Reading in the news - Thu 6 Aug

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• Regius Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology) spoke to Voice of Islam radio (from 01:25:28) on the link between heatwaves and UK death rates. 
• Professor Cloke was quoted by The Week, CP24, AccuWeather, and CTV News (republished by Europe Says and Yahoo News) on current UK water resources. 
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) was quoted by CNN, Media Indonesia, Gizmodo, and Mezha (republished by Europe Says, Local News 8, MediaKompeten, MSN, and News Channel 3) about record low river levels in Europe. 
• A study by Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) finding climate change is increasing air turbulence, reports The Independent (republished by AOL). TechTimes mentioned further research from Professor Williams and Dr Mohamed Foudad (Meteorology). 
• WebWire featured Reading research into solar storm defences.  

Business and society:

• Gallagher reported on research by Dr Alba Fuertes (Construction Management) into heat risks on construction sites. From our story: Construction sites are not ready for extreme heat 

Heritage and culture:

• Professor Mike Fulford (Archaeology) was quoted by Phys.org (republished by Europe Says) about remains found at Brading Roman Villa.  

Alumni:

• Nivon News, Vanguard, On Point, DailyPost, Tori, and others mentioned that Musician Folarin Falana studied Law at Reading. 
• The Iskandarian featured Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, who received an honorary degree from the University. Professor Robert Van de Noort, Vice-Chancellor, is quoted. From our story: Queen of Malaysia awarded honorary degree 
• News Chronicle and Premium Times reported that Environment and Development graduate Rabia Sa’id has been appointed to the UN Nuclear War Scientific Panel. 
• Henley Business School graduate Mike McAuliffe has been appointed CEO of Cephia, reports PR Newswire (republished by Idaho Enterprise, Gulf Magazine, State Journal, Alabama Now, Third News, and others).