Living with snow leopards

24 October 2019

Local people in the Nepal Himalayas value snow leopards as much for the potential personal benefits they gain from the animals’ conservation as they do for the intrinsic value of this charismatic species, according to a study published in the journal PLOS ONE.

̽»¨Ö±²¥team of researchers led by the ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge found that local attitudes towards the snow leopard were strongly linked to local views on the conservation methods used to protect them.

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Women in STEM: Valentina Ndolo

01 August 2019

is a Gates Cambridge Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, where she is a PhD student developing mathematical models to identify areas of Uganda most at risk of anthrax. In 2016, she founded the STEMing Africa Initiative to advocate for the active inclusion of African women in STEM by supporting talented female graduates to secure scholarships for advanced degrees at leading universities worldwide.

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IVF trio with Louise Brown and her mother at 1st Birthday

̽»¨Ö±²¥archive of Professor Sir Robert Edwards, IVF pioneer, reveals his personal struggles: for recognition of an unsung female colleague and fair access to treatment for all

10 June 2019

Newly released letters from Edwards’ archive show his personal battle as he repeatedly fought for official recognition of Jean Purdy’s equal contribution towards the discovery of IVF. Her work as a woman in science has gone largely unrecognised when compared to Edwards and Steptoe.

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