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Scholar co-stars in comedy sketch show at Edinburgh Festival Fringe
A late-night comedy parodying Ed Sheeran’s rise to stardom, co-starring, co-written and co-directed by Gates Cambridge Scholar Alex Mentzel, is premiering at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Accompanied by a […]
Towards a Netflix for cancer treatment
The aim of Ping Lin Yeap’s research is to “create a Netflix for cancer treatment”, he says. By that he means that he wants to personalise cancer treatment, ensuring that […]
Scholar captains University Challenge team
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is the captain of a University Challenge team which will feature in the new BBC series that airs from next week. Ryan Kang [2022] is captaining […]
Study sheds new light on enigmatic ancient snake
Paleontologists have moved a step closer to understanding the life of an enigmatic ancient snake that roamed South America between 16 to 5 million years ago, a geologic epoch known […]
How print revitalised the works of Geoffrey Chaucer
The first extended study of the reception of Chaucer’s medieval manuscripts in the early modern period offers a fascinating historical precedent for how the move from traditional to digital books […]
Making arbitration work better
When he was studying law, Leonardo Souza-McMurtrie discovered arbitration. He took to it immediately and could see the possibilities it presented in his home town of Manaus where it was […]
Questioning the anti-FGM movement
In 2012, in her first year at university Mamasa Camara set up a women’s health conference in the Gambia to create a space for women to talk about the issues […]
Alumni weekend hears of Gates Cambridge impact
Six lightning talks on subjects ranging from crop science to anti-microbial resistance and energy policy formed a key part of the Gates Cambridge Alumni event that took place in Cambridge […]
The process of history-making
Olin Moctezuma-Burns [2020] is keen not to repeat the patterns of some past researchers and to give back to the communities she studies. For that reason she recently co-organised an […]
How might extreme heat contribute to human migration?
Rising temperatures due to climate change are likely influencing human migration patterns, according to a new study co-authored by Gates Cambridge Scholar Dr Kim van Daalen [2018]. The study, led […]
