Reading in the news - Fri 16 Jun

Hot June: Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Aol., Sky News (online), Independent, Evening Standard, Yahoo!, Smooth Radio (online), Wyoming News, Coastal Breeze News, The Courier, Belfast Telegraph, Ireland Live, The Inverness Courier, Suffolk News, and others after the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) announced the first 11 days of June have broken global temperature records. Professor Chris Merchant (Meteorology) also commented. Read their comments in full.

Bumpier flights (continued): Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) and PhD student Mark Prosser (Meteorology) are quoted by Digital Journal, Leipziger Volkszeitung, Ostsee Zeitung, Kieler Nachrichten, Manning River Times, The Canberra Times, Swindon Advertiser (in print), Gazette and Herald (in print), Exmouth Journal (in print), Bracknell News (in print), Midweek Herald (in print), and others on their findings that clear-air turbulence has increased over the past 40 years. Professor Williams was interviewed by Sean Moncrieff on his podcast, News Talk reports, and by BBC Radio Scotland on the research. His comments aired on BBC Radio Highlands and Islands, BBC Radio Shetland, and BBC Radio Orkney. Professor Williams is also quoted by Mexico Business News, Tek Deeps, and Detroit Free Press. Read our news story.

#UniForReading:our role as a civic university

• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) comments on visiting the art exhibit, the Gaia globe, in Reading Today. The exhibition resulted from a partnership between the University, Reading Borough Council, Reading Climate Change Partnership, and Reading BID. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Heart Radio Online, Daily Star, and MSN on where bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease can be found and the risk of being infected by it.
• Brigitte mentions the University's collaborative research on communication and listening.

Food and farming:

• Dr Andreas Karatzas (Food) has been appointed Chair of the Food Standards Agency's (FSA) Scientific Advisory Committee on "novel foods and processes", reports Food Standards Agency.
• Farmers Weekly mentions the University has ranked top ten in The Complete University Guide's list for agriculture.

Alumni:

• ISM Music Journal (in print) interviews Reading alumnus, Sharon Mark-Teggart on her career as founder of The Curious Piano teachers.