Reading in the news - Mon 20 Jun

#PlanetPartners: working globally to protect the environment 

• Dr Liz Stephens (Meteorology) and Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) say action is needed to prepare the UK for heatwaves in the Sunday Times (and in print) and the Washington Post (syndicated to News Dubai, among others); comments on adapting to heat, and naming heatwaves, appear in the Daily Mail (print), Mail +, Daily Telegraph (print), Daily Star (print), Daily Express (print), Mail Online (1), Mail Online (2), Politico and Press Association via regional news outlets (e.g. Wales Online).
• Visiting Professor Liz Bentley (Meteorology) comments on the hot weather to Times Radio.
• Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) quoted in Times of India, MSN News and Hindustan Times on Indian monsoon warnings.
• Professor Ed Hawkins’ (Meteorology) climate stripes are used to show warming climate in Scotland by Genetic Literacy Project and highlighted in the US by Press Stories.
• Professor Tom Oliver (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by BBC World Service – also on BBC Radio Four and BBC Radio Cymru – on how the Convention on Biological Diversity seeks to protect the planet.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in the Daily Mirror and Kent Online on reasons behind the latest surge in Covid-19 cases.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) and Dr Clarke are quoted in Germanic on rising case rates and an unpublished study comparing rates between vaccine refusers and the vaccinated.

Other coverage:

• Dr Mark Shanahan (Politics) tells Newsweek that President Biden must play the long game in responding to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
• Affar Italiani quotes Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) on human microchip implants for cashless payments.
• Henley Business School research on second income ‘side hustles’ is features in Business Mondays.
• Prabu Manikam (Law, UoR Malaysia) writes to Malaysiakini on steps towards ending the death penalty in Malaysia.
• A piece by Dr Peter Coe (Law) on SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) features in The International Forum for Responsible Media (Inforrm).
• Digital Journal reports that Neely Griggs has won the inaugural Fulbright Scholarship for food security at Reading
• Jenny Berger (Built Environment) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about research showing dead houseplants are worse for mental health than no plants at all. Also covered in the Cornish Times.
• The University medical centre (an independent GP surgery) has been ranked Outstanding by the CQC, reports GetReading.
• Momentous Nigeria and Naija News highlight the Nexus project jointly run by Henley Business School Africa to help people start businesses.
• Reading Chronicle reports on planning applications to homes near the London Road campus.

Alumni news:

• Art graduate and ‘The Crown’ art director Mark Raggett has an exhibition in Pembrokeshire, reports Western Telegraph.
• The Times Readers’ Lives column features Reading history and politics graduate Abby Curran.