Reading in the news - Fri 26 Jun

Heatwave continues:

• Dr Akshay Deoras and Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) were quoted by BBC News, The Nation, and Newsweek, Europe Says, Ground News, and Head Topics. From our expert comment: When will June heatwave end?
• Dr Deoras and Regius Professor Hannah Cloke wrote for The Conversation on how heat, humidity and housing make UK heatwaves worse.
• Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) featured in an episode of The Observer’s Slow News Extra
• Dr Alex Patrick (Law) spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire on rules about working in extreme heat.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology, pictured) spoke to BBC Newscast (used by BBC World News, Converseer, Teleon and WhatFinger) on the science of this heatwave.
• CNN (Chile) and Eastern Herald featured Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) about the cause of the heatwave.
• The Mirror, Liverpool Echo, Teeside Live, Belfast Live, BritBrief, and others highlighted social media advice from the University on keeping cool.
• Dr Rory Jones (Construction Management) was quoted by Sky News and EurekAlert, Mirage News, Life Technology, and Medical XPress about his research into availability of air conditioning and impacts on vulnerable people. From our story: The most at risk from heat have the least air con
• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) was quoted by Eastern Herald about health risks caused by the heatwave and BBC Radio Sussex highlighted comments from Dr Neumann on hosepipe bans. From our expert comment: Hosepipe ban ‘stark reminder’ of UK water resource situation

Business and society:

• Dr Lauren Leek (Politics and International Relations) spoke to BBC Radio 4’s Radical podcast about pub closures.
• Professor Jane Setter (English Language and Linguistics) spoke to Voice of Islam radio about using words that express emotions.

Heritage and culture:

• Dr Anna Molnár (Henley Business School) wrote for The Conversation (republished by Sight) about the role of convents in medieval Vienna’s economy.
• Times of India, MSN and NewsPoint reported on Dr Tim Penn’s (Classics) discovery of a medieval stone boardgame.

Food, farming and health:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle’s (Food and Nutritional Sciences) study on fruit and veg was featured by Knowridge, Mother, The Videshi, and LTN. From our story: Not all five-a-days are equal for heart health
• Kalinga reported on research by Professor Ian Givens (Agriculture) on health benefits from dairy.
• The Grocer highlighted a study about dietary fibre. From our story: Getting fibre into British diets will take teamwork and guts
• Reading researchers are involved in new research into phage therapy for UTIs, reports Deutsches Arzteblatt.
• Research into how people get music stuck in their heads was featured by K24 Digital.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Buglife and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology reported on research into declining hoverfly populations.
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) spoke to LBC and was quoted by Independent, DW News, Daily Independent, Associated Press (republished by Hamilton Spectator, SFGate, OB News, Yahoo News, MSN, Inkl, and over 50 other outlets) on how the ongoing El Niño event is impacting India’s monsoon season.
• Dr Deoras was quoted by The Print (republished by MSN) about weather forecasting in India.
• Dr Jacob Gardner (Biological Sciences) was quoted by New York Post and AOL about his research into how prehistoric humans grew bigger.

Other coverage:

• BritBrief republished an obituary from The Guardian for Meteorology Professor Geoff Wadge.

Alumni:

• Bridget Riley, Medieval History graduate, wrote for DailyWire about films and the USA’s 250^th birthday.
• Reading graduate Douglas Crichton has been appointed CEO of Tower Reit, reports The Edge, KLSE Screener and Newswav.
• An essay written by Henley Business School graduate Enrico Caneva was featured by Effe Radio.