Reading in the news - Mon 7 oct

Life on Mars moon?: Dr James O'Donoghue (Meteorology) writes for The Conversation about Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life. Republished by Nation.lk, Mirage News, National Tribune, Tribune International and Foreign Affairs.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Reading Today and Wokingham Today reports that the University has awarded grants to fourteen community projects across the Thames Valley. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing:

• FE News and Bucks Free Press reports that a team from Henley Business School has received a £1.2 million grant to develop RMD-Health – an AI system that will aid early detection of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Read our news story.
• Complete Nutrition (in print) highlights a study that supports current UK dietary guidelines on saturated fat intake. Read our news study.
• i news quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Science) on the health risks of a ‘carnivore diet’. Republished by MSN.

Heritage and culture:

• Mail on Sunday and Scottish Mail on Sunday (in print) mentions research that may explain why humans lost their ‘protective fur.’

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Coventry Live, Yahoo! News, Birmingham Live Mail, Gloucestershire Live, Bristol Live, O2.pl and MSN quotes Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) on the ‘minimal effect’ La Nina will have on the UK’s winter weather.
• Trinity News highlights the Climate+ Co-Centre, an environmental research facility established in collaboration with the University of Reading.
• Astronomy Magazine features Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology), who discusses the limitations of AI-driven forecasts in predicting space weather events.
• Watchers uses images from the University of Reading that show multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are expected to impact Earth up to October 7.
• Big News Network / Xinhua, Xinhua English, Daily Finland, Namibia News Digest and Hanoi Online feature Jeff Da Costa (Geography and Environmental Science) who emphasises the need for enhancing preparedness to mitigate flood impacts.
• The Mirror and Birmingham Live feature insights from Dr Peter Inness (Meteorology) who explains that remnants of Hurricane Kirk are expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the UK.
• Dr Roger Brugge is quoted in Maidenhead Advertiser (in print) after Maidenhead recorded its wettest month in more than 150 years.

Business and society:

• Iberian Lawyer features insights from Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) on the benefits and challenges of a four-day work week. Read our news story.
• Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) writes for Times Higher Education on antisemitism at university campuses.
• Professor Richard Buckley (Law) examines two cases regarding water companies and sewage disposal for NewLawJournal.
• Professor Jo Phoenix (Law) said an Open University review into her exit from the institution was a ‘whitewash’, Times Higher Education reports.

Other coverage:

• Professor John Cottingham (Philosophy) reviews ‘A Philosophy of Prayer’ for Church Times (and in print).
• Event Industry News reports that Venue Reading and Venue Henley can offer a variety of venues across their campuses.
• Reading Chronicle quotes Dr Manuela González-Suárez (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) on the possibility of big cats surviving locally following a string of sightings in Berkshire. Republished by Bracknell News, Slough Observer, Yahoo! News, and MSN.
• Vice Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort writes for Reading Today on the natural beauty at Whiteknights campus.

Alumni:

• Wichita reports that the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries at the University of Reading is hosting MIDPOINT. Guests include alumni Shani Avni and Dave Crossland.
• CIJ Europe and Property News highlight the appointment of Michał Stanisławski as Co-Head of Capital Markets Poland at Panattoni.
• Bury Mercury, East Anglian Daily Times, and Eastern Daily Press report that Robert Childerhouse has been appointed as the new director of Suffolk's Euston Estate.
• South Wales Argus highlights Lindsay Jones whose daughter recently graduated with an Ecology degree at the University of Reading. 
• BBC Radio Berkshire features Brian Devol, the drummer of the 1980s rock band 12th Night, who reminisces about the band's historic performance at the Reading Festival after originally forming at Reading University.