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Rethinking the Americas
A Gates Cambridge Scholar participated in last week’s Paris Peace Forum, a global summit founded by French President Emmanuel Macron. Emiliano Cabrera-Rocha [2019] represented Catalyst: Rethinking the Americas, a nascent organisation he is co-founding with a group […]
Humans and robot to debate the future of AI
A Gates Cambridge Scholar will be one of a number of humans who will debate against a robot at the Cambridge Union in a live experiment this week. Sharmila Parmanand, an […]
What the ocean can tell us about climate change
Dr Jimin Yu is an Associate Professor in the Research School of Earth Sciences at the Australian National University and an expert in paleoceanography. He says his time at the […]
Global climate change action
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will take part in the first themed internal symposium on Global Climate Change and Individual Action this week. The symposium on November 14th is being conducted in collaboration […]
GP clinics could help bridge mental health treatment gap, study finds
Patients experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues could be managed effectively by GP practices, suggests new research by the University of Cambridge. However, specialist treatment may still prove more […]
Coding for life
When she was an undergraduate Kiera Peltz [2017] attended a careers fair where the majority of employers were tech companies. She was asked if she knew how to code. She […]
‘Weak institutions to blame for lack of growth in Middle East’
A new book which addresses how Arab countries can escape a “resource curse” in which oil and gas riches don’t translate into long-term economic growth and stability has been co-edited […]
Punjab education reforms ‘not cream-skimming’
An important reform brought in by Pakistan’s most populous province which aims to get more children into education is reaching the more disadvantaged districts, according to an important new study […]
Festival exhibition celebrates Mexico’s displaced populations
A Gates Cambridge Scholar is co-curating an Altar of the Dead exhibition at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas to rise awareness about past and present migrants and minorities in Mexico. […]
Understanding hereditary spastic paraplegia
Eliska Zlamalova’s research combines neuroscience and molecular genetics as she seeks to understand the cause of a progressive genetic disorder which causes paralysis of the lower limbs. At the University […]
