Reading in the news - Wed 2 Nov

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• MGR Online and Nation TV report that Reading students have been part of the discovery of a new type of orange tree. 
• Sierra Sun Times interviews Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) on global warming and La Nina.

Other Coverage:

• The Daily Mail, Foreign Affairs, Public News Time, Express Informer, and Express Digest quote Professor Ciara McCabe (Psychology) on a study suggesting women on menopause medication are likely to experience depression.
• Forbes cites research conducted by Dr Rita Fontinha and Professor James Walker (both Henley Business School) on reasons for working from home, and Dr Fontinha  is named by Expresso, Radio Nova, Zap.aeiou, Impala, JN, RR, TSF, Leportale News, Dnoticias Pt, Economia Ao Minuto, and Sapo as a coordinator of a four-day workweek pilot experience.
• Civil Service World quotes Dr Sue Binks (Henley Business School) on the importance of staff development in civil service roles. 
• Ipoh Echo lists Professor Vimal Karani (Food) as a key speaker in a community outreach programme. 
• Mortgage Introducer and The Intermediary mention Henley Business School's statistics on the economic value of side hustles. 
• Wokingham Today reports on an upcoming choir performance at the University's Great Hall. 
• Henley Standard (in print) reports on the closure of a gym based at the Greenlands campus. 
• Henley Standard (in print) reports on comments from a local MP about planning laws and development around Reading, including near to the University. 
• BBC Radio Northampton interviews farm manager Mike Davis (who previously worked at the University) about the agricultural college he works at.
• An article written by Ted Malloch (previously Henley Business School) on American politics is published by OANN.

Alumni:

• Logistics Business and World Ports Org report on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, Jakob Wegge-Larsen, as the CFO of DB Schenker. 
• Commercial Greenhouse Grower (in print) mentions Tim Kerley, a Reading graduate and geneticist. 
• Let's Talk (in print) mentions the value of a painting by Reading graduate and artist, Leslie Hardy Moore.