Reading in the news - Thu 23 Apr

The office bar: Dr Melissa Carr (Henley Business School) spoke to the Financial Times about the significance of the office bar. 

Learning how to read: Professor Holly Joseph (Institute of Education) wrote for The Conversation about ineffective shortcuts used to teach children how to read. 

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• BBC Radio Cumbria mentioned research into declining adder populations. 
• Southern Gazette, UCLA Newsroom, and BBC Radio Berkshire (republished by byteseu) provided further coverage of the launch of new climate stripes developed by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology). Extra coverage from Phys.org and Reading Today. From our story: Cities and countries warming fast, new climate stripes show 
• Climate Centre quoted Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) on recent floods in New Zealand and warning systems. From our expert comment: Wellington, New Zealand floods 
• Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) was quoted by Sky and Telescope about the European Space Agency’s Proba 3 mission.   
• Reading Today mentioned that the University is the sponsor for the new Climate and Sustainability Impact Award at the Pride of Reading Awards. Dylan Parkes, Head of Strategic Engagement, is quoted. 
• Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) featured in an episode of BBC’s Lab Rats, attempting to build a copy of the first ever barometer.  

Health and wellbeing:

• Detik News, BaBe, and Infonasional republished an article from BBC News which quotes Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) about a new covid variant. 
• Further coverage of a study by PhD student Susanne Cromme (Psychology) into untreated pain during hysteroscopies was featured by Rynek Zdrowia, Dzien Dobry TVN, and ZDR. From our story: Mumsnet posts reveal women gaslit over womb procedure pain 
• The Economic Times highlighted research into the gut health benefits of red bananas. 

Business and society:

• Professor Michael Schmitt (Law) wrote for Just Security about ‘just war theory’ and comments from Trump about the pope. 

Heritage and culture:

• Dorchester News featured a talk on clothing used by rural poor 19^th century people, highlighting collections from The Museum of English Rural Life. 
• Professor Mark Pagel (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) was quoted by Scientific American (republished by Yahoo News) responding to a study about the language of prehistoric humans. 

Alumni:

• May Govender, who has an MBA from Henley Business School, has been appointed CIO and Head of Affluent Tech at Quilter, reports CIO South Africa.  
• PharmiWeb reported that Molecular Biology graduate Rich Ferrie has been appointed CEO of Babraham Research Campus.