Reading in the news - Fri 15 Jan
15 January 2021
COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus pandemic
- 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.
#WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to tackle the coronavirus crisis. Read our round-up
- Reading Chroniclereports on figures published on the University’sCovid-19 dashboardfor numbers of staff and students who have tested positive for Covid-19.
University Governance:Prof Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) writes for Times Higher Education about a new report on governance of universities.
Green Electricity:Dr Hannah Bloomfield (Meteorology) explores issues with ‘greening’ electricity supply including the impact ofweather forecasts, forthe Conversation. The article is republished inAustralian Times, GlobalAdvisors.biz, and Yahoo! Canada.
Other coverage
- 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.
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