Reading in the news - Mon 20 Jul

Cookham dig: ITV Meridian, BBC South, BBC Radio Solent, BBC News and Arkeonews (republished by AOL, Custom Map Poster, Europe Says and Yahoo News) featured the ongoing Cookham Abbey excavation, featuring Professor Gabor Thomas, Dr Sophia Mills and student Amarit Parmar (all Archaeology). From our story: Cookham dig to reveal monastic care for early England's sick

Business and society:

• Feedhot, Koranmanado and Kontan mentioned a football outcome prediction model developed by Professor James Reade (Economics). From our story: Argentina favourites for glory, says simulation
• Comment from Dr Faye Woods (Film, Theatre and Television) about the social significance of Fleabag was included in The Guardian (print).
• Dr Vicky Kapogianni (Law) spoke to ABC about Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands.
• News Letter highlighted comments from Professor Jonathan Passmore (Henley Business School) about a self-employment book he was involved with.

Food and farming:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by Female First, Tech Times, Passeport Sante and Perth Now responding to a study linking heart disease and ultra-processed foods.
• Food and Wine (republished by Yahoo News) reported on a study by Professr Kuhnle into the salt content of takeaways.
• Dr Charlotte Mills (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by The AZB on how to stay hydrated during heatwaves.
• Dr Mills was also quoted by News4Health on the benefits of sugary gum and beetroot.

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• The Telegraph (republished by MSN, AOL, and Yahoo News) reported on the BrightSpark research project led by Professor Giles Harrison, Dr Keri Nicoll and Professor Maarten Ambaum (all Meteorology).
• Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez, Regius Professor Hannah Cloke, and Dr Stephen Burt (all Meteorology) were quoted by Reading Today about recent high temperatures and wildfire risks.
• Comments from Professor Cloke on extreme temperatures in Spain and Portugal were highlighted by Nettavisen Nyheter (republished by MSN).
• A study by Dr Alba Fuertes (Built Environment) was highlighted by UK Construction Week and Performance Improvement. From our story: Construction sites are not ready for extreme heat
• Earth.com reported on a study by PhD student Ankit Bhandekar (Meteorology) into India’s monsoon season.
• Professor Emily Black (Meteorology) was quoted by Live Science and Jurnas (republished by PressBee, Yahoo News, Inkl and RNA News) about current El Niño forecasts.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) was quoted by Rocket News responding to myths surrounding climate change.

Other coverage:

• Daily Sun and Deshkal News highlighted an upcoming talk from Professor Niaz Asadullah (Economics) at the Dhaka University Central Students' Union conference.

Alumni:

• London Insider mentioned that weather presenter Tomasz Schafernaker studied Meteorology at Reading.
• MBU and Galaxy FM mentioned that singer Guvnor Ace studied at Reading.
• Graduate Fermin Koop wrote for ZME Science about a 476,000-year-old structure found in Zambia.
• Medieval History graduate Bridget Riley wrote for Daily Wire (republished by DillyWire) about the ‘romantasy’ book genre.
• Leading Ladies Africa profiled Law graduate Rimini Makama, Executive Commissioner at Nigerian Communications Commission.
• Bucks Free Press highlighted Patricia Burstall, who studied English Literature, and Rachel Brown, who studied History.
• Paul Quinn, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Chairman of the Authority of the HPRA, reports Gov.ie.