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Welcoming our new 2022 cohort: Paula-Peace James-Okoro from Nigeria will do her PhD in Clinical Biochemistry on the mechanisms by which gut hormones control food intake and blood glucose levels.
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Applications for Gates Cambridge 2021 are now open via the University of Cambridge's Graduate Application Portal. More information on applying and on deadlines can be found on
Looking to apply for postgraduate study? Apply today for study
@Cambridge_Uni
by visiting our website👉🏻
We look forward to seeing you begin your journey with us in October 2021! 👩🎓👨🎓
#postgrad
#cambridgeuniversity
#cambridge
#apply
#masters
#phd
#study
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Interested in becoming a Gates Cambridge Scholar? Applications for 2019 entry to the
@Cambridge_Uni
international postgraduate scholarship are now open. Find out more here -
#GatesCambridge
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Big congratulations to Alice Musabende, named this year's winner of the Bill Gates Sr. Prize, nominated by her
#GatesCambridge
peers -
@Dept_of_POLIS
@Cambridge_Uni
@MECCambridge
@2KidsandaPhD
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Rumbidzai Dube talks about her work as a human rights lawyer and about her PhD on the legacy of colonial boundaries in Africa -
@Dept_of_POLIS
@LucyCavColl
@RAUZW
@dubbydacious
#borders
#decolonisation
#Africa
#humanrights
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Applications for postgraduate admission and funding - including Gates Cambridge Scholarships - for October 2022 entry are open. For more information about Gates Cambridge see and for admission and all funding see
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Do you want to become a Gates Cambridge Scholar? Applications for 2020 entry to the
@Cambridge_Uni
international postgraduate scholarship are now open. Find out more here -
#GatesCambridge2020
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Big congratulations to our 74 impressive new Gates Cambridge Scholars-Elect who will take up their postgraduate studies in September & join up to 10 other scholars who deferred from 2020 -
@Gates_Cambridge
@Cambridge_uni
@gatesfoundation
#gatescambridge20
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Three remarkable Gates Cambridge Scholars - Reetika Subramanian, Cynthia Okoye and Kim van Daalen - have won this year's Bill Gates Sr. Prize for outstanding research and leadership -
@Cambridge_Uni
@reetiks
@DaalenKim
@Cyncoso
@GatesAlumni
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Yeo Bee Yin talks to Gates Cambridge about her path from master's student to government minister in Malaysia -
@yeobeeyin
@Cambridge_Uni
@camalumni
@CorpusCambridge
@Cambridge_Eng
#malaysia
#politics
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Gates Cambridge is delighted to announce the selection of 28 new
#scholars
who form the first part of our 2020 cohort -
@Cambridge_Uni
#gatescambridge2020
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Delighted to announce our 77 new
#GatesCambridgeScholars
- outstanding citizens of 30 different countries studying everything from rabies control to indigenous rights in New Zealand -
@Cambridge_Uni
@BillGates
@gatesfoundation
#Classof2020
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Big congratulations to Carol Nkechi Ibe and
@KarabiyikCansu
who have won this year's Bill Gates Sr. Prize for their outstanding research and social leadership -
@JRbiotek
@Laugh4Change
@Cambridge_Uni
@plantsci
@cambtweetmedic
#plantscience
#Parkinsons
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Twenty three new Gates Cambridge Scholars from the US have been named and will join around 60 others in May to form the Class of 2022 -
@Cambridge_uni
@gatesfoundation
@GatesAlumni
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Congratulations to the 77 new Gates Cambridge Scholars announced today -
@Cambridge_Uni
@GatesAlumni
@gatesfoundation
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Gates Cambridge is pleased to announce the 23 new US scholars who will begin their studies this autumn. Congratulations to all and we look forward to seeing you soon -
@Cambridge_Uni
@gatesfoundation
@GatesAlumni
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Wonderful to see everyone at the graduation dinner on Friday - the first in three years
@GatesAlumni
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Big congratulations to
@KamiarMohaddes
, winner of the Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award for his work on the economics of climate change -
@GatesAlumni
@Kings_College
@CamEcon
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Congratulations to all our Class of 2024 announced today. Very much looking forward to meeting you. Full details here -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
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Congratulations to
@emma_soneson
& Maša Josipović who share this year's Bill Gates Sr. Prize in recognition of their social leadership & outstanding research -
@psychiatry_ucam
@ClareCollege
@cambtweetmedic
@CorpusCambridge
@GatesAlumni
@gatesfoundation
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Kayla Barron will take her first spaceflight later this year to the International Space Station -
@camalumni
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Eng
@Peterhouse_Cam
@Astro_Kayla
@NASA
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Bill Gates Sr House, Gates Cambridge's new home, is fully underway, opening next Spring. The countdown begins. Watch out for more updates soon...
