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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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Reham Hosny in our podcast So, now what? asks what resistance would look like if AI systems designed to support marginalised rather than corporations and repressive governments.

Listen to the full episode - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRj9...

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January 29, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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Amy Zhang in episode one of the new series of our podcast So, now what? talks to Reham Hosny about what the role of academics is in leading ethically in AI development.

Listen here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRj9...

#leadership #ethics #AI

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January 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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How do you lead ethically in unethical times?

Listen to CDH PhD student Reham Aboud debate this question with fellow Gates Scholar Amy Zhang in the latest episode of the @gatescambridge.bsky.social podcast 📻
January 27, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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The third series of our So, now what? podcast explores complex questions relating to leadership, starting with leading ethically in unethical times - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/n...

#leadership #ethics

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New series explores complex leadership questions - Gates Cambridge
The third series of our So, now what? podcast explores complex questions relating to leadership, starting with leading ethically in unethical times.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Impact Prize winner Mona Jebril has been awarded a @britishacademy.bsky.social Global Innovation Fellowship to work at the @carnegieendowment.org for International Peace - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

#innovation #middleeast

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Scholar receives Global Innovation Fellowship - Gates Cambridge
Impact Prize winner Mona Jebril has been awarded a British Academy Global Innovation Fellowship to work at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Matthew Blacker talks about his path to Gates Cambridge, his passion for quantum physics and for improving the lives of others both physically and mentally - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f...

#quantumgravity #anorexia #mentalhealth

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From physics to health: A passion for communicating learning - Gates Cambridge
Matthew Blacker talks about his path to Gates Cambridge, his passion for quantum physics and for improving the lives of others both physically and mentally.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Best-selling author Alan Guarino is in conversation about leadership at a fireside event in February - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/b...

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Bestselling author to speak about how to redefine success - Gates Cambridge
Best-selling author Alan Guarino is in conversation about leadership at a fireside event in February.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Gates Cambridge Scholar Nij Lal's new book for young people on understanding the online world is out in early February - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/n...

#screens #online #kids

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New book seeks to guide young people around the online world - Gates Cambridge
Gates Cambridge Scholar Nij Lal's new book for young people on understanding the online world is out in early February.
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January 14, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Scholar Dr Vijay Kanuru explores how Metal-Organic Frameworks - for which three academics won a 2025 Nobel Prize - offer India the opportunity for a genuine breath of fresh air - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/a...

#MOFS #pollution #India

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A Nobel solution for India’s toxic skies - Gates Cambridge
Scholar Dr Vijay Kanuru explores how Metal-Organic Frameworks - for which three academics won a 2025 Nobel Prize - offer India the opportunity for a genuine breath of fresh air.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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Isabella Morse talks about her PhD which seeks to explore how children access mental health treatment, with a particular focus on waiting times and the experiences of underserved groups - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e...

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Exploring young people’s experience of mental health treatment - Gates Cambridge
Isabella Morse talks about her PhD which seeks to explore how children access mental health treatment, with a particular focus on waiting times and the experiences of underserved groups.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Emma Soneson and Kathy Chacon talk to Gates Cambridge about how Scholars are helping to enhance the community and engage with each other and the wider world - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t...

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The power of adaptive engagement - Gates Cambridge
Emma Soneson and Kathy Chacon talk about how Scholars are helping to enhance the community and engage with each other and the wider world.
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January 9, 2026 at 10:47 AM
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Scholars Tara Cookson and Stephen Metcalf talk about how they are helping to hone a diverse group of scholars' #leadership skills - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/l...

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Learning leadership skills for positive change - Gates Cambridge
Tara Cookson and Stephen Metcalf talk about how they are helping to hone a diverse group of scholars' leadership skills.
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January 8, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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In a thought-provoking new blog, Meir Barth writes about his autoethnographic research on ultrabilitation - how effective therapy expands function through iterative experimentation and innovation - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/u...

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Ultrabilitation: a partnership approach to enhancing human possibility - Gates Cambridge
Meir Barth writes about his autoethnographic research on ultrabilitation: how effective therapy expands function through iterative experimentation and innovation.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Andy Robertson, one of the first co-chairs of the Gates Cambridge Alumni Association, speaks to his current counterpart, Libby Blanchard, about why the community doesn't stop when Scholars leave Cambridge - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/g...

