Reading in the news - Tue 22 Mar

Ukraine:

• Dr Kenton White's (Politics & International Relations) article on The Conversation on what may happen if war spreads to a NATO country is reposted by The Week, El Diario Vasco, and Leonoticias.
• Econo Times refers to Dr Kerry Goettlich's (Politics) article on The Conversation on the negotiation of Ukraine's borders.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by The Sun, Yahoo!, Legit, CBN News, Macau Business, RFI, France 24, News 18, Daily Star Post, The Sun Daily, Mint, International Business Times, and others on the UK's rise in infections and hospitalisations caused by the Covid subvariant BA.2, and he spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the effectiveness of vaccines on preventing severe cases. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Dr Vicky Boult (Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the University's new biodiversity nature trail on campus.
• International Business Times and Germanic quote Professor Chuks Okereke (Geography and Environmental Science) on Africa's vulnerability to climate change.
• Farm Business and The Farming Forum quote Professor Chris Reynolds (Agriculture) following a podcast he did with Cotswold farmer and TV presenter, Adam Henson on sustainable beef production.
• Ordo News reports on Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate spiral visual representation of the earth's rising temperatures that was shared by NASA last week.

Other Coverage:

• Mirage and UNSW Newsroom name Dr Chris Foye (Henley Business School) as a co-author of a report on post-pandemic housing affordability pressures and rent inflation.
• The Financial quotes Dr Miriam Clegg (Food) on Reading's part in funded research on healthy diets for older people. Read our story. 
• Kopalnia Wiedzy report on Emeritus Professor Ken Dark's (Economics) leading research that has led to a rise in the number of discoveries of royal graves in the UK.
• Yahoo! and Poets and Quants report on research conducted by Cambridge Judge Schools on gender and racial diversity in the UK's top business schools, including Henley Business School.  
• CEO World Magazine lists Henley Business School as one of the top five best business schools in the UK.
• A guest speaker on Academy FM mentioned being present at a live recording of a track by The Jam at the University.

Alumni:

• BSOZD, Pressemitteilung, PR News 24, Burger Sagt, PR Mitteilung, and others publish an article written by a Henley Graduate on motivation.
• The Artist (in print) publishes advice on watercolour techniques from Reading graduate and award-winning artist Julie Collins.
• Jazzy Book Reviews advertises a book written by a University graduate in a give-away raffle competition. 
• Knowsley News reports on Kirkby Gallery's upcoming art exhibition including work by a Reading graduate.
• BDB Pitmans reports on a Reading graduate's appointment as their Business Development Manager.