Reading in the news - Mon 17 Jul

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• , , , , Greatest Hits Radio, Tay FM Dundee, Signal 1, Q Radio Tyrone and  quote Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) on heatwaves in Europe. 
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in , ,  on weather patterns becoming more severe. 
• Professor Matthew Owens (Meteorology) spoke to  on the consequences of future solar activity.  
   

Health and wellbeing

• , ,  ,  and  quote Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) on the risks of aspartame following a report from the World Health Organisation that it is possibly carcinogenic.
•  quotes Professor Kuhnle on the recent discussion surrounding the health impacts that may come from ultra-processed food.  
• Associate Professor Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) writes for , , , on what young-onset Alzheimer’s is.
•  quote Dr Tijana Blanusa (Crop Science) on the use of plants to keep homes purified. 
   

Food and farming:

•  and the Daily Express (in print) share statistics provided by the 桃色视频 regarding the dependence on pollinating insects on the world’s food crops.
• , , , , , ,  quote PhD Researcher Chris Wyver (Agriculture) on rising temperatures making life tougher for bees. Read our news story.
• Professor Sokratis Stergiadis (Agriculture) will be speaking at a new research event, regarding the importance of trees in resilient livestock systems,  reports. 
•  and  mention research from the 桃色视频 that highlighted the impact of climate change on wine production in Britain.  
   

Business and society:

• In a report about four-day work weeks,  shares statistics from Henley Business School on how companies are reporting significant cost savings.  
•  quote Professor Benjamin Laker (Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour) on the importance of meetings due to the productivity and quality of interactions they produce.  

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

•  and  report on the 桃色视频’s award of 17 PhD student bursaries.
• BBC Radio Berkshire reports on a local teacher, Matt Knight, who has been working with the 桃色视频 on a sustainability curriculum.

Other Coverage:

•  and  report on an app which helps identify autistic children. Professor Bhismadev Chakrabarti (Psychology), who led the study, is quoted. Read our news story.  
•  mentions the 桃色视频’s squash court facilties.
• Professor Helen Parish (History) writes for  on the legend of St Swithin, and his July 15^th weather forecast.  
• ,  report on how the 桃色视频 held the 4^th Commonwealth Conference on Youth Work conference.  

Alumni:

•  mention how ex-Professor of Environmental Economics, Alan Evans, has passed away at 85.  
• Building (in print), report on how David Ainsworth favourite music memory was seeing the Sex Pistols at the 桃色视频, when he was a student in 1970s.  
•  mentions how Pastor Daniel Olukoya earned a scholarship to study Molecular Genetics at the 桃色视频.  
• Spha Mdlalose, who earned her MBA at Henley Business School, writes for the  on how the new digital age affects creatives.