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International postgraduate scholarships at the University of Cambridge for future leaders committed to improving the lives of others. www.gatescambridge.org
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Scientists, led by Alexa Mousley, have identified four major turning points in brain development around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 which create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human lifespan - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

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Scientists identify five ages of the human brain over a lifetime - Gates Cambridge
Scientists, led by Gates Cambridge Scholar Alexa Mousley, have identified four major turning points in brain development around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 which create five broad eras of neural wiring o...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Yara Kyrychenko's PhD explores how social media and social technology can be used to promote pro-social behaviour rather than to stoke divisions - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t...

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Towards scalable pro-social AI - Gates Cambridge
Yara Kyrychenko's PhD explores how social media and social technology can be used to promote pro-social behaviour rather than to stoke divisions.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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Saloni Atal [2017] talks about how her PhD in Psychology explored how women in the poorest communities in India understand and manage their mental health challenges. This has been a very under-researched area.

#mentalhealth #India

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November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Sólveig Hilmarsdóttir's research focuses on the relationship between the social background of Latin authors & their language use in Cicero's correspondence between 68 and 43 BCE: www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e...

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Exploring linguistic variation in ancient times - Gates Cambridge
Sólveig Hilmarsdóttir talks about her research in Latin sociolinguistics and what language variation tells us about society.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Sera Tolgay Marshall @gatescambridge.bsky.social discusses her PhD which addresses a pressing question: how are hydroclimatic extremes such as droughts, floods & shifts in evapotranspiration, transforming transboundary watersheds & how can we help communities adapt

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Gates Cambridge class of 2025 – Sera Tolgay Marshall
Growing up in the coastal city of Istanbul, where ancient cisterns lie beneath neighbourhoods, I learned that our cities’ resilience depends on their relationship with water. Today, droughts can leave...
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November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Gates Cambridge Scholar Andrea Luppi has been named one of 25 rising stars in Neuroscience by The Transmitter, a leading #neuroscience magazine - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

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Scholar scoops neuroscience award - Gates Cambridge
Andrea Luppi has been recognised for his work in neuroscience by a leading magazine.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Willa Lane [2023] talks about her research on cuttlefish cognition and camouflage and about the similarities between human and cephalopods' ways of learning - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t...

#cuttlefish

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The meaning of intelligence - Gates Cambridge
Willa Lane talks about her research on cuttlefish cognition and camouflage and about the similarities between human and cephalopods' ways of learning.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Fellowship news:
🎓 @eilisf.bsky.social (1980, Law; Fellow 1987–2024; Emeritus Fellow 2024–25) - Honorary Fellow
🎓 Dr Sungkyung Kang - Official Fellow in Maths
🎓 Dr James Lello (2011, English; Bye-Fellow 2024) - Official Fellow in English

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Prof. Eilis Ferran Dr Sungkyung Kang, Dr James Lello, Dr Alfonso Ruocco & Dr Katharina Tegethoff
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Ben Weissenbach was in conversation with fellow Scholar Mia Bennett about the past, present and future of the #Arctic this week. Read all about the conversation here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/a...

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An Alaskan odyssey - Gates Cambridge
Ben Weissenbach was in conversation with fellow Scholar Mia Bennett about the past, present and future of the Arctic this week.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Two Gates Cambridge Scholars - Abdullah Hasan Safir & Ramit Debnath - have contributed to a new paper on a human-AI art experiment involving Bangladeshi artist S M Sultan aimed at reimagining inclusive design futures in AI - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/r...

#AI #design

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Re-imagining plural, inclusive design futures in AI - Gates Cambridge
Two Scholars have contributed to a new paper on a human-AI art experiment aimed at reimagining inclusive design futures in AI.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Kasun Kariyawasam [2016], now an award-winning Principal Engineer at @wsp, talks about his work on extending the life of bridges through resilient design with safety at its core.

#gatescambridge25 #bridges

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November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Mayumi Sato [2021] discusses what improving the lives of others means to her and how Gates Cambridge has helped her to build her social impact.

