Reading in the news - Thu 18 Dec

Beachy Head Woman: BBC News, BBC Radio 4 Today,The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, GB News, The Times, Grand Pinnacle Tribune, TalkRADIO, and British Bulletin (republished by AOL) reported on research co-authored by Professor Hella Eckardt (Archaeology) on the ancestry of the ‘Beachy Head Woman’, a skeleton from Britain’s Roman era. From our story: Roman-era ‘Beachy Head Woman’ originated from southern UK

Health and wellbeing:

Professor Ian Joneswas quoted by The Times (and in print) on flu vaccines. Dr Simon Clarke (both Biomedical Sciences) was also quoted by Health and Me on rising flu cases.

Food and farming:

Hort News reported on a study by Dr Matt Ordidge (Crop Science) on an English apple variety previously thought to be lost.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

Dr Claire Ryder (Meteorology) was quoted by The Guardian (republished by AOL,Ex Bulletin, Daily Hunt,Time Newsand others)on the cause of pink fog.

Business and society:

Bangkok Biz News (republished by Lifestyle) mentioned a study by Henley Business School on people feeling they can be themselves in the workplace.

Heritage and culture:

LNG, Archaeology Magazine,Portal Samorządowy,Earth.com,and various global outlets featured research from Dr Rebecca Pitt (Archaeology) on health in Roman Britain. From our story: Roman urbanism was bad for Brits' health

Other coverage:

Dr Penélope Plaza (Architecture) wrote a book review for ReVista on A Promising Past.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort was quoted by Times Higher Education on removing REF funding for 3* outputs.

Alumni:

Business and Economics graduate, Phaedros Pantelides, wrote for FXStreet on Amazon’s OpenAI investment.

Henley Business School graduate Marcin Klammer has been appointed head of the Polish, Romanian and Hungarian markets for Nhood, reports Property Insider.

Travel writer and Reading graduate Jessica Phillips wrote for The Independent (republished byYahoo News, The Local Report, and Lumi) about a trip to Malta.