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Bill Gates welcome message (Biennial 2016)
Bill Gates welcomes attendees to the Gates Cambridge Biennial event, held in Cambridge, UK on 15 – 17 July 2016.
A school called Hope
A Gates Cambridge Scholar who is setting up a school and medical centre in Zimbabwe for children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS is calling for professional partners and volunteers. The Hope Academy […]
Sugar tax and global health
A keen interest in the socio-economic determinants of health has driven Miriam Alvarado’s research work from high school through her university years, leading to stints working on projects in India, […]
Scholars: a vital world resource
Scholars from a huge diversity of subjects are a vital resource for a world as it faces an increasing number of traumatic shocks, former BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall told […]
Gates Cambridge Provost elected president of FENS
Professor Barry Everitt, the Provost of Gates Cambridge, has been elected the new president of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies at the 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Copenhagen. His term […]
Building bridges to religious understanding
When he was a child, Mohammad Shomali met several religious leaders, including the Pope. The meetings came about because his parents ran a lot of interfaith dialogues between Muslims and […]
Replanting reduces frog diversity in oil palm
The traditional replanting process associated with oil palm industry has a clear negative impact on frog diversity and should be more effectively managed, according to a new study led by […]
How grackles have adapted to survive
The successful spread of the great-tailed grackle across North America may be down to individual birds’ ability to adapt their behaviour to new circumstances and environments, according to a new […]
Bridget Kendall to be keynote speaker at Biennial 2016
The BBC’s former Diplomatic Editor Bridget Kendall will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Gates Cambridge Biennial event next week. The event, which takes place from 15-17 July at […]
Manchuria and the story of modern China
Manchuria was a focus for Chinese, Russian and Japanese imperial rivalries for decades leading up to the Second World War, but the post-war period and its reintegration into China has […]
