Reading in the news - Wed 18 Aug

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in (and in print) about vaccine boosters, and in the Shropshire Star (in print) about case numbers; and spoke to TalkRADIO.
• Professor Uma Kambhampati’s (Economics) research on women leaders during the pandemic is covered in about the first female New York Governor.

#PlanetPartners: Reading’s global work for a sustainable future

• Air travel:
  • Professor Paul Williams’ (Met) quote in the Financial Times about the way climate change will affect air travel appears in the print edition.

University Challenge: report on the success of the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ team on in their first round match, and focus on the performance of captain Michael Hutchinson. Read our news story about the team.

Other Coverage:

• reports on calls for support around academic freedom, following calls by Prof Rosa Freedman (Law) about legal action under the upcoming free speech bill.
• Further coverage of comments by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) about plant-based meat alternatives, in .
• report on a conflict between Turkish authorities and British archaeologists over botanical remains, and notes that UoR graduate Gordon Hillman was involved in collecting ancient seeds in the 1960s and 1970s.