Reading in the news - Tue 8 Jun

Vegan diets: Comments by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) on the reliability of new research conducted elsewhere, which suggests vegan and vegetarian diets may reduce the severity of COVID-19, are reported by hundreds of UK news sites, including The Standard, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Daily Echo, Bracknell News, Berkshire Live and The Reading Chronicle.

New Alzheimer’s drug: Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacology) comments on the clinical trials of newly approved Alzheimer's drug, covered by The Independent and Yahoo.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• The Ary News quotes Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) on the use of zinc to cure COVID-19.

Equity Effect: The ‘Equity Effect’, a new Henley Business School report on racial equity and the impact on businesses, covered by multiple news sites including People Management, Personnel Today, HR Magazine and The Voice. Dr Naeema Pasha (Henley Business School) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the report. Read Henley’s story here.

Other Coverage:

• The India Education Diary quotes Dr Netta Weinstein (Psychology and CLS) about new research on attentive listening to help teenagers to open up. Read our new story here.  
• ITV Meridian, Berkshire Live, Newbury Today and Reading.co.uk list UoR’s SportsPark and London Road Campus as surge testing sites for COVID-19.
• Professor Kate Williams (History) comments on the reasons behind the name ‘Lilibet’, covered by The Express Informer and News Colony.
• A Bustle article about the best UK LGBTQ+ podcasts features British LGBTQ History, on which a number of lecturers from Reading have appeared.
• Dr Rachel Nesbit (Psychology) spoke to BBC Radio Scotland about children independently playing outside this Summer. 
• Dr Ruvi Ziegler spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about his research on refugee law and why he chose to go into this.
• Dr Ben Neuman (formerly of Biological Sciences) was featured on London Live’s ‘The Food Inspectors’ with research on the bacteria on shopping trolley handles.
• Future DXB and Urdu Point report on research into the use of drones to deliver electrical charge into clouds to encourage rainfall. Read our news story on a visit by the UAE Ambassador to the UK to the University this week.
• A Scots Magazine feature on weather presenter Sean Batty mentions that he studied Meteorology at Reading.