Reading in the news - Thu 9 Dec

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Further coverage that the new headquarters of the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) will be hosted on the University of Reading Whiteknights campus, ITV News Meridian,  Research Professional, BBC Berkshire, and Planet Radio report. Read our news story about the announcement.
• BBC News Online reports on the demolition of a Scottish coal power station and note that Professor Ed Hawkins’ (Meteorology) climate stripes were lit up on the Longannet Chimney.
• Professor Chris Hilson (Law / Reading Centre for Climate and Justice) is quoted in Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad about which countries should be most responsible for climate finance.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was quoted by Mail Online about measures to try to contain the Omicron variant; Evening Standard about Omicron mutations; and Health Medicine Net about booster strategy.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) spoke to ABC News Australia about testing for the Omicron variant; and answered listeners questions on BBC Berkshire.
• BBC Berkshire spoke to Dr Mark Shanahan (Politics and IR) about the 10 Downing Street press conference in which ‘Plan B’ was announced.

UniForReading:reaffirming our role as a civic university 

• Reading’s bid for city status with support from the University was announced by Reading Borough Council, reports Living Reading. In addition, research from the University on the benefits of being awarded city status is mentioned in articles in Sky News, Yahoo! News, other local publications about a small Cornish town who are also bidding, and BBC Three Counties and other BBC local stations also cover.

Other Coverage

• Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Business School Africa) writes for Academ about the future of African economies.
• Psychologist looks at how to find meaning, and cites research by Professor Jonathan Passmore (Henley Business School) about strong friendships.
• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) is quoted in NewsWeek and Head Topics about a study suggesting that Viagra might a helpful drug to treat certain Alzheimer’s Disease patients.
• Norway Today republishes an article for the Conversation by Professor Anne Lawrence-Mathers (History) about the origins of Christmas decorations.
• Further coverage of research led by Professor Richard Bennett (Agriculture) on consumer trust in the catering industry is reported in FMCG.
• An article for Open Culture about sub-cultures on TV in the 1980s cites a free online course about the history of punk in the 1970s written by Prof Matthew Worley (History).
• Express Informer quotes Henley Business School PhD graduate Dr Sam Mather about social media and resignations.
• Agriland report on using molasses in animal feed, citing University of Reading research.