Reading in the news - Tue 24 Feb

Health and wellbeing:

• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) was quoted by Medscape and Dagens (republished by MSN) about links between air pollution and Alzheimer’s.  
• Senest quoted Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) on an illness with flu-like symptoms. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Climate Commentary republished an article from The Conversation, written by Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science), about Somerset floods. 

Business and society:

• Northwest Indiana Times, South Carolina Now, Gazette Times, Casper Star, The Pantagraph, and various global outlets republished an interview with Professor James Reade (Economics) from France24 about the economic impact of 2026’s Winter Olympics. 
• Dr Angela Garcia Calvo (Henley Business School) was listed by Etui as a speaker on a talk about economic opportunities from electric vehicles. 

Heritage and culture:

• BBC Radio Derby reported on the University-funded production Glitch, mentioning Dr Elizabeth Conaghan (Law).  
• Caroline Gould, principal archivist at The Museum of English Rural Life, was quoted by Farmers Guardian about digitising historical agricultural films. From our story: Historic farming films to be digitised for wider access 

Alumni:

• Nhu Quynh Ha Dang, Education graduate, was quoted by Dantri about language preservation. 
• David Březina, who studied Typeface Design, wrote for CzechDesign about increasing accessibility in font design. 
• Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, MBA candidate at Henley Business School Africa, wrote for Personal Finance and IOL (republished by MSN and African News Agency) about South Africa’s water crisis.