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Giving Gates Cambridge Alumni a voice - Gates Cambridge
Andy Robertson, one of the first co-chairs of the Gates Cambridge Alumni Association, speaks to his current counterpart, Libby Blanchard, about why the community doesn't stop when Scholars leave Cambr...
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January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Ilana Walder-Biesanz has been named one of five recipients of a $5m award from the Bezos Foundation for her work to ensure brilliant young mathematicians reach their potential - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

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Scholar wins $5m award for maths non-profit - Gates Cambridge
Ilana Walder-Biesanz has been named one of five recipients of a $5m award from the Bezos Foundation for her work to ensure brilliant young mathematicians reach their potential.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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Scholars from the early days of Gates Cambridge talk to 2025 Council members about how the community has evolved - gatescambridge.org/about/news/t...

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Building the Gates Cambridge community - Gates Cambridge
Scholars from the early days of Gates Cambridge talk to 2025 Council members about how the heart of the community evolved.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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Urbasi and Aninda Sinha are Gates Cambridge's first married couple. They talk about how Gates Cambridge cemented their relationship & what those first years were like - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h...

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How we met: The first Gates Cambridge couple - Gates Cambridge
Urbasi and Aninda Sinha are Gates Cambridge's first married couple, having met before they arrived in Cambridge.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Gates Cambridge Scholars Ramit Debnath and @kmohaddes.bsky.social are from different cohorts and different disciplines, but are working together to tackle climate change. They speak about how they met here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h...

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How we met: Ramit Debnath and Kamiar Mohaddes - Gates Cambridge
Gates Cambridge Scholars Ramit Debnath and Kamiar Mohaddes are from different cohorts and different disciplines, but are working together to tackle climate change.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Pranav Ganta [2025] and Chris Kirchhoff [2001] engage in a fascinating discussion about security and risk in the 21st century in a new article posted here - www.gatescambridge.org/.../security...

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December 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Professor Napoleon Katsos and Minhee Lee talk about their research into the advantages of #bilingualism and what conditions are needed to ensure maximum benefit - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t...

#gatescambridge25

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The benefits of bilingualism - Gates Cambridge
Professor Napoleon Katsos and Minhee Lee talk about their research into the advantages of bilingualism and what conditions are needed to ensure maximum benefit.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Gregory Serapio-García is co-first author on a paper which outlines a new personality test for AI #chatbots and shows how 'personality' can be manipulated - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/p...

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‘Personality test’ shows how AI chatbots mimic human traits – and how they can be manipulated - Gates Cambridge
Gregory Serapio-García is co-first author on a paper which outlines a new personality test for AI chatbots and shows how 'personality' can be manipulated
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December 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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If I had known that this picture would be published, I might not have worn an old hoodie 😜

On a more serious note, I'm incredibly thankful to the Gates Scholarship for the opportunity it gave me - and the friends I made along the way.

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December 17, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Scholars Eryk Salvaggio and Tristan Dot talk about the possibilities and challenges of AI art. Both are researchers and artists [pic below by Eryk]. Read the full conversation here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/c...

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Can we use AI to colour outside the lines? - Gates Cambridge
Eryk Salvaggio and Tristan Dot talk about the possibilities and challenges of AI art.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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10 Gates Cambridge Scholars from 2007 talk about how Gates Cambridge forged enduring friendships that have provided a support network for life - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/a...

#gatescambridge25 #community #network

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A Gates Cambridge extended family - Gates Cambridge
10 Gates Cambridge Scholars from 2007 talk about how Gates Cambridge forged enduring friendships that have provided a support network for life.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Trustee Emerita Mimi Gardner Gates talks to Scholar Julien Domercq about all things history of art in our 25th commemorative magazine, out now - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f...

#historyofart #gatescambridge25

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For the love of art - Gates Cambridge
Trustee Emerita Mimi Gardner Gates talks to Scholar Julien Domercq about all things history of art.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM