Reading in the news - Wed 12 Feb

Health and wellbeing:

• quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) discussing the potential anti-microbial properties of apple cider vinegar. Republished by: , and .
• highlights the launch of the UK's first frozen oral nutritional supplement range, developed in collaboration with the University Food Science Department.

Business and society:

• features comment from Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) on Trump’s proposals to take over Gaza. Republished by , , and other US news outlets.

Food and farming:

• , and highlight research involving Dr Jonathan Mitchley (Ecology) on the success of Botanical University Challenge, launched to combat a decline in plant identification skills. From our story: Botanical quiz brings budding plant scientists together
• and highlights a DEFRA-funded project involving Dr Elizabeth Rowe (Agri-Food Economics and Marketing) to introduce dual-purpose poultry.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• republishes a article by Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) on the dwindling impacts of La Nina to cool the planet.
• , , and quote Professor Allan in articles about surpassing the 1.5°C global warming limit.
• mentions University research which has found that climate change is increasing air turbulence.
• highlights a University study about rising ocean temperatures.
• and report on a study by PhD student Flynn Ames (Meteorology) about Saturn’s moon Enceladus. From our story: Alien ocean could hide signs of life from spacecraft

Other Coverage

• A article about a ‘dangerous’ junction in Reading mentions that Ben Pedley, a former chemistry student at the University, died after a collision there in 2017.
• reports on the Greenlands Hotel, located on the Henley Business School campus, being awarded a Traveller Review Award 2025 from booking.com.
• A feature on Glastonbury mentions the University’s reconstruction of the old church.
• Vietnamese PhD student, Ha Dang Nhu Quynh shares her study method to achieve a high score in IELTS, for .

Alumni:

• interviews Allan Oliver, the project lead for an agricultural development initiative in Papua New Guinea. The article mentions that he holds an MS in Tropical Crop Production from Reading.
• , , , , , and multiple Greek news outlets highlight Anastasia Sakellariou’s appointment as a management consultant at Piraeus Bank. She holds an MS in International Banking & Financial Services from the University.
• features a profile of Gerald Flynn, an environmental journalist blocked from re-entering Cambodia. Flynn holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in International Relations from the University.
• highlights the life of book binder Roger Powell, who married 桃色视频 horticultural student Rita Glanville Harvey in 1924.