Reading in the news - Thu 22 Sep
22 September 2022
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) is quoted by (and in print) on the continuation of the UK's drought.
- , , and report that Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate stripes have been featured in a London gallery as part of glass artist, Cathryn Shilling's, exhibit.
- Further coverage of Dr Rob Thompson's (Meteorology) viral online video showing how droughts impact how the ground absorbs water by , , and .
- Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted by on how the wind is formed.
- mentions a debate hosted by the University on climate change.
COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic
- Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by and on the likelihood of an upcoming increase in Covid cases.
- Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by on the development of a smart mask that can detect Covid on other people's breath.
Other Coverage:
- The University is listed by, ,,, , , , and as an institution associated with Yuja Himalayas, a service that enables the storage of large data workloads.
- Professor Kate Williams (History) is quoted by and on the sway the monarchy has over public opinion.
- Further coverage by and of the discovery of a fossilised dinosaur skeleton thought to be complete during a search that Dr Brian Pickles (Biological Sciences) is leading in Canada. Read our news story.
- BBC Radio Berkshire reports on the University's annual Wolfenden Lecture, hosted in collaboration with the University's LGBTQ+ staff and events team.
- reports on a study by Dr Sokratis Stergiadis (Agriculture) on the nutritional value of dairy milk alternatives.
- mentions Executive Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor Frans Van Der Colff (Henley Business School Africa) as a speaker in an event that aims to promote inclusion in the automotive industry.
- reports that landscape construction for the University's international business park has won a sponsorship by ICL Turf & Landscape.
- mentions Henley Business School's research on the benefits of a four-day work week.
- reports on action that the University has taken to prevent spiking on campus.
- A speaker on BBC Radio Berkshire discussed his upcoming meeting with the University Chairman of the Christian union.
- Dog Friendly (in print) mentions the proximity of the University to the Hilton Hotel in Reading.
Alumni:
- publishes information on Reading graduate, Simon Penney, who is the King's trade commissioner for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
- and report on the appointment of Reading graduate, Ignasi Buyreu, as the new director of the UPC-FPCAT sustainable mobility campus.
- and report that Professor Wynne Jones, who previously joined the University as a research assistant, has been elected as the new Chairman of the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society Board of Directors.
- The Artist (in print) publishes advice on working from sketches from Reading graduate and award-winning artist Julie Collins.
- reports on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, Neishell Watson as a business partner of skincare company, My Abbey.
- report on the graduation of The Parlotones' frontman, Kahn Morbee, from Henley Business School.
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