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Alumni Spotlight: Tanya Nakamoto

Alumni Spotlight: Tanya Nakamoto

Posted on 10 July 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Welcome to Alumni Spotlight, a blog series focused on our alums - where they've been and where they are now. For this installment we interviewed Tanya Nakamoto. Checking my work […]

Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Lafrance-Hwang

Alumni Spotlight: Jessica Lafrance-Hwang

Posted on 3 July 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Welcome to Alumni Spotlight, a blog series focused on our alums - where they've been and where they are now. For this installment we interviewed Jessica Lafrance-Hwang.   What degree […]

Alumni Spotlight: Gemma McBader

Alumni Spotlight: Gemma McBader

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Welcome to Alumni Spotlight, a blog series focused on our alums - where they've been and where they are now. For this installment we interviewed Gemma McBader.   What degree […]

Alumni Spotlight: Ciarán Lavelle

Alumni Spotlight: Ciarán Lavelle

Posted on 19 June 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Welcome to Alumni Spotlight, a blog series focused on our alums - where they've been and where they are now. For this installment we interviewed Ciarán Lavelle.   Here’s Ciarán […]

2018 Summer Placement Send Off

2018 Summer Placement Send Off

Posted on 23 May 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Students doing conservation degrees are expected to complete a summer placement where they work on site or in a museum. Masters students are expected to do a minimum of eight […]

From Archaeological Trenches to Conservation Laboratories

From Archaeological Trenches to Conservation Laboratories

Posted on 4 May 2018 by Rafail Evzonas

I still remember the moment last September when I shook the dust off my clothes in a trench for last time, somewhere in eastern Mediterranean, and packed my suitcases. A […]

A Little Love for Llandaff

A Little Love for Llandaff

Posted on 3 May 2018 by Ekaterina Madrid

This winter, I had the privilege of working with a team of stonemasons and conservators. Coe Stone Ltd. Masonry:  Carving & Conservation  (http://olivercoe-com.stackstaging.com/) were hired on to perform conservation work on […]

Public Speaking for the Terrified Conservator: Children and Teenagers Edition

Public Speaking for the Terrified Conservator: Children and Teenagers Edition

Posted on 6 March 2018 by Sara Bohuch

Public speaking: the one aspect of life that we are doomed to never get away from. Whether it's raising your hand in class, or standing in front of a presentation, […]

Yo ho ho and a barrel of PEG: Field trip to the Mary Rose

Yo ho ho and a barrel of PEG: Field trip to the Mary Rose

Posted on 27 February 2018 by Sarah Dunn

Henry VIII’s warship, the Mary Rose, sunk in the Solent in 1545 and was left to sleep on the seabed for hundreds of years. In 1982 she was raised and […]

Dissertations Abound

Dissertations Abound

Posted on 22 February 2018 by Stephanie Whitehead

Studying the Effect of Varying Silica Gel Amounts on the Relative Humidity Within a Container. Our dissertation is looking at the relative humidity (RH) changes within storage containers that have […]