, Irfan came to Pakistan when he was three and grew up in Lahore. His father, who was a postgraduate at Edinburgh and worked in hospitals in London, […]
Thabo Msibi (South Africa)
Under the apartheid system, which ended in 1994 when Thabo was 10, white South African children received good quality schooling, while black children were given what was described as “Bantu […]
Hamish Forsyth and Robyn Scott (New Zealand)
The two have just launched Stirr London, a forum bringing together investment bankers, politicians, non-governmental organisations, think tanks and scholars to address the major challenging issues of our time in […]
Jessamyn Liu (USA)
As a Gates scholar, she met brilliant students from all over the world who had different perspectives on many different things. This opened up her mind to new ways of […]
