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Towards ending hunger in Africa
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has won new funding to further develop her impressive research training programme for African scientists and has been selected as runner-up for a prestigious Government award for impact […]
Commitment to inclusive practice
Harum Mukhayer has been commended for her outstanding contribution to college and university life. Harum [2016], who is doing a PhD in Law, was Highly Commended for her outstanding contribution […]
Decolonising colonial boundaries
Rumbidzai Dube has had over a decade of experience as a human rights lawyer, promoting women’s rights, defending fundamental freedoms, observing elections, monitoring gender-based violence, advocating state accountability and facilitating law […]
National Youth Award for Gates Cambridge Scholar
Gates Cambridge Scholar Krittika D’Silva has been selected for the Youth Award at this year’s Royal Bank of Canada Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards. The award recognises the contributions of an outstanding […]
Democratising social science
Cristian Larroulet Philippi [2019] is interested in broadening the reach of the social sciences and ensuring they engage with the society around them rather than with scientific abstractions. That approach, […]
A step forward in combatting pancreatic cancer
Research into how cancer cells destroy their own mitochondria could offer a promising new target for pancreatic cancer therapies, according to a new study. The study is co-led by Gates Cambridge […]
Scholar speaks at sex workers’ rights event
Gates Cambridge Scholar Sharmila Parmanand spoke about the struggles of the sex worker rights movement in the Philippines at a Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) in Bangkok last week. Sharmila [2016], […]
Fighting infection in Indonesia
The problem of antibiotic resistance is a global one, forecast to cause up to 10 million deaths a year in the near future. In Indonesia efforts to stop its progress […]
Exploring diaspora identities
Lolade Aliyu Siyonbola wants to understand how the identification choices of Nigerian second-generation immigrants influence how well they assimilate, their contributions to their host countries and the role of the Nigerian […]
The quest for energy justice
An increase in household energy consumption is often associated with a rise in income and living standards. However, will everyone want a refrigerator, television and washing machine as their incomes […]
