Reading in the news - Tue 7 Nov

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• BBC Surrey, BBC Sussex and BBC Kent interviewed Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) on damaging flooding and more extreme rainfall, due to a warming atmosphere holding more moisture.
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) was interviewed on BBC News regarding flooding following Storm Ciarán.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university   

• £40k is being given to Thames Valley Street Pastors to ensure safety around Reading. The scheme follows the establishment of Reading Safe Space, which is in partnership with the University of Reading, Reading Today and Wokingham Today reports. 

Health and wellbeing 

• Gurinder Singh Purewal (Pharmacy) is quoted by the Daily Mail on why patients are so terrified of taking pills, stating that people with a fear of medicines feel ‘judged’. Republished by MSN, Mogaznews En and Sound Health and Lasting Wealth.

Food and farming: 

• Anglia Farmer (in print) reports that the University of Reading is one of the institutions that welcomes students from developing countries to study agriculture in the UK, thanks to the Marshal Papworth Fund.
• An article in the British Medical Journal (in print) on the topic of ultra-processed foods, mentions expert comments made by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences).

Other Coverage: 

• Time quotes PhD student Amos Fox (Politics) on the conflict/violence between Israel and Hamas. Republished by MSN, Globe Echo, DNYUZ, Yahoo! News, Wish 99.7FM, The Herald Sun, Miami Herald, The Island Packet, Centre Daily Times, The Tribune and Ledger-Enquirer. 
• Wokingham Today reports that a £1 million collaborative project between the University of Reading and the British Museum is set to transform understanding of religion in the English Middle Ages. Professor Roberta Gilchrist (Archaeology) is quoted. Read our news story.

Alumni: 

• Non-Executive Director for Community Health Partnerships, Pete Cornforth, studied Land Management at the University of Reading, Mental Health Design and Build reports.
• ICPM reports on Wayne Daniell, who is the New Director of ChemQuest for the EMEA Region. Daniell obtained a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University. Republished by Polymers Paint Colour Journal.