Reading in the News - Mon 28 Nov

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Dr Laura Wilcox's (Meteorology) interview last week with BBC World Service Radio on the impact of aerosols on climate change aired over stations including BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Cymru and her article on this research is published by Nature (in print). Read our news story here.
• Dr Rob Thompson's (Meteorology) article on The Conversation on UK rain was republished by Inverse and Reader's Digest.
• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted by Detik Travel on why warm weather affects how a plane takes off.
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is listed by Business Innovation Magazine as an upcoming speaker during Reading's Climate Fayre.
• Bio-Engineer, Mirage News, and Eurek Alert report on a survey conducted by a researcher previously at the University in the sixties on the biodiversity of the River Thames. Read our news story here.
• Phys.org and Today UK News mention the University's collaborative research findings that lower travel emissions during lockdown contributed to a methane surge.
• The Reading Chronicle (in print) mentions University observations that fewer car trips to a school in Reading have resulted in cleaner air for the children to breathe.
• Ads Advance mentions the University's research at the National Centre for Earth Observation as part of a new funding announcement.
  
  

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted by The National News on the extreme rarity of severe cases of Covid. 

Other Coverage:

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by Talk TV and Talk Radio on the rise in antibiotic-resistant infections, by LBC Radio on how much of a concern diphtheria, a bacterial infection, should be, and he is quoted by National World and Opera News on the measures one can take to reduce the risk of mould developing indoors during the winter.
• Dr Faye Woods (Film, Theatre, and Television) is quoted by CNN Style, News Plus, News Channel 3, ABC 17 News, Local News 8, KRDO, and News Channel 21 on modernity and relatable costumes in period dramas. 
• Dr Erhan Aslan (Literature and Languages) is quoted by Idaho Statesman, Public News Time, The Tribune, Today UK News, The Wichita Eagle, The Kansas City Star, The Olympian, News Week, and others on tips to solve Wordle puzzles. 
• Professor Vimal Karani (Food) is listed by The Sun Daily and Bernama as an expert who will contribute to an upcoming lifestyle medicine conference. 
• BBC Radio 6 reports on an upcoming BBC Introducing performance by Maddie Ashman at the University's Students Union. 
• A speaker on BBC Radio Berkshire mentioned an upcoming Air Circus gig at the University's Student Union. 
• A speaker on BBC Radio Berkshire mentioned that the Museum of English Rural life is part of the University's London Road campus. 
• Yahoo!, Oxford Mail, The Herald Series, and This Is Oxfordshire report on planning permission that the University has received to develop housing. 
• The Reading Chronicle reports on the University's plans to improve a laboratory space on campus.  

Alumni:

• The Guardian and Head Topics publish an interview with Reading graduate and entrepreneur, Adaora Ifeatu Soludo.
• Reuters publishes an article by Reading graduate, Juliette Portala, on the deaths caused by Europe's heatwave.
• The Quietus publishes an article by Reading graduate, Manu Ekanayake on Radio Soulwax. 
• East Anglian Daily Times (in print) reports that Reading graduate, Dr Zoe Leach, has received the David Black Award for contributing to the pig industry.