Reading in the news - Thu 14 Sep

Storm Daniel: Various global news outlets, including BBC Newsnight (00:03:55), BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC 2 England, BBC News (Republished by MSN, Yahoo! News), France24, Pedfire, Middle East Eye and Yale Climate Connections feature Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) on Storm Daniel, which has hit Libya. Professor Suzanne Gray (Meteorology) is also quoted in Terra Daily, The New Arab, Kuwait Times  The Fiji Times and in many other new outlets on the storm. Read our news story. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) will be a judge for ESA’s latest competition to showcase climate data visualisation talent, ESA reports.  
• BBC Berkshire reports that experts from the University of Reading found that Saturday the 9^th of September was the latest date of the year to have become the hottest day of the year. Also reported on by Reading Today. Read our news story. 
• Scientific American mention a recent paper in iScience by Professor Giles Harrison (Meteorology), which measured the electric charge of swarms of bees.

 #UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• The University of Reading have provided a modular sports pavilion, in partnership with Shinfield Parish Council, Public Sector Building (in print) mentions.

Food and farming: 

• British Dairying (in print) mention results from the University of Reading show that a ReguSmart 27 (A high dry matter liquid feed) could reduce crude protein.

Business and society: 

• BBC Oxford spoke to Professor Adrian Palmer (Henley Business School) on the survival of smaller businesses on the high street.  
• Dr Nadeem Khan (Governance, policy and leadership) believes that multi-level engagement is becoming vital for CEO’s, Raconteur mentions.

Other Coverage: 

• Heart Thames Valley reported that the Vice Chancellor at the University of Reading is calling for maintenance loans to increase, in line with inflation.
• Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald (in print) reports on the recent archaeological excavation of a Neolithic monument. Dr Darko Maricevic is quoted on the excavation.

Alumni: 

• Authors, Adam Pope and Clare Barkworth, who earned their MPhil and MSc from the University of Reading and are set to publish a book named ‘Trees of Zambia’, African Safaris reports.
• Tomas Jones was interviewed on BBC Wales, detailing how to identify and prevent the spread of potentially invasive plant species.
• Steve Babaeko was conferred with ‘Visiting Fellow’ honours at Henley Business School, This Day reports.  
• Farming Monthly National (in print) writes that Malla Hovi, alumni student at the University of Reading, found for farmers who were trying to reduce antibiotic usage, homeopathy was effective.