Reading in the news - Mon 12 Jan

Research award: Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s Chapman Medal for research, reports Orbital Today and Reading Today, which included comments from Professor Owens and Professor Mike Lockwood (Meteorology). From our story: Space weather forecaster awarded special Society medal

Ancient medicine: Dr Alanna Skuse (English Literature) featured in an episode of BBC Radio 4’s ‘You’re Dead to Me’, discussing medicine in Renaissance England.

Food and farming:

• BBC Radio Berkshire highlighted research by Professor Sokratis Stergiadis (Animal Sciences) on producing more environmentally friendly livestock feed. From our story: Greener diets for Europe’s farm animals
• Farmers Weekly mentioned University research into concentrating protein in wheat grain.
• Daisy Wood (Sustainable Land Management) wrote for Farmers Weekly on how farmers care about their animals.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Ambrogio Volonte (Meteorology) and Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) were quoted by Reading Today on red weather warnings following Storm Goretti. Read our expert comment on Storm Goretti.
• BBC News (republished by AOL, GCC News, Newsible Asia, Middle East Bulletin and Germanic) quoted Dr Kieran Hunt (Meteorology) on recent reduced snowfall in the Himalayas.
• Professor Emmanuel Essah (Built Environment) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about solar panel farms.

Business and society:

• A study by Dr Katie Gray (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) on recognising AI faces was featured by Memesita. From our story: Five minutes of training could help you spot fake AI faces
• Inside Telecom quoted Dr Angela Garcia Calvo (Henley Business School) about the EU Digital Decade Target.
• EJIL listed Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) as a speaker at the upcoming International Criminal Law Year in Review Webinar.

Heritage and culture:

• Dr Rebecca Berkley (Education) was interviewed in an episode of BBC series ‘Secret Berkshire’ on composer Gustav Holst, who taught at Reading in the 1920s.
• A study by Professor Adrian Bell (Henley Business School), on a 16th century book commissioned by Henry VIII, was featured by Religion Unplugged.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Reading Today highlighted the University’s involvement with the Green Events Code of Practice project, which aims to make local events more sustainable, quoting Head of Events Aleiah Potter. With further coverage from Stand Out.

Other coverage:

• The River mentioned a survey on the number of students who drive or use public transport.
• Dr Alexander Mihailov (Economics) was listed by Tax Justice Network as a speaker at a conference on policy design and finance.
• Pharmabiz reported that Emeritus Professor Anna Horwood (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) received an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours list. From our story: Vision science pioneer awarded MBE

Alumni:

• Business and Economics graduate, Phaedros Pantelides, wrote for FXStreet on the US’ Consumer Price Index.
• Journalist Nikos Vatopoulos, who studied Politics at Reading, wrote for Kathimerini on a New Year’s fire at Vondelkerk in Amsterdam.
• Graduate Stephen Deput contributed to an article in The Guardian (republished by Yahoo News and My Press Today) about moving to the south from Northern England.
• Photographer Clive Nichols, graduate in Human Geography, was interviewed by Lancashire Times about garden design.
• Peace FM profiled Nompilo Morafo, Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer for MTN and Henley Business School graduate.