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Gates Cambridge Trust seeks new Provost
The Gates Cambridge Trust is seeking to appoint a Provost following the successful tenure of Professor Barry Everitt. The position of the Provost is held for five years in the […]
Scholar heads to Winter Olympics
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is heading for Beijing where he will coach the Australian mixed doubles curling team in the Winter Olympics. The Australian Olympic Committee announced their selection of […]
More trustworthy diagnoses through better algorithms
Mateo Espinosa is interested in exploring the medical applications of machine learning, specifically how machine learning can be used to provide trustworthy and interpretable diagnosis and prognosis predictions. His aim […]
Rethinking capitalism through community currencies
Can community currencies enable people to rethink their relationship with money? Lila Gaudêncio’s PhD, which she began this autumn, will explore the impact of community currencies in Brazil, introduced as […]
New grafting technique could combat disease threatening banana crops
Grafting is the technique of joining the shoot of one plant with the root of another so they continue to grow together as one. Until now it was thought impossible […]
Scholar aims to be LA’s next City Controller
Reid Lidow is in election mode. He is campaigning to be City Controller of his home town, Los Angeles, and he sees it as a chance to improve the lives […]
How can teenagers build resilience?
Blanca Piera Pi-Sunyer [2021] has long been fascinated by the impact of our social and cultural context on how we view the world. Understanding this is particularly important for teenagers […]
‘Humanitarian aid should take account of livestock needs’
Humanitarian support for livestock-dependent populations displaced by climate change and disasters must take livelihood needs into account to support health and aid longer-term recovery, according to a new study. The […]
Understanding depression in all its complexity
“Imagine if there were such a thing as a ‘Coughing Disorder’,” says Richard Dear. “Doctors can see that you are coughing, but have no idea if the cough is caused […]
Comic book tells story of inspiring female leader
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has co-created a comic book on an inspiring Indian woman farmer who developed a one-acre cropping model to combat drought, debt and distress in her region. […]
