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

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

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

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

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

Scholars from the early days of Gates Cambridge talk to 2025 Council members about how the community has evolved - gatescambridge.org/about/news/t... @uniofcam.bsky.social

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