Reading in the news - Wed 16 Sep

Business and society:

• Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) was quoted by Newsweek on four-day working weeks.
• Professor Etienne Roesch (Psychology) wrote for Times Higher Education about university research culture, highlighting Professor Parveen Yaqoob (Food and Nutritional Sciences) and Research Data Manager Robert Darby.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• The Reading Chronicle reported on the University’s upcoming Learning Garden open day on 19 September, quoting Kirsty Shakespeare, Engagement Project Manager. From our story: Public invited to explore University Learning Garden

Food, farming and health:

• EMAE mentioned agroforestry research by Professor Martin Lukac (Agriculture).

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Ranjini Swaminathan (Meteorology) was quoted in a European Space Agency article about how the Rapid Evaluation Framework can help test the accuracy of climate models.
• Reading Today and Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce reported on the upcoming Observe the Moon Night event on campus, organised by Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology). From our story: Moon samples land at Reading for NASA observation night
• Wired Gov and SWNS quoted Professor Liz Stephens (Meteorology) about the impacts of El Niño.
• Research into producing detailed climate models was featured by Agroportal, The European Sting and Horizon.

Other coverage:

• Tuko and Streamline highlighted new student Doyin Haven, who is just beginning her scholarship to do teaching training at Reading.

Alumni:

• Borsenblatt and Spielzeug reported that Maike Haas, Film and Drama graduate, has been appointed Manager of General Fiction at Kosmos.
• Henley Business School graduate Debo Adebowale Fagbemi has been appointed Director of Premier Paints, reports Worldstage and Punch.
• Times of Bengal, NewsVoir, Cine Buzz News, KBD News and Mangalore Mirror reported that Sreeram Iyer, who has an MBA from Henley Business School, has been appointed to Finnable’s board of directors.