Reading in the news - Thu 2 Oct

Bot parts: Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre, and Television) spoke to BBC World News and The Washington Post about the impacts of AI-generated actors in the film industry.

Business and society:

• MBA reported that Henley Business School Africa has joined the Future of Management Education Alliance, quoting Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Business School Africa).
• HR World quoted Professor Nick Kemsley (Henley Business School) about the pros and cons of workplace AI.
• Professor Jane Setter (English Language and Applied Linguistics) was quoted by The Nation and NivoNews on the value placed on pronunciation.
• Leader (South Africa) features Henley Business School MBA candidate Tatenda Chikuku.

Heritage and culture:

• Yahoo!News reports that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter visited Reading’s Samuel Beckett Collection to research Waiting for Godot.
• Manchester World (and MSN) recommend the Museum of English Rural Life to visitors to Reading.

Food and health:

• The Daily Mail, News.de, and Internewscast highlighted research on walnuts. From our story: Eating walnuts for breakfast may boost your brain function
• Research by Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology) found benefits to solitude, reports Your Tango. From our story: Alone but not lonely: how solitude boosts wellbeing

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• The Conservatives plan to scrap the Climate Change Act 2008. Professor Ed Hawkins and Professor Andrew Turner (both Meteorology) are among UK scientists commenting via Science Media Centre. Additional comments from Professor Benoit Mayer, Professor Chris Hilson (both Law), Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) and Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) in our expert comment.
• The Independent, BusinessMayor, DW and DHN (republished by AOL) quote Professor Hong Yang (Geography and Environmental Science) on climate change and sinkholes.
• Dr Paul-Arthur Monerie (Meteorology) was quoted by NZZ on global warming increasing rainfall in Africa.
• C&EN featured research from Dr Robbie Girling (Agriculture) about scent training bees.

Alumni:

• MBA (South Africa) featured the stories of Henley Business School graduates Pregasen Moodley, Judith Kedijang, and Carel Botha.
• ITV News reported that Linguistics and Language Pathology graduate Rachel Treweek is a possible successor to the Archbishop of Canterbury.