Reading in the news - Tue 9 Dec

Flu season: Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) was quoted by The Telegraph, CNBC, Brandsynario, and Antena (republished by Yahoo!News and This is Money) on a new variant of the flu, with quotes featured in The Daily Mail on wearing masks. Dr Clarke also spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire.

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• The Times highlighted the move of the Natural History Museum collections to Reading’s Thames Valley Science Park, in a feature interview with director Doug Gurr.
• BBC Radio Berkshire discussed the relocation of ECMWF on Whiteknights campus. From our story: Weather centre construction to begin on University campus
• Campbell Scientific mentioned research from Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) into new ocean temperature sensing technologies.
• Archynetys quoted Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology). From our story: Airbus planes grounded: expert explains space interference

Heritage and culture:

• Discover featured comments from Professor Hella Eckhardt (Archaeology) on a Roman mosaic depicting the Trojan War story.

Other coverage:

• FreshPlaza and FreshTalk featured research from Dr Matt Ordidge (Crop Science) on an English apple variety previously considered to be lost.
• Materialy quoted Lukas Makovsky (Henley Business School) on the economic effects of architecture policies.
• Cover featured research from Henley Business School Africa on people working two jobs.
• LNG and Health Medicine Network provided further coverage of a study by Dr Nicholas Hedger (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) about flinching during films. From our story: Why watching someone get hurt on screen makes you wince

Alumni:

• MyPressToday republished an obituary from Jersey Evening Post for Nigel de Gruchy, General Secretary of NASUWT, who studied Economics and Philosophy.
• The Guardian featured an obituary for writer and publisher John Lucas, who studied English and Philosophy.