Reading in the news - Mon 28 Sep

City found guilty: BBC Radio 5 interviewed Professor James Reade (Economics) about the potential penalties for Manchester City after the Club was found guilty of 114 financial offences. Professor Reade wrote for Economics Observatory on the topic.

Heritage and culture: 

• Professor Amanda Callaghan (Ecology) was quoted by Reading Today and BBC News about the 175th birthday celebrations for Norman, the Asian elephant skeleton in the Cole Museum of Zoology. From our story: Norman the elephant turns 175 at University museum 
• Daily Galaxy featured research by Dr Nigel Larkin (Evolutionary Biology) on a dinosaur skeleton found in Tanzania. 

Food, farming and health:

• Professor Chris Hilson (Law) was quoted by Footprint about England’s new national food strategy.  
• Your News quoted Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) on research into polyphenol-rich diets. 
• Professor Kuhnle was quoted by Nutrition Insight on ultra-processed foods. 
• What Doctors Don’t Tell You (print) reported on a study by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) into flavanol-rich foods. 
• BBC Radio Berkshire highlighted a new test developed by Professor Jon Gibbins and Dr Chris Jones (both Biomedical Sciences) to help doctors prevent heart attacks and strokes. From our story: Blood test picks the right drug to stop heart attacks 
• Daisy Wood (Sustainable Land Management) wrote for Farmers Weekly about the benefits of open-water swimming. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Innovation News Network highlighted research into regional climate models. 
• Regius Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology) was quoted by HNGN on warning systems used during Nepal’s flash floods. 
• Professor Cloke was quoted by SSBCrack about preparing for extreme weather events. 
• World Today quoted Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) about the impacts of El Niño. Dr Deoras was quoted by Financial Express on how India’s monsoon season is affected. 
• Dr Deoras was quoted by Rio Times responding to a report on heat-related deaths in Nigeria. 
• Professor Bill Collins (Meteorology) was quoted by Brighter Side of News on the impacts of ozone layer recovery. 
• Robo Daily quoted Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) via AFP about recent geomagnetic storms. 
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) spoke to LBC about the cause of El Niño events. 
• Greatest Hits Radio mentioned a new interactive website developed by Professor Jonathan Gregory (Meteorology) which catalogues the different types of trees on Whiteknights campus. From our story: Explore the trees of Whiteknights with new online guide 
• Clean Thinking highlighted research by Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) into clear air turbulence. 

Business and society:

• Dr Ivan Sangiorgi (Henley Business School) was quoted by New Money about bond trading. 
• Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) was quoted by Suara Garut about walkouts at the UN General Assembly. From our expert comment: UN changes ‘overdue’ but General Assembly still ‘essential’ 
• Visiting Professor Niaz Asadullah (Economics) wrote for The Daily Star about using AI in education. 

Alumni:

• MPMania mentioned that Musician Folarin Falana studied Law at Reading.