Reading in the news - Thu 28 Apr

Ukraine:

• Dr Alexander Mihailov (Economics) wrote an article for The Conversation on how Bulgaria and Poland can withstand Russia cutting off their gas supply. The article is reposted by Foreign Affairs and Big News Network.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• BBC Radio 4 interviewed Professor Suzanne Gray (Meteorology) on the impact of climate change on the wind.
• BioEnergy Insight and Fish Focus report on the boosted funding of a collaborative University research project, Terrestrial Blue Economy, which aims to establish the UK as a world leader in sustainable shrimp farming using renewable energy technology.
• Azo Cleantech reports on collaborative University research on the relationship between tropical cyclone size and their damage potential, and the factors behind this.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by Hersfelder Zeitung and HNA on the development of a universal vaccine that boosts T-cell immunity.

Other Coverage:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) is quoted by Mail Online, The Florida Post, Express Digest, Today UK News, The News Amed, Express Informer, and News Break on the sugar content and nutritional value of Kellogg's cereals.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Today Headline, and News Break on the low risk of avian bird flu transmitting from birds to humans as China confirms its first human case. 
• The Reading Chronicle publishes a statement from the University that defends Reading's use of animals in research. This comes as campaigners from the Vegan Action for Animals protested this practice on World Day for Animals in Laboratories last week. 
• Dr Tara Pirie (formerly Biological Sciences) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire as part of a regular ‘coffee club’ segment.
• Medica and Heilpraxis mention collaborative University research identifying lipids associated with cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes.
• London Post and J News mention Henley Business School's research on side hustles. 
• Dairy Industries reports on Professor Ian Givens' (IFNH/Agriculture) upcoming session on the benefits of dairy consumption as part of the annual IDF Nutrition and Health Symposium 2022. 
• G Sport reports on the G Sport initiative, supported by Henley Business School, which aimed to raise the profile of women's sport. 
• Sohu reports on Reading and Henley Business School's excellent teaching standards and top rankings.
• Reading Borough Council lists a polling station located on the University's campus. 

Alumni:

• The Mail Online, Manchester Evening News, UAE News, and The California Sun report on comments made by Reading alumni and ITV Good Morning Britain's weather presenter, Laura Tobin, and it is mentioned that she met her husband at the University. 
• Stuff reports on the English rugby union player, Matt Symons, and names him as a Reading graduate.