Reading in the news - Fri 6 Feb

Rainy Reading: As the University prepares to welcome the world’s leading climate scientists for a UN workshop, ITV News and BBC Weather reported on the longest chain of rainy days ever recorded here. Quotes from Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) and Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) featured by BBC News, Reading Today, Wokingham Today, Tela, Yahoo News and World News. Dr Neumann spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire on floods. From our story: Longest rain spell ever recorded as IPCC comes to campus

Business and society:

• Emeritus Professor Tim Dixon (Built Environment) commented on plans to rebuild Gaza for BBC News. Ticker republished an article written by Professor Dixon for The Conversation.

• Dr Tahir Mahmood Azad (Politics and International Relations) wrote for Global Security Review on AI intelligence systems in Asia.

• Professor Benjamin Laker wrote for MITSloan about the role of workspace gossip, highlighting work by Professor Bernd Vogel (both Henley Business School).

• Il Mattino, Messagero, La Tribuna, Il Nord Est, La Nuova, and others featured an interview with Professor Christine Riefa (Law) on EU protection initiative Cycle-X.

• Dr Geoffrey Sloan (Politics and International Relations) wrote for NewsLetter about National Security Adviser Jonathan Powell.

Heritage and culture:

• Professor Nicola Wilson (English Literature) is speaking about women’s writing, reported Fabula

• BZ featured research by Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology). From our story: Earliest evidence of wooden tools used by humans

• Reading Today and Wokingham Today highlighted performances on campus from bands The Primitives and Only the Poets.

Health and wellbeing:

• Bicycling and EVShift mentioned a study into the health benefits of using e-bikes, quoting Professor Carien Van Reekum (Psychology).

Food and farming:

• Quo mentioned a study into how bananas alter nutrient absorption in smoothies.
• WITF and 50 other radio stations broadcasted a BBC Radio 4 documentary highlighting research by Norman Cowell (formerly Food and Nutritional Sciences) on the origins of canned food.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Scott Mahadeo (Economics) co-wrote an article for The Conversation (republished by Tolerance) about UK coastal erosion.
• Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) was quoted by FirstPost and Money Control on how solar radiation can affect the power grid.

Other coverage:

Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce reported that two University teams received three awards at the Your Entrepreneurs Scheme final, quoting Dr Simon Cutler, Business Relationship Manager in the KEEP team and highlighting winners Allisha Beckett, Yulianna Holowaty, Emily Waterfield, Holly Sedgwick (all Food and Nutritional Sciences), Tyler Horn (Biological Sciences), Hamidreza Mosaffa (Meteorology), Sambit Kumar Panda (Computer Science), Harry Simmonds (Agriculture), Cheryl Yalden, and Andrew Cripps (both Technical Services). From our story: Entrepreneurial skills win awards at national finals

Alumni:

Netzpalaver reported that Armin Müller, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Central Europe Regional Vice President for Veeam.