Reading in the news - Tue 28 Jul

Heritage and culture:

• The University’s Cookham Abbey excavation site could have been Britian’s first hospital, reports Maidenhead Advertiser and Slough Express (republished by Europe Says), quoting Thomas Hayes (Archaeology) who also spoke to Greatest Hits Radio alongside student Caroline Holmes. From our story: Cookham dig to reveal monastic care for early England's sick

Health and wellbeing:

• The Mirror (republished by AOL, MSN and BritBrief) mentioned a study by PhD student Susanne Cromme (Psychology) on the scale of untreated pain during hysteroscopies. From our story: Mumsnet posts reveal women gaslit over womb procedure pain
• Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences, pictured) spoke to TRTWorld about rising Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Food and farming:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by Daily Mail (republished by MSN) responding to a study claiming to link food additives to bowel cancer.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) spoke to Times Radio and Heart Radio Berkshire about the cause of the current European wildfires. 
• Lincolnshire Free Press (print) highlighted a lecture by Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) about preparing young people for a future with a different climate.
• BBC Radio Berkshire mentioned the Clear Skies project from Professor Chris Scott (Meteorology). From our story: Humans needed, not AI, to study the Arctic sky

Business and society:

• Dr Florence Phua (Built Environment) wrote for Construction Management about the necessity of EDI training in construction.
• Daily Maverick mentioned research by Dr Peter Scarfe and Professor Etienne Roesch (both Psychology) into detecting AI-generated essays. From our story: AI generated exam answers undetected in real world test
• Henley Business School research into the effectiveness of transformation policies was highlighted by Daily Maverick (republished by MSN).
• Dr Melissa Carr (Henley Business School) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about youth unemployment rates.

Other coverage:

• The Reading Chronicle, Wokingham Today, Greatest Hits Radio and Reading Today reported on an incident which took place on Whiteknights campus.

Alumni:

• Geography graduate Chris Page has joined Good Morning Britian as a weather presenter, reports The Mirror and Wales Online (republished by BritBrief, MSN and AOL).
• Thomasin Renshaw, Surveying graduate and Managing Director of Greystar, was interviewed by Mishcon de Reya.
• The Profiler reported that Mameetse Masemola, Henley Business School graduate, has been appointed Head of Infrastructure at ISA.
• The Sunday Guardian highlighted that Sir Clive Alderton, formerly King Charles’ private secretary, studied at Reading.