Reading in the news - Mon 28 Jun

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in The Daily Mail and The Express Informer on European border controls; spoke to Dutch news channel VRT News about the Delta variant; and BBC Radio Berkshire about booking holidays abroad this year. 
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted in a Newsweek article about school kids using orange juice to get false positive LFT results.

 #WeAreTogether: Reading’s work to help during the Covid crisis

• Yahoo mentions UoR research on parosmia as a result of COVID-19. 
• An Express report on Covid fines at universities mentions the total fines (not all related to Covid guidelines breaches) issued by the University of Reading. 

#PlanetPartners: Reading’s global work for a sustainable future

• News coverage of Show Your Stripes Day on Monday 21 June continues on Wokingham Today, MSN, News 18 and The Eco Business. Read our news story.
• Newbury Today mentions a Berkshire partnership including researchers at the University of Reading to help reduce flooding at the River Pang. Read our news story.
• Green Ground covers Professor Ed Hawkin’s (Meteorology) research on rainfall data dating back to the 17th century. Read our news story.
• Dr Peter Inness (Meteorology) spoke to FM4 Radio about how tornadoes form and potential tornadoes in Europe.  
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio 6 about Glastonbury’s landscape and the nature reserves surrounding the area.

Other Coverage:

• Dr Natalie Masento (Psychology) is quoted in The Daily Mail with findings that showing children pictures of vegetables encourages them to eat larger portions. 
• Snopes, The Big News Network and Foreign Affairs republish an article in The Conversation by Professor Jane Setter (English Language) on correcting people’s mispronunciations. 
• Professor Claire Collins (Henley Business School) is quoted in The Latin American Post on Jacinda Arden’s acceptance speech. 
• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacology) is quoted in The Pharmaceutical Journal about visiting schools to deliver talks about the preconceived ideas about pharmacy and pharmacology and increase uptake at higher education.  
• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to Stuart Gibbard about his contribution to the Museum of English Rural Life’s 51 Voices project which marks its 70th year. Read our news story.
• The Romsey Advertiser writes about UoR student Amelia Cairns who is fundraising for the National Autistic Society for her walk up Mount Everest. 
• The Conversation publishes an article on changes to the UK planning system and how this may affect local community rights, and references a Reading-led study. Article also republished by Knews UK.
• Women’s Fitness covers new UoR research suggesting that drinking cow’s milk has no association to increased cholesterol levels. Read our news story.
• Oxfordshire’s Owlsworth Roofing, the company who completed Reading University’s library refurbishment, won the best refurbishment category for the SPRA awards, as covered by The RCI.