Reading in the news - Thu 5 Mar

Meningitis jabs: Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences, pictured) was interviewed by ITV News about vaccinations against meningitis.

Iran conflict: Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) spoke to BBC World Service (used by National Public Radio in the US) about the Iran conflict. Professor Milanovic was also quoted by The Guardian, Israel Palestine News, and others including Yahoo News, AOL, Europe Says, Inkl, and Middle East Eye. The Times mentioned responses to the conflict from University societies. Professor Michael Schmitt (Law) was also quoted by Times Now News and MSN.

Food and farming:

• Research into the benefits of flavanol-rich foods was featured by Banker.
• Green Business Journal reported on a study about the costs of declining pollinator activity from climate change.
• Liental24, DasGelbeBlatt, BW24, Come-on, 24Hamburg (republished by PressePortal), and various German outlets highlighted a study into the nutritional benefits of eating frozen fruit and vegetables.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Mirage News, EDCentral, and Scienmag reported on plans to change the climate education curriculum, with quotes by Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) from BBC Radio Berkshire, Southern Gazette and Royal Meteorological Society. From our story: Experts unveil ten-point plan to deliver climate education
• Financial Times quoted Dr Jonathan Dale (Geography and Environmental Science) on a study about sea level rise. Dr Alex Arnall (International Development) was quoted by LBC. Both comments via the Science Media Centre.
• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) was quoted by BBC News (republished by Yahoo News) on the impact of recent rainfall on reservoirs.

• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) was quoted by The New Yorker about links between climate change and increasing air turbulence. From our story: Turbulent flights to continue as warming world shakes skies
• Deccan Chronicle and About Insider featured comments from Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) on his study on heatwaves. From our story: Weather patterns behind India’s moist heatwaves uncovered
• Kabar featured comments by Professor Tom Oliver (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and Professor Rowan Sutton (Meteorology) on climate change risk assessment. From our story: ‘Update climate change risks list to avoid worst impacts’.
• A Reading study found that ancient woodland stores more carbon than replanted trees reported Popular Mechanics, Yahoo News, MSN, and Europe Says.

Business and society:

• Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre, and Television) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about copyright and AI actors.
• SSBCrack News and El-Balad quoted Dr Yoshikatsu Hayashi (Biomedical Engineering) on a neuron-powered computer chip which learned to play videogames.
• Professor Radu Tunaru (Henley Business School) was quoted by CoinDesk, Bitcoin Etheurum News, Money and Banking, VNEconomy, CryptoNews and Yahoo News about how geopolitics influences investment markets.
• The inquest of international relations student Fintan Feltham, who died in Oxford, is to be held today, reports the Oxford Mail.

Alumni:

• Times Live mentioned that media personality Ayanda Matsimbe has an MBA from Henley Business School.
• Henley Business School graduate Victoria Darmanin is CFO of Raketech, reported Recent Slot Releases.