Reading in the news - Thu 2 Jul

Food and farming:

• In Knowridge and Dairy News, reports on a study by Professor Ian Givens (Agriculture) on the healthiness of trans fats in dairy. From our story: Natural trans fats in dairy do not raise heart disease risk 
• The Sun (print) highlighted a study by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) on flavanol-rich foods. From our story: Not all five-a-days are equal for heart health 

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• Several outlets, including Marie Claire, BBC Radio 4, and World Today Journal (republished by Inkl) continued coverage on future temperature predictions for 2056, quoting Professor Ed Hawkins and Visiting Professor Liz Bentley (both Meteorology), with mentions of Reading graduate and Meteorologist Laura Tobin. Reading Today provided further coverage, quoting Dr Ben Harvey (Meteorology). 
• Continued coverage of further temperature increases next week. Dr Rob Thompson spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire. From our expert comment: Hottest June on record looms as experts explain July heat 
• On New York City’s heatwave, Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) about New York’s heatwave were featured by Asatu News. 
• More coverage about rises in global ocean temperatures NBC News, Germanic News, Cebhe Info, Inland News Today, and Beritaja (republished by Head Topics, Byteseu, MSN, Europe Says, AOL, and Yahoo News) . Professor Allan is quoted.
• In CPG, comments from Reading researchers on how Saharan dust can affect the appearance of rain are featured.
• New research by Dr Rory Jones on air-conditioning uptake was discussed on BBC Radio Berkshire with further mentions in Vision Australia Radio. 
• Greatest Hits Radio highlighted research from Dr Alba Fuertes (Built Environment) about dangers to construction site workers during heatwaves. From our story: Construction sites are not ready for extreme heat 

Business and society:

• Henley Business School Africa Director Jon Foster-Pedley was quoted by Financial Mail about how socioeconomics impacts business education in Africa. 
• On the World Cup, Professor James Reade (Economics) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about predictions made by his sports results model for upcoming matches. From our story: Argentina favourites for glory, says simulation 
• Mentions of a study into detecting AI-generated essays are made by WNY News.
• Effective Governance Forum published an article by Professor Nada Kakabadse (Henley Business School) on managing governance workplace relationships.  Civil Service World reported on the article. 

Alumni:

• Property Week interviewed Hannah Voogd, Senior Development Manager at HBD and Reading graduate. 
• Robert Dennehy, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Non-Executive Director of IQE, reports Investigate. 
• Cambridgeshire Live (print) reported on the performance of graduate Finnola Stratton during the recent World Rowing Cup. 
• Stock Titan and Yahoo News reported that graduate Michelle Hildyard has been appointed General Manager at Teledyne.