For the second time, a University of Texas at Dallas alumnus has been selected to be a Gates Cambridge Scholar. Bhaskaran Nair BS’13, a Eugene McDermott Scholar, was UTD’s first Gates Cambridge Scholar in 2014. Established in 2000 through a $210 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the highly competitive Gates Cambridge Scholars program awarded scholarships to 79 recipients this year from 30 countries out of a pool of more than 5,000 applicants. Although he majored in electrical engineering, Hu has a broad set of interests and even considered studying international political economy instead. To learn how UT Dallas is attracting the best and brightest students, explore New Dimensions: The Campaign for UT Dallas.