D'Arcy Williams interviewed about his work for @biteback2030.bsky.social in The Guardian - www.theguardian.com/education/20... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Congratulations to Alexandra Grigore from @simprints.com who has been named in Inc. Magazine's Female Founders 500 list - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

For years, Gates Cambridge Scholars have been pushing the boundaries of research beyond Earth, from the recent history of space research to the early galaxies and exo-planets. Full story here - www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scholar-Elect Sara Jane Renfroe talks about her work on gender rights and access to healthcare for marginalised groups ahead of her PhD in Social Anthropology - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/i... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

4 Scholars spoke at last night at @cambridgefestival.bsky.social about leading with courage, covering everything from the role of leaders in resisting #BigTech, #BigFood and ‘Big English’ to the importance of embedding ethical practices in their work - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/g...

Scholar-Elect Mac MacKay aims to understand the neural systems underlying multimodal communication - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scholar-Elect Mitali Chowdhury on how her PhD will help her in her quest to create affordable, high quality public health products, such as diagnostic tests, that are accessible across the world - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/d... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Ramit Debnath who has been appointed Executive Director of the Centre for Human-Inspired Artificial Intelligence following his tenure as Deputy Director - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/n... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Cambridge Festival participant Ella McPherson answers questions about everything from leading with courage in a world of Big Tech to academic freedom. She speaks on a panel this Thursday www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... #CamFest @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scholar-Elect Cassandra Vega talks about why the MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power and Politics) fits her interests in education, civil rights and ensuring an equal voice for marginalised communities - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scholar-Elect Chudi Martin talks about his research which explores Afro-diasporic traditions such as steelpan and djembe - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Ahead of his event at @cambridgefestival.bsky.social, D'Arcy Williams talks about his role as CEO of youth-led movement @biteback2030.bsky.social, challenging Big Food for healthier outcomes for young people www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

When institutional legitimacy erodes, we need to be attuned to what might come next, says Catherine Tan - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/r... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Congratulations to Pradipta Biswas on the publication of his new book which aims to demystify the latest developments in the UI/UX design process - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Lea Wenger [2019] on her women's health start-up Cyclana, which focuses on endometriosis, on her PhD in neurodegeneration and on being Arsène Wenger's daughter - www.cam.ac.uk/stories/tran... #endometriosis @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Meet Scholar-Elect Luca Abu El-Haj. His PhD will probe the physics of the early universe. He aims to adapt the theoretical building blocks that have been successful in particle physics to cosmological backgrounds. Full profile - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... @uniofcam.bsky.social

Last night's Lent Internal Symposium gave a fascinating insight into the fieldwork of six Gates Cambridge Scholars who discussed their research on everything from the social determinants of health to Polar tourism. Read more here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f... @uniofcam.bsky.social

Listen to Seetha Tan in our So, now what? podcast on her ideas of what good leadership means. Catch the full podcast here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBMn... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Halliki Voolma in the latest edition of our podcast So, now what? on why it can sometimes be an achievement to stop things from going backwards and that holding the fort is a concrete action. The full podcast is now up on our YouTube channel @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Congrats to our @gatescambridge.bsky.social Gates Cambridge Scholar, Stephora Alberi! She will be studying for her PhD in Biotechnology starting this fall! www.salisbury.edu/news/article...

Scholar-Elect Madison Fail aims to quantify the amount of carbon ashes present in peat bogs through a model which connects micro-level chemical developments in peatlands with remote sensing - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

As #BlackHistoryMonth draws to an end in the US, Scholars Ola Osman and Andrea Loucil discuss the enduring impact of slavery in the Caribbean and Africa - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/t... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Halliki Voolma and Seetha Tan discuss how to lead for the longer term in a world focused on the short term in the second episode of the current series of our So, now what? podcast - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/h... #leadership @uniofcam.bsky.social @seethatan.bsky.social

7/ Thanks to Elena Wu and senior authors Damian Plichta, @carriesokol.bsky.social, @thexavierlab.bsky.social, Sergio Bacallado. A cross-disciplinary effort across @broadinstitute.org, @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social, @cam.ac.uk, @cuanschutz.bsky.social, @gatescambridge.bsky.social

US Scholar-Elect Alix De Saint-Aignan talks about her MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience, her research on counter-terrorism and democratic legitimacy and her rowing prowess - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/l... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Congratulations to Alix de Saint-Aignan for being selected as a 2026 Gates Cambridge Scholar! 🎉 We're looking forward to welcoming Alix to the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience at CSER in October.

New US Scholar-Elect Stephora Cesar Alberi will do her PhD in Biotechnology on computer vision with the aim of making microscopes smarter and faster - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/c... #biotechnology #computervision #deeplearning @uniofcam.bsky.social @fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social

4 Scholars will be debating how you lead with courage in an age of autocracy, misinformation and lack of trust at this year’s Cambridge Festival on 19th March. Bookings open today for the event - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/g... @uniofcam.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social

We warmly congratulate Brian Mhando on his selection as a @gatescambridge.bsky.social US Scholar-Elect and look forward to welcoming him to the College community in October. www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/news/lucy-ca...

Delighted to announce that 26 new US Scholar-Elects have been selected as part of the Gates Cambridge Class of 2026. Welcome to the community! - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/2... #classof2026 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Stephen Lezak in the @nytimes.com on the impact on the environment of MAGA leaders' disconnection from nature - www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o... @uniofcam.bsky.social @scottpolar.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Elijah Darden talks about his population health work which looks at ways to enrich routinely collected health data by combining it with publicly available data to highlight health inequalities. #healthinequality @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Muaz Chaudhry talks about his research on gender economics and his leadership of Gender Rights Watch, an NGO advocating for the rights of gender minorities worldwide - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/a... @uniofcam.bsky.social @kingscollege.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Tiancheng Hu contributes to comprehensive report on international #AI safety - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @tiancheng.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

Best-selling author Alan Guarino told a leadership event organised by Gates Cambridge & Judge Business School last night that empathetic leaders are needed in today's fast-paced working environment - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/l... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

Great write up by @gatescambridge.bsky.social about their impact on archaeology. T shirt on cover photo, courtesy of Gates astrophysics professor @luiswel.bsky.social, reads “if at first you don’t succeed, dig another test pit”

Gates Cambridge Scholars have been doing outstanding work to shed light on our early history, from climate change to ancient snake. Read about their work here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/g... #archaeology #climatechange #snakes @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Marc Mierowsky's new book tells the story of how writer Daniel Defoe helped England thwart plans for Scottish independence - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/n... #scottishindependence #history #DanielDefoe @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Yu Huang brings a wealth of different perspectives to her PhD in #EarthSciences on the contribution of #methane gas to #climatechange - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @yuhuang.bsky.social

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... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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 📻

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @axz.bsky.social

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Best-selling author Alan Guarino is in conversation about leadership at a fireside event in February - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/b... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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... @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social #mentalhealth

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... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social