@GatesAlumni
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Are you an international student looking for support to do postgraduate studies? Watch our new film about the Gates Cambridge Scholarship and its focus on social impact -
@Cambridge_Uni
@JRbiotek
@juliafanli
@paolosavaget
@gatesfoundation
#CariScholar
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Gates Cambridge announces its Class of 2023: a warm welcome to the Gates Cambridge community -
@Cambridge_uni
@GatesAlumni
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Congratulations to
@LeorZmigrod
on being awarded a 2020 Women of the Future award for her research looking into radicalisation -
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Rebecca Love speaks about her work on new app Stella to help women manage the
#menopause
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@rebeccalove
@rely_on_STELLA
@Kings_College
@camalumni
@GatesAlumni
@MRC_Epid
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Delighted to announce our 90 new
#GatesCambridgeScholars
- outstanding citizens of 37 different countries studying everything from human trafficking to the genetics of TB resistance -
@Cambridge_Uni
@BillGates
@gatesfoundation
#Classof2019
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A new study led by
@VaithishVela
provides a template for future understanding of fungal G protein-coupled receptors -
@MRC_LMB
@SidneySussex
@Cambridge_Uni
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She did it! Âriel de Fauconberg wins Financial Times & McKinsey’s Bracken Bower Award for her book proposal which she describes as a “candid account of a cohort of climate tech entrepreneurs” -
@CambridgeJBS
@Cambridge_Uni
@JesusCollegeCam
@defauconberg
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Introducing our new Scholars-Elect: 79 new Gates Cambridge Scholars to form Class of 2022 -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
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Carol Ibe has been awarded a prestigious award for her research into a fungus that can destroy up to 30% of rice in a field -
@plantsci
@Cambridge_Uni
@Newnham_College
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Kamiar Mohaddes is co-director of a new King's College initiative to promote socially responsible
#entrepreneurship
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@Kings_College
@KamiarMohaddes
@GatesAlumni
@CambridgeJBS
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Building work has begun on the new home for Gates Cambridge in Mill Lane and the contractors, Regent, are on site.
@barry_everitt
, former Provost, and Jade Tran, Director of Finance, visited recently.
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Stanley Onyemechalu: "Archaeology in a lot of the global north is obsessed with material things, but in places like West Africa the people place more value on non-material things..." -
@Cambridge_Uni
@cambtweetarch
@Kings_College
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The first cohort of the 2024 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars at
@Cambridge_Uni
has been announced, featuring 26 outstanding US citizens committed to academic excellence and social impact - …
@GatesAlumni
@gatesfoundation
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Big congratulations to Rumbidzai Dube &
@BailWeatherbee
who have won this year's Bill Gates Sr Award in recognition of their academic excellence and social leadership -
@LucyCavColl
@Dept_of_POLIS
@PDN_Cambridge
@JesusCollegeCam
@GatesAlumni
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Gates Cambridge's Provost
@barry_everitt
is awarded the
@royalsociety
's Croonian Medal and Lecture for 2021 - the Society's premier award in
#biologicalsciences
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@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
@CamNeuro
@downingcollege
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Leor Zmigrod will be speaking at
@hayfestival
in June about her award-winning research in the emerging field of political neuroscience -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
@CamNeuro
@LeorZmigrod
@downingcollege
@CamUniEngage
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Debate veteran
@shaaarmila
will take part in a live experiment this week when she debates against a
#robot
about the future of
#AI
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@Cambridge_Uni
@cambridgeunion
@CambridgeGender
@HomertonCollege
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Kofi Boakye's research on
#criminology
has been widely published and is driving evidence-based policy in Ghana and beyond -
@camalumni
@GatesAlumni
@CamCriminology
@StEdmundsCam
#gatescambridge20
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Gates Cambridge scholars with
