{"id":8053,"date":"2022-08-01T11:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/?p=8053"},"modified":"2022-08-02T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T11:12:09","slug":"july-news-roundup-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/08\/01\/july-news-roundup-2\/","title":{"rendered":"July News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">As the UK tried to respond to a Heatwave we have been inspiring the next generation of geographers, anthropologists and conservationists who will make an impact on the climate crisis. <\/p>\n<h2>Just do it!<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Satouka Basso, found her place studying Anthropology with us through clearing, and encourages anyone who is unsure about entering clearing to \u2018do it now!\u2019 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8071\/do-it-now\">Read here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Environmental Evaluations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/people\/1914\/rock-rokem-jonathan\">Dr Jonathan Rock Rokem<\/a> spoke about the increasing threat of global warming. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/PlaybackPortal.aspx?SavedEditID=1a99e5f0-dd05-408e-a37f-21f9deb878cd\">Listen here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>BioBlitz22, a student-led data-collecting fest was a massive success again this year, with a record number of species and a first-ever sighting in Kent. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8017\/bioblitz22-a-record-number-of-species-and-a-first-ever-sighting-in-kent\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Research by the University of Kent and the University of St Andrews has found that rainforest chimpanzees are digging wells for cleaner water and that the behaviour is spreading. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8063\/digging-for-cleaner-water\">Discover more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Inspiring the Future!<\/h2>\n<p>MSc Students Thomas Fry and Ellie Dobbs visited a Canterbury nursery with some of the great crested newts found on campus to whet the appetite of the next generation of conservationists. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/07\/30\/8090\/\">Read about it here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Wild Celebrations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>On Wednesday 13 July, the Class of 2022 graduated in Canterbury Cathedral. We were able to catch up with them informally and raise a toast to their achievements. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8041\/celebrating-the-class-of-2022\">View the photos<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The pioneering <a href=\"https:\/\/wildwoodtrust.org\/wilder-blean\/\">Wilder Blean<\/a> Bison project launched this month, introducing European Bison into Blean Woods, spearheaded by<a href=\"https:\/\/research.kent.ac.uk\/dice\/\"> DICE Kent<\/a> alumna Vicki Breakell. A Bison Mural has been added on campus to celebrate. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/anthropology-conservation\/news\/8019\/wilder-blean-bison-mural-launched-at-canterbury-campus\">Learn more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>And now for the weirdest story of the month..<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>After being found in an attic in Kent, a decapitated Egyptian mummy head had a CT scan to discover its origin. As part of a collaborative scientific investigation, experts from Canterbury Christ Church, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/\">University of Kent<\/a> and University of Oxford, will attempt to reconstruct the history of the individual. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/07\/22\/decapitated-egyptian-mummy-head-gets-ct-scan-to-discover-its-origins-17050500\/\">Find out more<\/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>As the UK tried to respond to a Heatwave we have been inspiring the next generation of geographers, anthropologists and conservationists who will make an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/2022\/08\/01\/july-news-roundup-2\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61662,"featured_media":8112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8053"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8053"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8111,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8053\/revisions\/8111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/sac-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}