Reading in the news - Fri 3 Jul

Flu outbreak: Newsweek, Come-on, Kreiszeitung, AZ-Online, Merkur, MSN and others quoted Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) on why flu outbreaks are common in military training environments following changes to US military rules on vaccines.

Food, farming and health:

• StartItUp reported on a study by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) into the most beneficial foods for heart health. From our story: Not all five-a-days are equal for heart health
• Dr Alejandra Perotti (Ecology) was quoted by ScienceAlert and Yahoo News about mites in human hair follicles.

Business and society:

• Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote for Effective Governance Forum about restoring public trust in governments, with coverage in Civil Service World.
• Dr Juliet Brook (Law) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about the importance of lasting power of attorney.
• Financial Mail quoted Jon Foster-Pedley, Director of Henley Business School Africa, about using AI in boardrooms.

Heritage and culture:

• Dr Annemieke Milks (Archaeology) featured in podcast What We Did Before. From our story: Earliest evidence of wooden tools used by humans

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) spoke to BBC Radio Kent about Kent’s hosepipe ban.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) was quoted by Geographical on climate change and Arctic ice.
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) was quoted by FirstPost, Times of India, JapanToday and MSN about changes to India’s monsoon season.
• Dr Deoras spoke to BBC Radio Oxford and BBC Radio Berkshire about the upcoming July heatwave. Al Jazeera (republished by Europe Says and others) highlighted comments from Dr Deoras and Regius Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology) on the link between heatwaves and global warming. From our expert comment:  Hottest June on record looms as experts explain July heat
• Comments from Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) on rising ocean temperatures were featured by Naijaon Point.

Alumni:

• Biology graduate Michelle Hildyard has been appointed General Manager at Teledyne Raymarine, reports Guru Focus, Street Insider, Lifestyle Luxed, NewsNet Michigan, Finanz Nachrichten, and more than 50 others.
• Cambrian News reported on a poetry reading from poet Kate Noakes.
• Insider Media featured Robin Simmonds, CEO of Wilkin Chapman Rollits, who has a Henley MBA.