Reading in the news - Fri 24 Jul

Graduation at Reading: Dr Pat Parslow (Computer Science) was commended for his supervision of graduating student Dan. Dan's mother, Jane, praised Dr Parslow on Sara Cox's Breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 (from 2:37:55).

BBC Radio 1’s Greg James gave a shout out to student Laura and her peers in Speech and Language Therapy, who graduated this week. 

Business and society:

• Professor Michael Schmitt (Law) was quoted by The New York Times (republished by Europe Says and Dnyuz) on the legality of new attack targets in Russia. 
• The Intercept (republished by RNA News) quoted Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) about Israeli reservist settler-soldiers. 
• Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about developing robots for social care. 

Health and wellbeing: 

• Dr Teresa Tavassoli (Psychology) was quoted by The Transmitter about the categorisation of autism traits. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Rocket News highlighted comments from Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) responding to climate change myths.  
• Regius Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology) was quoted by The Guardian (print, republished by Yahoo News, MSN, Inkl, Europe Says, and AOL) on improving UK water systems after droughts were declared in Wales.  
• Veda Zive and Centrum highlighted comments from Professor Mike Lockwood (Meteorology) on a space hurricane over the North Pole. 
• Dr Glyn Barret (Ecology) was quoted by Mirror Media (republished by Yahoo News) on how trees have been affected by recent heatwaves. 

Alumni:

• Graham Weeks, English graduate, was quoted by The Telegraph (print, republished by MSN) on the role of the Church of England. 
• Mining Weekly and Engineering News profiled Boitumelo Leshope, portfolio manager and Henley Business School graduate. 
• Illuminem mentioned research by Henley Business School graduate Judy Lu on shareholder activism. 
• Parade (republished by Fresno Bee, Merced Sun-star, News Tribune, The Herald, Idaho Statesman, and others) mentioned that musician Andy Mackay studied at Reading.