The University of Reading’s Bioblitz Team recently hosted a 24-hour Bioblitz event during the Centenary Community Festival, inviting visitors to record biodiversity on Whiteknights campus.
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ALT The Nature-meter paper display of a tree decorated with drawings made by children of their favourite species during the 24-hour Bioblitz event held during the University of Reading Centenary Community Festival.
The ‘Raising the Pulse’ project, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and co-led by colleagues in the School, was recently showcased at the University of Reading’s Centenary Community Festival.
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ALT Colleagues based in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development and the Department of Food and Nutritional Science attend the University of Reading Centenary Community Festival to showcase the ‘Raising the Pulse’ research project.
Professor Mike Garratt, based in the School, attended the University of Reading’s Centenary Community Festival to showcase the research behind Reading’s Bee Team, highlighting the vital role bees and other pollinators play in supporting food systems.
ALT Professor Mike Garratt, presenting an entomology specimen display case to a visitor at the University of Reading’s Centenary Community Festival.
The Global Development Research Division’s annual lecture will take place here in the School on Tuesday, 2nd June 2026. This year’s topic will focus on future gender justice and sustainability through inclusive climate change governance.
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ALT Dr Pedi Obani, will be delivering the Keynote talk at the Global Development Research Division’s annual lecture for 2026 in the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development.
This World Bee Day (Wed 20th May 2026), we’re spotlighting Professor Simon Potts and Dr Tom Breeze from Sustainable Land Management, working with Bee:wild to highlight the vital role of pollinators in global food security.
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ALT Dinner menu for a Bee:Wild Dinner event which indicates which ingredients are dependent on pollinators with a symbol of bee, where as Professor Simon Potts and Dr Breeze, provided the scientific bases to indicate which ingredients rely on bees and other pollinators for production.
ALT An arrangement of dishes from a Bee:Wild Dinner event, where as Professor Simon Potts and Dr Breeze, provided the scientific bases to indicate which ingredients rely on bees and other pollinators for production
"Medicine and the Humanities: the art of transgression"
Join us for ep.3 of the podcast. We talk to Dr. Monica Lalanda and Dr. Tamarin Norwood about the methodologies used in the #MedHums, and focussing on the person behind the patient.
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Interview with Anchu Kamala, Matron, Theatres and Anaesthetics-Pre-Op Assessment Unit, St George’s Hospital. By Joe Varghese in the Centre for Health Humanities at the @HealthHums at the University of Reading. youtu.be/a7ZL54uUcWw?si=xrkz…@UniRdg_Research
Our event this week is the Ox-Cam-Lon Philosophy of Medicine Society seminar "Understanding Symptoms: Diagnosis, Cure, and Bodily Reintegration", by Helene Scott-Fordsmand (UCL), with a commentary by Oxford philosopher Joe Gough. All welcome, details here torch.ox.ac.uk/event/underst…
📢 'The Relationship is the Therapy': A Collaborative Symposium 📢
This Friday, our colleague Dr Josh Pugh, in collaboration with the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University, is hosting a symposium on therapy research and practice.
For These Doctors, Medicine Is Also a Literary Journey
A great feature by @DinaCheney to the world of narrative medicine for those unfamiliar with the brilliant writing being done in this literary genre. @NarrativeMed@BLReview Neurologist Pria Anand @sjauhar Bruce H. Campbell, one of our non-fiction editors, whose short story appears in our new anthology. @Medscapemedscape.com/viewarticle/the…
Have you listened to our second podcast episode yet? In "Generative chaos: mapping the Medical Humanities" Prof Stuart Murray and Prof Neil Vickers discuss the origins and institutional state of the #MedHums
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Join us on 22th April, 1-2pm for 'Working with The Hunterian – Collections and Cross Disciplinary Collaboration' Workshop, co-hosted with Global Health and Environment at the James McCune Smith 630 or online via ZOOM ⬇️ #MedicalHumanitiesuofglasgow.zoom.us/j/8791420…
How do we thread the needle of preserving nature and feeding 8 billion people?
Hear how protecting bioversity can be a win-win for both humanity and endangered species in Professor @deepa_sena 's upcoming public lecture.
Watch the trailer ⏯️ rdg.ac/3O9Ic7O
TAKE A MINUTE...
Read this short essay on anatomy lab titled "Meet Your First Patient" by Pallavi Kenkare, a third-year at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. She graduated from Cornell University in 2021, where she served as opinion editor for the Cornell Daily Sun. Kenkare, who hails from Atlanta, also worked as a journalist for CNET and ZDNET.
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Our current culture is destroying the planet and a shock to the system is needed to avoid ecological collapse, argues Professor @Tom_H_Oliver author of the new book 'The Nature Delusion' that is out today on @BrisUniPress
Read the blog to learn more 🔗 rdg.ac/4sC1hi2