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

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

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

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

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

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. @lizdzeng.bsky.social

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

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

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

Our festive evening on Friday saw the launch of the Gates Cambridge 25th commemorative magazine and our 25@25 compilation film. Links to the magazine and film here - gatescambridge.org/about/news/g... #gatescambridge25 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Eréndira [Ere] Derbez combines her work as an author and illustrator with her research on human rights. We spoke to her about how she combines the two - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/i... #mexico #humanrights #art @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

We speak to Johanna Riha [2011] about her work for the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health [IIGH] where she leads on gender equality & intersectionality. Watch the video here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyX3... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Jessica Fernandez de Lara Harada is an advisor to the landmark BBC history series Civilisations: Rise and Fall. She speaks to Gates Cambridge about the series and about her research - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e... #Aztecs #BBCArts @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scientists led by Andrés Alfonso-Rojas have reconstructed ancient anacondas from fossils & found they were 5.2 metres long. While other giant animals have become extinct, anacondas are as big today - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/f... #snakes @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Watch a clip from our film which shows how, in the initial weeks of life in Cambridge, Scholars come together and form close bonds through orientation, a Scholar-led initiative. Full film here - www.youtube.com/user/GatesCa... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Robyn Scott, CEO of Apolitical, gave a talk to Gates Cambridge Scholars this week about the need to fill the vacuum in moral leadership and how we do that - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/l... #gatescambridge25 @apolitical.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social

Annie Shelton writes for University World News about how her research in Plant Sciences is shaping agriculture in space and on Earth - www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Melisa Basol talks about her research into psychological resilience to misinformation & her work for Pulse, which builds ethical frameworks for responsible tech innovation. Watch her here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNYt... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

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

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

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

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

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 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-c...

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

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

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 @cambridgelaw.bsky.social @gatescambridge.bsky.social 1/2

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

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 @uniofcam.bsky.social

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

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

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... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social #blackholes #physics

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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 www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/gates-c... @lucycavcoll.bsky.social

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... @uniofcam.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social

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

Mia Bennett is co-author of Unfrozen: The Fight for the Future of the Arctic out today. It shows the region as a space of experimentation for everything from Indigenous governance to subsea technologies - www.gatescambridge.org/.../new-book... @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Andrés Ruiz Ojeda's research explores changes in how Latin American diplomats imagined human, social and economic rights between the 1950s and 1980s - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/b... #gatescambridge25 #humanrights #LatinAmerica @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Mai Abdelgawad [2024], a Gates Cambridge Scholar from #Egypt, talks about her PhD in Clinical Neurosciences and what it means to her to be a Gates Cambridge Scholar. You can find out more about how to apply here - www.gatescambridge.org/apply/ @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

In the latest of our 25@25 videos, Scholar Zine Long, Head of Design at Archive Resale, talks about her role at Archive Resale which aims to reduce waste in the fashion industry and beyond. @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social #SustainableFashion

Marcelo Mesa Costa Lima's PhD will explore the largest enzyme in the mitochondrial respiratory chain - the process of how the body extracts energy from food - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/e... #mitochondria #gatescambridge25 @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Adaptive leadership is about staying true to your basic principles but reviewing your methods as the world changes, Joe Cerrell from @gatesfoundation.bsky.social told scholars today. "When you know what matters to you you can adapt without losing yourself," he said. #leadership

In the latest of our 25@25 videos, Niraj Lal, an author and visiting fellow working on renewable energy, speaks about his research and his passion for science communications & speaking out. #gatescambridge25 #renewablenergy @uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social