Reading in the news - Wed 29 Sep

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by Yahoo News following new Covid-19 guidance for hospitals; and by Express Informer about the rise of Covid cases seen in 35 to 50-year-olds in the UK.
• BBC Radio Wiltshire spoke to Dr Andrew Bourn, Director of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, about research led by the Rosalind Franklin Institute, using a llama at the University of Reading, into nanobodies that could be used to treat Covid19. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• The Weather Channel website and Times of India quote PhD student Akshay Deoras on Tropical Cyclone Gulab in India.
• Climate expert Dr Ella Gilbert (Meteorology) answered a listener’s question about how reliable old climate data is for The Naked Scientists podcast. Dr Gilbert also took part in the website’s science quiz. 
• ENN reports on Reading research showing climate models may be underestimating the impact of climate change due to missing wind variability in models. Read our news story.
• Research co-led by Professor Sarah Sayce (Real Estate & Planning), into the energy efficiency of UK houses, was featured on BBC Radio 4.

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university 

• Further coverage of the University's lecture in celebration of 900 years of Reading Abbey by Reading Today and Wokingham Today, including quotes from Professor Roberta Gilchrist (Archaeology).

Other coverage:

• Further coverage of a recently discovered camp used by Ice Age Explorers on the Isle of Jura. Professor Steve Mithen (Archaeology) is quoted by STV News, The Glasgow Herald, Metro Scotland, and The Scottish Sun.
• Further coverage of Dr Natalie Masento's (Psychology/Food) commentary on an EIT Food-funded research that found children were more likely to eat their vegetables when shown pictures of them during playtime by The Washington Time.
• EOS reports that Professor Keith Shine (Meteorology) has been announced as among one of the 59 individuals to be elected to the American Geosciences Union 2021 Class of Fellows. 
• Professor James Reade (Economics) discussed the implications of raising the minimum wage to £15 per hour on BBC Radio Berkshire.
• Further international coverage of former Reading student Peter Schneck being announced as the new CEO of CENIT, including by Yahoo!, Market Screener, Stock World, Wall Street Online, DGAP.DE and Finanz Nachrichten.
• Business Leader reports on former Reading student, George Minns, being announced as the Managing Director of the Noé Group.