#gatescambridge25 #application #posgraduate #scholarships

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November 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Ming Yang's PhD in Maths and Theoretical Physics seeks to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity to illuminate the greatest mysteries of energy forces in the universe - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e...

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#blackholes #physics
Exploring the infinitely expanding jigsaw puzzle of nature - Gates Cambridge
Ming Yang's PhD in Maths and Theoretical Physics seeks to unite quantum mechanics and general relativity to illuminate the greatest mysteries of energy forces in the universe
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November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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View our new video with Safir, Friederike & Ifeyinwa here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6R.... They speak about the application process for Gates Cambridge, in particular the personal essay & what it means to improve the lives of others.

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November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Dr Anand Jeyasekharan talks about his use of personalised medicine in cancer treatment and how he is creating cancer maps to understand how cancer evades the immune system

#personalisedmedicine #cancer #gatescambridge25

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November 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Shealynn Hendry's research looks at how we understand the history of displaced people with complex legal identities and ensure they don't remain silent in the historical archives - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/m...

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Mitigating the silences in the archives - Gates Cambridge
Shealynn Hendry's research looks at how we understand the history of displaced people with complex legal identities and ensure they don't remain silent in the historical archives
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November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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To apply for a Gates Cambridge scholarship you need to demonstrate leadership potential. Vinícius Alexandre Fortes de Barros, Spatika Jayaram & Panpailin Jantarasombat talk about the many forms leadership can take www.youtube.com/watch?v=42at...

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Gates Cambridge applications: what does leadership mean?
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November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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5 Scholars gave talks at the end of last week on topics ranging from space nutrition to paleooceanography. Read more - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f...

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From space food to suing states for future climate change harm - Gates Cambridge
The Gates Cambridge internal symposium saw five Scholars showcase their research on everything from space food to future climate change protections
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November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Dr Ola Osman has been appointed Asst Prof at Cambridge’s Department of Politics & International Studies at just 29, becoming the first Black female Assistant Professor appointed in the department & the youngest Black female lecturer hired by the university - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/r...
Recent Scholar returns to Cambridge as assistant professor - Gates Cambridge
As Black History Month 2025 draws to an end, we talk to Ola Osman who, at 29, has become the youngest Black lecturer in Cambridge’s 800-year history
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November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Beatrice Bianchi [2011] speaks about her work as a political analyst, mediator and electoral expert in he most fragile contexts. Her work reflects her lifelong commitment to the right to vote and to democracy.

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October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Playing spot the pebbles in the very last meter of ice drilled at Skytrain Ice Rise (~650 meters deep) with @wacswain.bsky.social and PhD student Yu Huang @bas.ac.uk @cambridge-earthsci.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Zhi-Yu Chen talks about her research into cross-cultural exchange between Chinese migrants and other Southeast Asian communities between 1500 and 1800 despite few written records - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/p...

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Piecing together a scientific knowledge puzzle - Gates Cambridge
Zhi-Yu Chen talks about her research into cross-cultural exchange between Chinese migrants and other Southeast Asian communities between 1500 and 1800 despite few written records.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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As #BlackHistoryMonth draws to a close, we'd like to introduce you to Jeremiah Oloyede – incoming @gatescambridge.bsky.social Scholar who will pursue an #MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacture & Management @ifmcambridge.bsky.social

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Gates Cambridge class of 2025 – Jeremiah Oloyede
Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, infrequent electricity was my birthright. I had never confronted the status quo until I witnessed an entire production line crumble during an internship because of the sa...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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As part of our 25@25 series, Hamish Forsyth [2007] talks about his work as CEO and co-founder of OneLeap, an advisory platform which brings together global disruptive entrepreneurs. Watch the video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdkP...

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25@25: Hamish Forsyth
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October 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Jannis Jakobs on his research in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic studies, what being a Gates Cambridge Scholar means to him, eligibility criteria & how you can apply. More here - www.gatescambridge.org/apply/eligib...

#gatescambridge25

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October 22, 2025 at 9:18 AM