Reading in the news - Wed 14 Aug

PhD students’ Met Office collaboration: The Telegraph (and in print) reports that five PhD researchers from the Department of Meteorology, in collaboration with the Met Office and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, have found new ways to enhance urban heat forecasts using machine learning. Republished by MSN, Yahoo! News. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• The Kitman, GB News Online and Stroud Times features the release of Forest Green Rovers' 2024-25 football strips, which incorporate the University of Reading’s climate stripes. Stripes creator Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) is mentioned. Read our news story.
• Professor Chris Merchant writes for The Conversation on 13 consecutive months of record global heat.

Health and wellbeing:

• Chalmers reports on the findings of a University of Reading study that confirmed the health benefits of replacing butter with high-quality plant oils. Read our news story.

Heritage and culture:

• Greatest Hits Radio continues to highlight ongoing excavations at the site of an 8th-century monastery in Cookham. Undergraduate student Jonathan Baker in interviewed. Read our news story.

Business and society:

• Wokingham Today reports on a study by Professor Billy Wong (Institute of Education) that challenges traditional stereotypes of computer science students. Read our news story.

Other coverage:

• AOL quotes research fellow Sarah Blakemore (Law) on the participation of convicted child rapist Steven van de Velde at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Republished by Yahoo! News.
• NZZ quotes Professor Hong Yang's (Geography and Environmental Sciences) on lack of national laws governing autonomous vehicles in China. Republished by MSN.
• The PIE News reports The University of Reading is among the institutions partnered with OneStep Global, a firm helping to place Indian students at universities around the world.

Alumni:

• Henley Standard reports that Team GB women’s four narrowly missed out on a gold medal at the Paris Olympics. The team includes Mathilda Hodgkins-Byrne, who attended the University of Reading.
• The Arabian Post reports that Kenanga Investment Bank Berhad has appointed Angeline-Ong Su Ming as an Independent Non-Executive Director. Su Ming holds a Master of Science in Financial Engineering and Quantitative Analysis from The University of Reading.
• Khaleej Times features Marium Tarar, a Greenfield International School teacher in Dubai, who pursued a PGCE from the University of Reading after working in an advertising agency in London.