@BillGates
at today's
Making a Case for Global Health event at the
@Ri_Science
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Sabrina Anjara met the President of
#Indonesia
on Monday to discuss the role of the Indonesian diaspora in
#economicdevelopment
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@QueensCam
@InstPubHealth
@camalumni
@sganjara
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Thirty-four of the most academically outstanding and socially committed US citizens have been selected to be part of the 2019 class of Gates Cambridge Scholars. Read all about them here -
#gatescambridge
#ClassOf2019
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Gates Cambridge alumna and NASA astronaut Kayla Barron is on a six-month science mission at the International Space Station -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Eng
@gatesfoundation
@Cambridge_Uni
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Robert Henderson is first author on a paper on the links between moral disgust and health & safety which shows that people more afraid of catching Covid-19 are more judgemental -
@Cambridge_Uni
@CambTweetPBS
@Catz_Cambridge
@robkhenderson
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Today's official opening of the Bill Gates Sr House was a landmark day for the Gates Cambridge Trust & an emotional tribute to Bill Gates Sr. His wife Mimi unveiled the plaque with Vice-Chancellor Debbie Prentice
@Cambridge_Uni
@gatesfoundation
@GatesAlumni
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A warm welcome to all our new Gates Cambridge Scholars. Picture credit: Ian Olsson
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Big congratulations to
@HendersonShalom
who has won The Humphreys & Riddoch prize at the British Neuropsychological Society after presenting her PhD work on semantic cognition
@BNS_Neuropsych
@mrccbu
@CambridgeFTD
@ClareCollege
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Anna Kathryn Kendrick has won the prestigious
@ISCHE_org
history of education prize for her book based on her PhD research -
@GatesAlumni
@EmmaCambridge
@MMLL_Cambridge
@AKKendrick
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Ramit Debnath wins Alan Turing Enrichment Award to further his research on climate change misinformation -
@ChurchillCol
@Cambridge_Uni
@RamitDebnath
@turinginst
@CamSocSci
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Dr Greg Reeves is first author of a paper about research which could help save
#bananas
from a disease which threatens global banana shortages -
@Cambridge_Uni
@GatesAlumni
@plantsci
@Kings_College
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Introducing our 92 new Gates Cambridge Class of 2018. Congratulations to all our Scholars Elect. Looking forward to meeting you all in person in the autumn -
@Cambridge_Uni
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Gates Cambridge has profiled one scholar for every year of its existence, showcasing the breadth of the programme -
@GatesAlumni
@CamAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
#gatescambridge20
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Our scholars enjoying new friendships and the spectacular Lake Windermere.
#GatesCambridge
#LakeDistrict
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A new colouring technique developed by
@EvYemini
and colleagues helps identify every single neuron in a worm's brain -
@GatesAlumni
@camalumni
@EmmaCambridge
@MRC_LMB
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Big congratulations to
@VSHerrmann
named in
@apoliticalco
's World's 100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy for 2019 -
@scottpolar
@Cambridge_Uni
@camalumni
@pembroke1347
@ArcticInstitute
#100ClimateLeaders
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If you are thinking of applying to Gates Cambridge, this video discussion, chaired by Hafsah Haseeb Siddiqui, talks you through the process, highlighting all the things to consider -
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Anna Nti-Asare-Tubbs speaks about her research into the role of mothers in the struggle for race equality in the US -
@annas_tea_
@CamSociology
@Kings_College
@Cambridge_Uni
#mothers
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Dr Kerry McInerney has co-edited a book on feminism and technology based on the highly successful Good Robot podcast -
@KerryAMcInerney
@TheGoodRobot1
@CambridgeGender
@CorpusCambridge
@GatesAlumni
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Gates Cambridge alumna Kayla Barron at the International Space Station -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
@Peterhouse_Cam
@Cambridge_Eng
The Exp 66 crew studied muscles, blood circulation and botany then worked on Russian spaceships and modules.
