Reading in the news - Tue 20 Sep

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Independent (and in print), The Mirror (and in print), The Times (and in print), The Sun, The U.S. Sun, Aol., Yahoo!, Western Mail (in print), Wales Online, Hull Live, Buckinghamshire Live, News Punch, Web Times, What's New 2 Day, MSN, Knowledia, News Break, and others on the possibility of the upcoming flu season to mix with rising cases of Covid, resulting in a 'twindemic', and by Express Informer, Express Digest, Today UK News, The News Amed, Public News Time, and Mogaz News on the role of SAGE members in the UK's response to the pandemic.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted by New Scientist, Today UK News, and MSN on the development of a smart mask that can detect Covid on other people's breath.

Complete dinosaur remains: Further coverage by Esquire, New York Post, Technology Times, Travel Awaits, TVN, Nature World News, Science Alert, News Lanes, The Science Times, ET Today, VRT News, Banjarmasin Post, Extreme Tech, MSN, Kompas, Outdoors, Arab News 24, and News Break of the discovery of a fossiliseddinosaur skeleton thought to be complete during a search that Dr Brian Pickles (Biological Sciences) is leading in Canada. Read our news story. 

Her Majesty The Queen: 

• BBC Radio Berkshire interviewed Sheldon Allen (Reading Students' Union President) on young people's perspective on the death of the Queen. BBC Radio Oxford also aired his comments.
• Sir David Bell, (previously the Vice-Chancellor of the University) spoke to BBC Radio Newcastle about previously hosting diamond jubilee celebrations at Henley Business School, where he met the Queen.
• Radio Times (in print) publishes an article by Professor Kate Williams (History) on the Queen's life.
• Henley Standard mentions the Diamond Jubilee Celebration, attended by The Queen, and hosted at the Greenlands campus of Henley Business School in 2012. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) wrote an article for The Conversation on the continuation of the UK's drought, and it is reposted by Smart Water Magazine, Big News Network, Berkshire Live, Cheshire Live, Coventry Live, Hull Live, Wales Online, North Wales Live, Staffordshire Live, Cambridgeshire Live, Lincolnshire Live, Gazette Live, Belfast Live, and other regional sites.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) is quoted by Yahoo! and AFP Fact Check on human-made climate change. 
• Further coverage of Dr Rob Thompson's (Meteorology) viral online video showing how droughts impact how the ground absorbs water by Water HQ.

Other Coverage

• Dr David Field (Psychology) is quoted by the Daily Mail, The News Amed, Today UK News, Express Digest, Express Informer, MSN, Business Telegraph, and Public News Time, on the health benefits of multi-vitamins. 
  
• The Sunday Times (in print) National World, India Education Diary, and Heart Radio Berkshire report on this year's official Times university league table, placing the University tied at 30^th place with the University of Nottingham. Read our news story. 
• Medical Xpress, Teller Report, Wood Zog, UK Today News, and Public News Time report on collaborative research by Dr Sarah Jewell and Professor Uma Kambhampati (both Economics) on how eating fruit and vegetables and exercising can make you feel happier. 
• Business Day and Head Topics publish a collaborative article by Barry Van Zyl (Henley Business School) on the economic importance of African creatives. 
• ETUI reports on Dr Daphne Halikiopoulou's (Politics) upcoming presentation on understanding right-wing populism.
• Professor Jeremy Spencer (Food) is quoted by The Hits on University research that suggests drinking champagne can aid in preventing dementia and Alzheimer's. 
• West Fair Online quotes Professor Eamonn D'Arcy (Henley Business School) on the rising interest and inflation in London's real estate market. 
• Bio Techniques quotes Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) on the authenticity of a 2006 research paper on Alzheimer's. 
• A speaker on BBC Radio Berkshire mentioned that the University College of Estate Management used to be based at the University's Whiteknights campus. 
• A BBC Radio 2 presenter mentioned a first-year student who is driving to the University to begin their studies. 
• BBC Radio Berkshire interviewed local pop musician, Bethia, who will be performing at the University during freshers week.
• Seed Quest mentions that Postdoctoral Scientist, Peter Jackson has left LS Plant Breeding to return to his academic role at the University. 
• Lex Blog mentions a 2004 University study that linked parabens to breast cancer. 
• Khazar University lists students and experts from the University as having participated in an international conference on the economics of football. 
• Wokingham Today reports that an upcoming celebration of a community music group's 21^st anniversary will be hosted at the University's great hall.
• Economia & Mercado mentions the low level of competition in agriculture courses including the University's. 
• Kompas reports on a scholarship offered by the University. 

Alumni:

• The Daily Star and Archy Newsy report on the Queen's fondness of Reading graduate and presenter of The Forecast, Tomasz Schafernaker.
• Athletics Weekly interviews Olympic athlete and Henley Business School graduate, Stefanie Reid.
• Hexham Courant reports on an upcoming speech to be given at an awards ceremony by internationally renowned photographer and University graduate, Joe Cornish.
• Gauteng Lifestyle Magazine reports on the appointment of Henley Business School graduate, Neishell Watson as a business partner of skincare company, My Abbey.
• Briefly reports on the graduations of sisters, Thandeka Ngwenya and Venessa Ngwenya, from the University.
• Financial Investigator reports on the career of Reading graduate, Mark Siezen. 
• Hort Week interviews Reading graduate and horticulturalist, Sally Drury.