Reading in the news - Tue 10 Feb

The apple of my eye: BBC Radio Wales, News Medical, Bioengineer, American Biotech News, Scienmag, and others provided coverage of a study using camera glasses that accurately tracks people’s diets. From our story: Camera glasses show diet researchers what we really eat

Air quality impacts: Professor Laura Wilcox (Meteorology) was quoted by The Times about how improving air quality can accelerate global temperatures. 

Centenary stage: Southern Gazette highlighted an upcoming theatre production celebrating the University’s 100^th anniversary, quoting Professor Robert Van de Noort, Vice-Chancellor, and Rachel Helsby, Head of the Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor’s Office. From our story: Campus set to become stage for centenary celebration 

Health and wellbeing:

• Medscape featured comments from Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) on how long COVID stays in the body. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) spoke to Heart Radio Berkshire about the longest continuous rainfall recorded at the University, with quotes in The Guardian and further coverage by Sky News, V2 Radio, Yahoo News, Newz9, Vibe 107.6, Inkl, and others). Dr Neumann also spoke to BBC Radio 5 on weather warnings. From our story: Longest rain spell ever recorded as IPCC comes to campus 
• The Cooldown quoted Professor Emily Black (Meteorology) on new research into crop droughts. 
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology), Professor Kate Williams (History) and alumna Laura Tobin were interviewed about the East Coast flood of 1953 for Channel 5's Britain's Most Deadly Weather alongside. 

Business and society:

• Professor Niaz Asadullah (Economics) was quoted by Bonikbarta about Bangladesh’s interim government. 
• Board Agenda featured an article co-written by the late Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) on how boards influence business changes. 

Heritage and culture:

• BBC Radio Cambridgeshire highlighted the University-produced play Glitch, mentioning Dr Elizabeth Conaghan (Law). 
• BBC Radio Berkshire featured an episode of BBC Sound’s series Secret Berkshire, discussing composer Gustav Holst, who taught at the University. 
• Dr Tim Penn (Classics) was quoted by New Scientist (republished by Your News) on a carved rock thought to be used for Roman board games. 

Alumni:

• Masters of Wine, Hort News, Wine.co, and The Drinks Business reported that English graduate Andrew Jefford has received the Masters of Wine 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award. 
• Coop News provided an obituary for Jean Nunn-Price, maths graduate and board member for Midcounties Co-op. 
• Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, MBA candidate at Henley Business School Africa, wrote for IOL and Business Report (republished by Africa News Agency) about the shift from cash to digital money. 
• GuelphToday featured an obituary for geology professor and Reading graduate Michael Edward Brookfield.