Reading in the news - Tue 20 Oct

Pleasing cheeses: A study by PhD student Sabrina Longley (Food and Nutritional Sciences) found health benefits in artisan cheeses, reports The Telegraph, DHN, Take to News and AOL. From our story: Could artisan cheeses that please ease diseases? 

Food, farming and health:

• Ygeia Mou quoted Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) about an early flu season this year.  
• Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) was quoted by Wral News about a reported plague case. From our expert comment: ‘Plague’ outbreak in Russia 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• A study by Dr Lara Richards (Meteorology) on El Niño and the Great Barrier Reef was featured by Melbourne Insider.  
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) was quoted in an article by New Scientist about potential delays to the publication of the IPCC's seventh assessment cycle. 

Business and society:

• The Reading Chronicle reported on a robot developed for caring duties which was tested by Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega and Dr Echo Feng (both Henley Business School). 
• Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote for Board Agenda about governance and judgement on business boards.  
• Reading Today reported on upcoming talks from Dr Samrah Ahmed (Psychology) on how brains age and a talk by Professor Federico Faloppa (Languages and Cultures) on the power of hate speech. Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted. From our story: Free public lectures to explore brain health and hate speech 

Heritage and culture:

• Archaeology News and Germanic News reported on a study by Professor Matthew Bennett (Archaeology) on fossil footprints and early humans in America. From our story: First humans in America experienced dramatic climate change 
• Research by Professor Duncan Garrow (Archaeology) on a 5,000-year-old artificial island was featured by Ecoticias. 

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• The Reading Chronicle highlighted an upcoming University-led film workshop at the Whitley Community Festival. 

Other coverage:

• IDW and Jura Forum highlighted an upcoming talk by Dr Sarah von Billerbeck (Politics and International Relations). 

Alumni:

• Rosemargaret Esubonteng, Construction and Real Estate graduate, has been appointed president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors, reports RICS.  
• Yorkshire Business reported that researcher and Archaeology graduate Vincent Gaffney has been awarded the British Academy Landscape Archaeology Medal 2026. 
• Nyakaza highlighted that researcher Fungai Machirori studied at Reading. 
• Søren Krogh Knudsen, CEO of Columbus and Henley Business School graduate, was interviewed by Økonomisk Ugebrev.