Reading in the news - Mon 29 Apr
29 April 2024
Forbury Gardens inquest: Professor Harmonie Toros (Politics and International Relations) shares expert views on lessons learnt on preventing extremist attacks after the inquest into the deaths of three men killed in Forbury Gardens, Reading, in 2020, for The Reading Chronicle, ITV 1 Meridian, Slough & South Bucks Observer, Yahoo! News and Bracknell News.
Health and wellbeing:
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Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) discusses the genetic sequencing of H5N1 bird flu for The National.
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Futurism republishes a quotes by Professor Darius Widera (Pharmacy) from The Telegraph, mentioning the dangers of anti-aging stem cell therapy. Republished by Yahoo! Life.
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BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day on the Today programme quotes Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on the benefits of solitude. Read our news story.
Food and farming:
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Feed Additive reports that Professor Chris Reynolds (Animal Sciences) will present at a seminar by Balchem Animal Nutrition & Health team EMEA.
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Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) responds to a study on ultra-processed foods for Scientific American.
Business and society:
Dr Melissa Carr (Henley Business School) discusses microfeminism at the workplaces, prior to the TikTok movement, for People Management.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
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The Engineer suggests engineers join the University’s ‘Climate Ambassador’ scheme among ways to support climate education. Read more about Climate Ambassadors.
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Dr Helen Hooker (Meteorology) writes for The Conversation and Times Radio about why it feels so cold in the UK. Republished by Yahoo! News, Tolerance.ca, Big News Network, Brighton Journal and ExBulliten.
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Euronews quotes Professor Maria Shahgedanova (Geography and Environmental Science) on extreme weather events in Russia as an effect of climate change. Republished by Yahoo! News, MSN and VNExplorer.
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Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio 4, BBC World Service Radio and BBC Radio Cymru about recent incidents caused by turbulence.
Other coverage:
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Dr Walter Veit (Philosophy) is quoted by Pravda on the sentience of octopuses.
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Reading Today reports that Reading Open badminton tournament was hosted at the University of Reading.
Alumni:
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The Telegraph shares a tweet from Scott Duncan, Reading MMet graduate, who explains April’s temperature anomaly maps. Republished by Yahoo! News and Aol..
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The Independent reports that activist, Teresa Vicente, studied at the University of Reading. Republished by the Daily Mail, MSN, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Tulsa World, WHEC News 10, ABC News, WNYT News, CityNews Everywhere, SFGate and many other publications like U.S. News and WTOP News.
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