Reading in the news - Fri 15 Jan

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quotedinMail Online,Mirror, CNN,Yahoo! News,Nursing in Practice, CTV News,BDNews24, News18viaReutersabout a study of healthcare workers about reinfection and carrying the coronavirus. Dr Clarke spoke toBBC Berkshireabout the PHEstudy;and hecomments inMail Onlineand onTimes Radio(approx1hr 10 mins in) about the new variant of Covid-19 originating in Brazil.
• Newsweekquotes Prof Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) about a further two new variants of SARS-CoV-2 which have been identified in Ohio, USA.
• Further coverage of comments by Prof Patricia Riddell (Psychology) about why people are breaking Covid restrictions, inHarper’s Bazaar.

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• Dr Mark Shanahan (Politics and IR) spoke toHeart Berkshireabout the upcoming US Presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
• TheBritish Councilreport on new grants for international creative partnerships, including awarding money toUoRto look at“urban heritage storytellingwalksin a digital space”.
• New London Architecturespoke to Prof Flora Samuel (Architecture) about the impact of housing on social value andwellbeing.
• A new report by Prof Roger Flannigan (Built Environment) published by the Chartered Institute of Buildingabout construction quality is covered byGlobal Building Review.
• Prof Chris Scott (Met) spoke toBBC Berkshireabout how the conditions in space affect wine.
• Eurasia Reviewcover new research suggesting that the smoke from wildfires leads to greater climate cooling than previously predicted.UoRresearchers are named among the contributors to the study.
• Prof Anne Lawrence-Mathers (History) spoketotheNews Books Networkpodcast about her book on medieval meteorology.
• A competition run as part of EIT Food in which student teamsincludingUoRstudentshad to create solutions for tackling food waste is covered inIsrael 21c.
• Further coverage of comments by PhD Researcher Simon Lee (Met) about a sudden stratospheric warming event which could result in extreme cold weather, inWokingham Today.