Reading in the news - Tue 2 Sep

Space stars: Professor Chris Scott (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about sightings of the Northern Lights in parts of the UK, and provided comments for NewScientist on a study which tested the space weather forecasting abilities of the Solar Orbiter spacecraft.

Reading Today report on a public moon observation event being held on Whiteknights Campus in October, featuring comments from organiser Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology). From our story: Explore space with fellow stargazers on NASA moon night 

Afghanistan earthquake: Dr Alison MacLeod (Geography and Environmental Science) was interviewed on BBC Radio 5 Live, talking about the magnitude 6 earthquake in Afghanistan. From: Afghanistan's 'devastating' earthquake: expert comment 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) about how this summer has been the hottest on UK records. Comments are also providedin Daily Mail (print) BBC News (republished by Yahoo!News and World News). From our expert comment: Summer 2025 set to be hottest on University records 
• Metro and Ladbible (republished by MSN) quoted Professor Jon Robson (Meteorology) on the likelihood and potential effects of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation collapsing. 
• Greatest Hits Radio, Handelsblatt, Aerospace Global News, Manchester Evening News, FlightGlobal, MSN and various other outlets provide more coverage of research led by PhD student Joana Medeiros and Professor Paul Williams (both Meteorology) on how climate change is making air turbulence worse. From our story: Turbulent flights to continue as warming world shakes skies 
• LNG quoted Dr Jonny Williams (Meteorology) about how warmer temperatures will affect how many passengers airplanes can carry.  

Health and wellbeing: 

• The Telegraph (republished by AOL) quoted Professor Jon Gibbins (Biomedical Sciences) about the benefits of clopidogrel for preventing heart disease and strokes. 

Food and farming: 

• Professor Rajneesh Narula (Henley Business School) wrote for Guardian and Mail Africa about female farmers in Africa. 

Business and society: 

• Techfinancials (republished by MSN), Hypertext, Techsmart, and CAJ News Africa report on the Huawei Women in Tech Digital Skills Training Programme taking place at Henley Business School Africa. 
• Dr Kenton White (Politics and International Relations) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the use of drones in warfare.  
• Economics and Finance student Isabella Hancock co-wrote an article for Business Live (republished by MSN) on the negativity surrounding changes of business ownership in Wales. 

Heritage and culture: 

• The Ghana Report, Earth.com, and MSN quoted Dr Joanna Baker (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) on her research which found an evolutionary link between the size of primates’ thumbs and brains. From our story: Primate thumbs and brains evolved hand-in-hand 
• Science.org featured comments from Professor Rob Hosfield (Archaeology) on the discovery that ancient human ancestors lived on the ice-covered British Isles 440,000 years ago.  

Other coverage: 

• Archynewsy report on the University’s host family programme.  
• BBC News highlight the University as a stop in new local bus routes. 

Alumni: 

• South China Morning Post mentioned that Vince Dizon, Filipino Transport Chief, has a Masters in Management.  
• Carpenter Box highlight Henley Business School graduate Thomas Emmerson as their new trainee. 
• Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, who is an MBA candidate at Henley Business School Africa, wrote for Personal Finance and Business Report about the resilience of South Africa’s business leaders. 
• CIJ Europe and Cash mention that Claudia Kaiser, who has an MBA from Henley Business School, is new Head of Risk Services for Atradius. 
• Former Lecturer Dr Piers Taylor is set to provide a speech at the Glenn Murcutt Symposium, reports Indesign.  
• In Business News profiled former lecturer Dr. Phoebe Koundouri.