Reading in the news - Thu 18 Sep

Healthy diets: Research by Professor Carol Wagstaff (Food and Nutritional Sciences) with Reading residents found benefits to using community engagement in health and food research, reports Life Technology, TodayHeadline, NewsyToday, and Reading Today. From our story: Food reform led by residents provides real health benefits. The research is part of a UKRI-led project, published today, with widespread media coverage including on BBC Radio 4 Today.

#SpaceStars: celebrating Reading’s stellar space science

• The Reading Chronicle and Reading Today (republished by Ground News) reported on photos of Jupiter taken by Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology) in support of a NASA mission. From our story: Jupiter pictures directed from Reading for NASA mission

Food and farming:

• IndiaTV News mentioned research from Professor Vimal Karani (Food and Nutritional Sciences), on benefits of dairy products. From our story: Veggie diet beats vegan for diabetes prevention benefits
• Ufacity News reported on Professor Jeremy Spencer’s (Food and Nutritional Sciences) work on raspberry leaf tea benefits to blood sugar levels.

Business and society:

• Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) is listed by PortalAzores and Ilhéu Radio as a speaker at an event to discuss four-day working weeks, with additional research mentions from IBT.
• Newsweek, republished by Mahoning Matters, MSN, JobAdvisor and The Tribune, quote Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) on AI impacts on jobs.
• Jon Foster-Pedley (Henley Business School Africa) wrote an article in BusinessLive about South Africa’s response to US tariffs.

Heritage and culture:

• BBC Radio 3 mentioned a production of Ruslan and Ludmila from the University in 1976.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Phys.org, RFI, Kompas, Daily Star, (republished by MSN) and others quote Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) on the death toll for the 2025 European heatwave.
• Germanic News quoted Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) about archived weather data being transcribed with AI tools.
• Obekti featured a photo of climate stripes produced by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology)
• An article written by Professor Tom Oliver (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) on nature-centric housing, originally in The Conversation, was republished by BusinessGreen.

Other coverage:

• Comments from Dr Stuart Black (Geography and Environmental Science) were featured in the Daily Mail from an inquest in Winchester.

Alumni:

• ArtReview featured an obituary for type designer John Morgan, who studied Typography.
• Agerpres mentioned artist and Reading graduate Larisa Crunţeanu’s latest film at an event in Paris.
• Jatinder Mann, who studied Law, is the new director of the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, reports Mission City Record.
• Aspen Public Radio listed Jude Currivan, who has a PhD in Anthropological Archaeology, as a speaker at The Journey of the Universe event.
• PopCulture reported on the death of Jay Wynne, BBC weather presenter, a master’s graduate in meteorology from Reading.
• Henley Business School graduate Fred Conijn wrote for Financial Management about organisations using technology to explore trends.