Reading in the news - Thu 8 Feb

Hormones: Dr Andrew Bicknell (Biomedical Sciences) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time about hormones and how they control the way our bodies work. 

Hard evidence: BBC News quotes Dr Francesco Tamagnini (Pharmacy) saying more ‘hard evidence’ is needed after a new study suggested men may reduce their Alzheimer's risk if they take erectile dysfunction drugs. Republished by Yahoo! News, mpasho, and Rocket News.

Saving churches: Dr Alanna Cant (Archaeology) writes for The Conversation on the National Churches Trust’s campaign to save UK historic churches.

Health and wellbeing:

• MSN republished an article by Star Insider, which mentions that clinical psychologists from the University trialled three different medications for treating depression in teenagers.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire on the need for climate action after global warming exceeded 1.5C across an entire year.
• Dr Rob Thompson spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about how we measure rainfall.

Other Coverage:

• Research from the University of Reading suggests that the countryside is out of reach for non-white individuals, the Daily Mail reports. 

Alumni:

• The Sun mentions that property developer Nick Candy studied at the University of Reading.
• Artist, Stella Sevastopoulos earned her degree at the University, XPAT Athens reports.
• Creative Director, Jack Davidge completed his studies at the University of Reading, BNN News and Hollywood Life mentions.
• Pharmaceutical Online, Outsourced Pharma, Med Device Online, Pedfire and Bioprocess Online mention that Samantha Atkinson, Vice President and Principal Consultant for NSF, holds a PhD from the University of Reading.
• Sam Graves, who studied Real Estate at the University, has joined Savills’ Rural Professional team, The Business Desk reports.