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Congratulations to Ananth Kumar who has won a competitive international fellowship to study the mechanistic basis of IncRNA function -
@HFSP
@MRC_LMB
@ChurchillCol
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Stanley Onyemechalu is to run a public event in Nigeria bringing young people and older people together to talk about the legacy of the Biafra War -
@Kings_College
@UCamArchaeology
@sjonyems
@WennerGrenOrg
@CamUniEngage
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Congratulations to Harum Mukhayer who is recognised for her outstanding work in improving inclusive practice in college and university life -
#inclusion
#BAME
#students
@pembroke1347
@Cambridge_Uni
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She says: "I hope my research will lead to the development of pharmacotherapies that modulate gut hormone signaling to treat diabetes and obesity; and will benefit millions of people that suffer from these diseases.”
#GatesCambridge22
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Melisa Basol's research investigates how to counter the misinformation spread in fake news about immigrants -
@MlsaBsl
@csdmlab
at
@cambpsych
@Cambridge_Uni
@pembroke1347
#fakenews
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Kim van Daalen is co-author of a paper on lack of diversity on editorial teams in environmental sciences and public health -
@PLOSGPH
@Newnham_College
@DaalenKim
@Cambridge_Uni
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Carol Ibe wins extra funding to develop her training workshops which are reaching hundreds of scientists in Africa -
@JRbiotek
@plantsci
@Cambridge_Uni
@newnham_college
#hunger
#africa
#bioscience
#foodsecurity
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"Of all our foundation’s grants, this was my dad’s favorite" - Bill Gates on how Gates Cambridge was the embodiment of his father's most cherished beliefs -
@gatesfoundation
@GatesAlumni
@YoursCambridge
@Cambridge_Uni
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This year's Gates Cambridge Annual Lecture will be given by Profs Stephen O'Rahilly & Sadaf Farroqi on genetics & obesity on Nov. 16th. More here -
@Cambridge_Uni
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The Gates Cambridge Scholarship is celebrating 20 years and highlighting the impact scholars and alumni have made over two decades -
@Gates_Cambridge
@Cambridge_Uni
#gatescambridge20
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We are delighted to welcome the new Mastercard scholarship programme which will add to the array of support offered to outstanding scholars from Africa, including for both master's and PhD students from Gates Cambridge. More info -
Study-In-UK: University of Cambridge MasterCard Foundation Scholar Program
Host Country: United Kingdom
Category: Postgraduate | Masters Scholarships
Eligible: African Countries
Reward: Full Scholarship
Deadline: January 5, 2023
APPLY⤵️
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Congratulations to our 35 new Gates Cambridge Scholars from the US round of interviews. Watch out for our full 2018 cohort announcement in April -
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Big congratulations to Gates Cambridge's Provost Professor Barry Everitt, who has been selected as President-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience -
@SfNtweets
@CamNeuro
@downingcollege
#neuroscience
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"My research involves developing a mathematical framework for validating a bioelectronic model of the gut, which could be a game changer for pharmaceutical treatments." Kumar Thurimella
#GatesCambridge
#Classof2020
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Kumar Thurimella will combine his maths and medical knowledge for his PhD in Biotechnology looking at new ways to tackle
#inflammatorydisease
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@Gates_Cambridge
@CaiusCollege
@cebcambridge
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Big congrats to
@ramitdebnath
who has won an inaugural
@CambridgeZero
Fellowship to further his research into misinformation about
#climatechange
-
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
@YoursCambridge
@ChurchillCol
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Bill Gates Sr Prize winner
@Alice_Musabende
is presenting a BBC radio series next week on how to speak to young people about genocide and why it is necessary -
@loftusmedia
@BBCRadio4
@Cambridge_Uni
@Dept_of_POLIS
@MECCambridge
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Frantisek Vasa's research focuses on understanding how different parts of the brain are linked and what happens when those connections break down -
@frantisekvasa
@Cambridge_Uni
@ChurchillCol
@psychiatry_ucam
