Reading in the news - Wed 17 Sep

Crops and climate change: BBC Radio Berkshire interviewed Professor Richard Ellis (Crop Science) on how climate change is affecting UK crop yields, discussing the economic impact. BBC News also covered this same topic, featuring quotes from Professor Ellis.

#SpaceStars

• 2SM featured quotes from Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology), originally in The Guardian, about viewing Saturn this September.

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted by Wealth Creation Investing in an article about processed meat consumption.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• France24, Euronews, MBS, Science Media Centre, Yahoo!News via AFP, BSS News (republished by MSN), and various global outlets quoted Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) about the European heatwave death toll following a record-breaking summer.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) is quoted by Nature about AI tools being used to transcribe old weather data.
• Singapore Star quoted Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) about how climate change worsens air turbulence, following Singapore’s new aviation plans to protect passengers from it. USAToday and Tempo provided further coverage following injuries in a Delta flight to Atlanta.
• AA and Kazinform provided further coverage of research from Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) which found that ozone recovery accelerates climate change more than previously thought. From our story: Ozone will warm planet more than first thought
• West Somerset Free Press mentioned Reading research which warned that adders could become extinct in the UK by 2032.

Business and society:

• Spidersweb mentioned research from Henley Business School which found benefits to four-day working weeks.
• MoneyMarketing highlighted research from Henley Business School, looking at why people are resistant to taking financial action for their future.
• Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Business School Africa) spoke to Chai FM about South African presidents Ramaphosa and Mbeki.

Heritage and culture:

• Wszystko Co Najważniejsze featured research by Dr Jorge Avaria-Llautureo (Evolutionary Biology) on the climates human ancestors evolved in. From our story: Early primates survived in cold, not tropical climates
• Ascot News (print) quoted Professor Robert Van de Noort, Vice Chancellor, on the construction of the Natural History Museum’s collections, research and digitisation centre, at Reading-owned Thames Valley Science Park. From our story: Natural History Museum breaks ground on new research centre

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Edie highlighted that Reading is a previous winner of a Net-Zero Award for decarbonisation projects.

Other coverage:

• The Sunday Times (print) mentioned that Hollywood actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter visited the Samuel Beckett Collection at the University in preparation for performing ‘Waiting for Godot.’
• British Rowing mentioned that students Oli Snoxall and Isabel Lancaster will be competing in the upcoming International Rowing Beach Sprint.

Alumni:

• Print Magazine interviews José Scaglione and Veronika Burian, Reading Typography graduates and founders of TypeTogether, about the expansion of the Futura 100 typeface.
• The Standard (republished by AOL) mentioned that Nick Candy, treasurer of Reform UK, graduated from Reading.
• Northern Insight reported on an estate management guide written by Tracey Field, who studied Construction Management at Reading.
• Liguria (republished by MSN) featured a new book about prehistoric flora from Henley Business School graduate Enrico Caneva.
• Maroela Media mentioned that Bheki Zondo, CEO of Traffic Freeflow, has an MBA from Henley Business School.
• Salisbury Journal (republished by Yahoo! News) highlighted that Chairman of the CLA Wiltshire branch, James Del Mar, studied at Reading.