Reading in the news - Mon 24 Jul

Extreme weather: Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in i News on jet streams causing global heatwaves, saying how melting away clouds heat the ground and air above, rather than evaporating moisture.  

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• The Daily Mail, (also in print) and Conservative Daily News mention Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) on extreme heat in Europe.

• El País reports on University research that found clear-air-turbulence could triple by the end of the century.

• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted in Aol., RocketNews, on how rising temperatures can make planes heavier, causing issues when taking off. 

• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted in Ani News, Big News Network, webindia123.com and NewKerala.com on climate change increasing the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves.  

• News18 quotes Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) regarding the intensity of rainfall of India, which could increase in a warming world.  

Food and farming:

• Professor Richard Tiffin (Agriculture) is quoted in Joe, Yahoo! News, Environmental News Network and her.ie on the recent study regarding the positive environmental impact following a vegan diet has.

• Business Wire India, The Week, Devdiscourse and BizWire Express report on the partnership between the Indo-German Global Academy for Agroecology Research and Learning the University of Reading.

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted in Ingredients Network on the consumption of ultra-processed foods

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university   

• Reading.Today and Wokingham.Today reported how a group of Wokingham schools have collaborated with the University of Reading on an initiative which promotes their positive approaches to learning. The banner trail is showcased throughout the University’s Whiteknights campus. Also mentioned on Heart Berkshire.  

Other Coverage: 

• The Star and Head Topics, report that the University of Reading, working in partnership with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), won the United Kingdom-Malaysia Education Institutional Partnership Award 2023.  

• Tech Explorist, New Kerala.com, TodayHeadline and SciTech Daily, report that a 300,000-year-old wooden stick provides evidence that early humans were creating more complex hunting tools than previously thought. Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) is quoted. 

• Discover Magazine quote Professor Tom Sizmur (Geography and Environmental Sciences) on the three types of soil worms.  

• Naija News mention how former Kaduna State Governor, Bashir El-Rufai’s, son recently graduated from the University of Reading.  

• Postgraduate Research Student, Juliette Waterman, spoke to BBC Berkshire on an excavation in Pompeii during her undergraduate studies (repeated). 

• Berkshire Live report on a building at the University of Reading which was once a nuclear bunker.  

Alumni: 

• iNews Cayman report that Elsia Ferguson earned one of her degrees from the University of Reading.  

• Hertfordshire Life (Available in print - request print copy) report that Fabio and Hannah Vincenti, owners of Fabio’s Gelato, attended a gelato course in 2013 at the University of Reading.