{"id":6072,"date":"2021-05-01T15:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T15:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=6072"},"modified":"2021-05-04T08:20:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:20:03","slug":"april-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2021\/05\/01\/april-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"April News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">April -the sun shone, the snow fell, we could get a haircut again or freeze in a pub garden, you handed in your dissertations, the Spring term ended, exam season started, safe to say, it has been a busy one! Here is a summary of what has been happening in the School of Anthropology and Conservation..<\/p>\n<h2>Dissertations were handed in!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Stage 3 student Lauren Tibbetts blogs about writing hers \u2018Scratching the Surface: A Study of Anxiety Levels in Tufted Capuchin Monkeys. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6076\/do-capuchin-monkeys-have-anxiety-too\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conservation is key!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Linh Bao Nguyen has published research that sought to understand consumer demand for bushmeat in urban centres of Cameroon focusing on the endangered pangolin. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6031\/is-there-an-increasing-consumer-demand-for-bushmeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Research led by the <a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology<\/a> (DICE) has found that the personification of animals in recent wildlife documentaries leads to significant misinformation and creates problems for public understanding of wider conservation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6050\/recent-wildlife-documentaries-affect-public-understanding-of-wider-conservation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>DICE alumna Brittney Vezina asked how can protected area managers implement conservation goals without exacerbating poverty?<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6037\/how-can-protected-area-managers-implement-conservation-goals-without-exacerbating-poverty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn how<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Life after Kent&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthropology graduate, Teaching Assistant and prospective science teacher in Cornwall, Peter Saunders shared his experience of taking on a role during the COVID-19 Pandemic. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/5950\/life-after-kent-anthropology-in-the-classroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read his story<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Eyes peeled for terrapins&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Biodiversity management student, Suzie Simpson at DICE asked the public to report sightings of terrapins in the UK. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6054\/public-asked-to-report-released-pet-terrapin-sightings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Find out why<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pandemics: past, present and future&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Professor Johannes Krause from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/index\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<\/a> lead the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6043\/this-years-annual-lecture-of-the-skeletal-biology-research-centre-with-prof-johannes-krause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skeletal Biology Research Centre Annual Lecture<\/a> on \u201cThe genetic history of the Plague and what we can learn from ancient pandemics\u201d, a significant conversation in the current climate. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/6062\/the-past-present-and-future-of-plagues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the lecture here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Anthropology and Conservation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April -the sun shone, the snow fell, we could get a haircut again or freeze in a pub garden, you handed in your dissertations, the &hellip; 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