Reading in the news - Wed 16 Nov

Leprosy helps regenerate liver: Dr DariusWidera (Pharmacy) is quoted by the BBC, Independent, Mail Online, Express, Evening Standard, Yahoo!, The Irish News, Reading Chronicle, The National, Belfast Telegraph, The Mail, The Bolton News, Lancashire Telegraph, South Wales Argus, News and Star, Telegraph and Argus, Daily Echo, Swindon Advertiser, and hundreds of other media outlets on his expert reaction to research findings that leprosy-causing bacteria are able to reprogram and regenerate liver cells in Armadillos. 

Babies' response to vaccinations: Dr Marie Lewis (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted by The Independent, Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Aol, Yahoo!, Glasgow Evening Times, The Bolton News, Watford Observer, Echo News, Oxford Mail, Kent Online, North Wales Pioneer, Foreign Affairs, News & Star, Lancashire Telegraph, and over one hundred other media outlets on her expert reaction to research suggesting that birth methods impact intestinal microbiota and vaccine response in children.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate stripes are featured in an article on COP27 by the BBC. Yahoo! and TVN repost. 
• Professor GilesHarrison (Meteorology) is quoted by Scientific American on a study he co-authored which found that swarming insects can create as much electric charge as thunderstorm clouds and influence weather events. Read our news story.
• PhD Researcher, NikoHowai (Agriculture, Policy, and Development) is quoted by Jiji Press on the impact of mangroves on combatting climate change.
• Dr JamesRyalls (Agriculture) is quoted by Head Topics on University findings that suggest air pollution threatens natural pest control methods in sustainable farming. Read our news story. 
• Foreign Affairs lists the University's Walker Institute as a contributor to the Sahel Predictive Analytics Report, a project which aims to quickly identify climate risk areas and help guide decision-makers.  

Other Coverage:

• The Conversation published an article by Professor Chukwumerije Okereke (Geography and Environmental Science) on whether Africa should be allowed to exploit its gas reserves.
• Professor Chris Scott (Meterology) was interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire, about the Radio Research Station in Slough.
• Professor Michael Ball (Henley Business School) was interviewed by BBC Radio 4 on housing market shortages and rising rent prices in the UK.
• LBC Radio mentions a comment by Honorary Professor Jonathan Shalit (Henley Business School) on writing his autobiography about lessons learned from life as an Honorary Professor.
• Professor Andrew Kakabadse and Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) write for Board Agendaabout how to effectively be chair of a board of directors.
• Dr ErhanAslan (Literature and Languages) is quoted by News Week and Today UK News on tips to solve Wordle puzzles. 
• Professor Andrew Harding's (Law) article on the Malaysian judiciary after the jailing of Malaysia's former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, is published by East Asia Forum and Eurasia Review.
• Dr BrianPickles (Biological Sciences) is quoted by SOTT about new research on how a dinosaur, alongside its skin, came to be mummified.
• JonFoster-Pedley (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) is listed by Tribuna de Canarias as an upcoming speaker in the International Forum of Rectors of African Universities. 
• BBC Radio Berkshire spoke to returning student JessAshley about her review of Enola Holmes. 
• University research on the damages of a livestock parasite is cited by Over The Counter (in print).
• Further coverage of research led by Dr David Field (Psychology) on the benefits of Vitamin B6for mental health by New Kerala. 
• New Kerala reports on collaborative University findings that people using prepayment energy meters are more likely to eat less fruit and vegetables and require the support of food banks, and quote co-author of the study, Dr Cherry Law (Agriculture). 
• Mail & Guardian,Head Topics, andBanoyimention a Henley Business School webinar on healthcare in Africa.
• An unnamed University student is quoted by The Reading Chronicle on their frustration over missed bin collections. 
• Wokingham Todayreports on an upcomingchoir performance at the University's GreatHall. 
• Frieze includes an image of an art-funded project provided by the University.

Alumni:

• Voice of Islam Radio interviewed Reading graduate and president of the British Beekeepers Association, Anne Rowberry, 
• Starr FM, Business Ghana, and News Ghana report on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, GeorgeFosu, as the CEO of Garia.
• Street Insider reports on the appointment of Reading graduate, Jamal Khurshid as a director of Bannix Acquisition Corp. 
• AEP publishes an obituary for Reading graduate and educational psychologist, Carole Westwick.
• Hoteliere reports on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, Arlett Hoff, as a manager at SV Group.