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New US Gates Cambridge Scholars announced
Thirty-five of the most academically outstanding and socially committed US citizens have been selected to be part of the 2017 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at the University of Cambridge. […]
From text to textiles
Fashion is not traditionally seen as the kind of industry associated with social impact and making a difference, but Paula Rosine [Zine] Long believes that this is changing. Her experience […]
Four scholars to speak at internal symposium
Four Gates Cambridge Scholars will speak at an internal symposium next week on subjects ranging from Disney utopias and cell biology to curbing mass atrocities in the Central African Republic. […]
Chief Medical Officer to give Annual Lecture
England’s Chief Medical Officer will give this year’s Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture on the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Professor Dame Sally Davies’s lecture, Antimicrobial resistance: a cause for collaboration, […]
The Stone Age connection
Researchers working on ancient DNA extracted from human remains interred almost 8,000 years ago in a cave in the Russian Far East have found that the genetic make-up of certain modern […]
Alumni to hold migration forum in Budapest
Gates Cambridge Alumni are holding their first Eastern European forum on the topic of migration in Europe in March. The Forum on Migration, to be held at the Central European […]
Composing for a cause
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has co-written and co-produced a song to raise awareness and funds for refugees, which features Grammy Award-winners singer Gregory Porter, rapper Common, and trumpeter Keyon Harrold. […]
International civil servant, global nomad & policy activist
Harum Mukhayer [2016] has spent the last eight years as a specialist in international environmental and natural resources law. She has advised governments in Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia on […]
Opera for children
A Gates Cambridge Scholar has published a children’s book on opera to encourage a new generation to enjoy the genre. José Izquierdo wrote the book, Las Aventuras del Hombre Pajaro. Cinco […]
A child’s best friend
Children get more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their brothers or sisters, according to a newly published study led by a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Children also appear […]