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from 15-19 February Gates Cambridge scholars will give 20-minute sessions on a wide range of research topics to inspire secondary school students who are struggling as schools are disrupted by Covid -
@GatesAlumni
@gatesfoundation
@Cambridge_Uni
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Mona Jebril is using poetry and photography to get her research across to a broader audience -
@Mona_Jebril
@Cambridge_Fest
@Cambridge_Uni
@CamEdFac
@QueensCam
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A series of mini exhibitions, ‘Past & Present: Black legacies in
#STEM
’, aims to highlight the impact of Black scientists throughout history and to inspire Black students to pursue a career in science -
#BlackHistoryMonth
@Cambridge_Uni
@africansinstem
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Ben Chin-Yee talks about his PhD on the ethics of precision
#oncology
and how that is informed by his experience as a doctor -
@Kings_College
@CambridgeHPS
@BenChinYee
@Cambridge_Uni
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Clara Ma talks about her research on
#cleanenergy
transitions in Brazil, China and India & about the urgency of addressing
#climatechange
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@Cambridge_Uni
@Selwyn1882
@CambridgeLandEc
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Several Gates Cambridge Scholars will be taking part in the inaugural
@Cambridge_Fest
which starts on Friday & will address subjects ranging from the health impact of climate change to the future of democracy -
@GatesAlumni
#gatescambridge20
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Meet Scholar-elect Otilia Vintu who will do an MPhil in Innovation, Strategy and Organisation focusing on how to integrate
#AI
in the workforce in a way that fosters innovation.
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Congratulations to Sara Morrissett - named a National Geographic explorer for her research into the Ica society of Peru -
@Cambridge_Uni
@stjohnscam
@UCamArchaeology
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International postgraduate scholars in the UK, including
@GatesAlumni
have issued an open letter to the Government, calling for urgent action to get Afghani scholars to the UK -
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With no age cap, Gates Cambridge attracts scholars from a rich range of backgrounds and experience, some of whom are parents -
#familylife
@Cambridge_Uni
@AditiVedi
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Big congratulations to Gabi Heller for winning a
@SchmidtFellows
Fellowship which enables her to pivot from computational biology to experimental structural biology -
@Cambridge_Uni
@ChurchillCol
@ChemCambridge
@camalumni
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Eric Cervini's first book, Deviant's War, has already joined the New York Times' Best Seller list, the first
#LGBTQ
+ history book to make it to the list in 27 years -
@EmmaCambridge
@GatesAlumni
@camalumni
@CamHistory
@ericcervini
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Exciting news. Kayla Barron heads for the International Space Station on Wednesday -
@GatesAlumni
@Cambridge_Uni
@Cambridge_Eng
@Peterhouse_Cam
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Maximilian Stammnitz is first author of a Science paper on mutations in Tasmanian devils which lead to transmissable cancers -
@CamVetSchool
@pembroke1347
@ScienceMagazine
@DevilsAdvoMax
@GatesAlumni
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Kerry McInerney featured in BBC programme ‘From Algorithms to Oceans’, part of the New Generation Thinkers scheme. Link at the bottom of this article on her work on feminism and AI -
@KerryAMcInerney
@CambridgeGender
@CorpusCambridge
@GatesAlumni
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Alina Utrata speaks about her research on big tech power structures and how tech corporates interact with the state -
@Dept_of_POLIS
@DarwinCollege
@cambridge_uni
@AlinaUtrata
#gatescambridge20
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Luis Welbanks wins prestigious NASA Fellowship to study exoplanet atmospheric properties -
@ChurchillCol
@cambridge_astro
@luis_wel
@Cambridge_Uni
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Dylan Gaffney on the missing link in how ancient humans initially migrated through Island Southeast Asia into the Pacific and adapted to thrive on small rainforested islands -
@Cambridge_Uni
@magdalenealumni
@cambtweetarch
#gatescambridge20
#archaeology
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Mateo Espinosa's PhD explores how to improve the application of
#machinelearning
to
#medicine
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@Cambridge_CL
@Cambridge_uni
@StEdmundsCam
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Amanda Dennis talks about her philosophy & literature studies & how she has incorporated that in her first novels -
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