March 3rd is World Wildlife Day, time to celebrate the world’s wild animals and plants, the contribution they make to our lives and the health of the planet. We look at that balancing act in this month’s SAC news roundup.
World Wildlife Day
- March 3rd is World Wildlife Day, so here’s a sneak peak of Chantal Kassam’s Year in Professional Giraffe Research in South Africa, read her blog or watch her celebration of some glorious wildlife here.
- Dr Jake Bicknell‘s new study looked at reducing oil palm devastations.
- Dr Jim Groombridge described how to lead a conservation field team, even when the species in question disappears..
In Anthropology, there is no taboo
- Not to seem cocky… but student Nerys Bushnell and her dissertation supervisor Dr Sarah Johns have published a paper, exploring the previously taboo topic of sex toys, looking at data on the features women found most desirable in a toy.
Who You Calling Fossil?
- We threw the doors open to our Darwin Lab to share some of our collection with The Young Archaeologist’s Club of Canterbury. Read more!
- A Kent river had been hiding a 3000 year old Toddler Shoe, which we identified at our Imaging Centre for Life Sciences. See the toe-on view here.
Making Herstory
- PhD researcher Barbara Denuelle travelled to Liverpool to commemorate the life of the first Victorian woman to embrace Islam, Fatima Elizabeth Cates.
Mapping It
- James Bronthon’s module choices in geography created a holistic journey in his understanding of sustainability. Read here.
Don’t Miss..
- Next in our Inspirational Speaker Series, we host political activist and Kent alumna Aba Amoah. on International Women’s Day.
- Professor Alexsandra Cichocka beautifully kicked off the HSS Innaugral Lecture Series last month. She’s followed by development economist Professor Zaki Wahhaj who will speak on Marriage Decisions in Low-Income Countries next on Friday 10 March.
- Professor Dave Goulson from the University of Sussex will give the prestigious annual DICE Lecture on averting the insect apocalypse.