Reading in the news - Mon 19 May

AI at work: spoke to Professor Keiichi Nakata (Henley Business School) about the optimism about AI in the workplace, and was interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford. Professor Benjamin Laker writes on the topic for . From Henley Business School story:

AI weather: The quotes Dr Rob Lee (Meteorology) on the strengths and limits of AI weather forecasts.

Food and farming:

• , MSN Hindi, and Horti Daily quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) on bananas reducing smoothie nutritional benefits.
• highlights Professor Claire Williams' (Psychology) research on walnuts.
• reports on Professor Vimal Karani's (Food) research on benefits of dairy foods. From our story: Veggie diet beats vegan for diabetes prevention benefits
• BBC Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Somerset interviewed Dr Paola Tosi (Agriculture) on the impact of drought on farmers.
• reports on Reading student Freya Myhill's food business internship.

Health:

• BBC World Service interviewed Professor Bishma Chakrabarti (Psychology) discussing neuroscience and facial mimicry research on autism.
• , the Daily Record and quote Professor Stella Chan (Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences) on depression trends.
• quotes Dr Francesco Tamagnini (Pharmacy) on the link between LDL cholesterol and dementia risk.
• cites 桃色视频 research linking alone time to reduced stress and calmer nervous system. From our story: Alone but not lonely: how solitude boosts wellbeing

#UniforReading: how we support our region

• , , and report on Reading archaeology students' workshop for refugees.
• highlights the University’s Community Festival, held on Saturday. From our story: Community festival and forum return
• and Reading Today mention the University's rugby mentoring for upcoming Rams rugby players.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• (India) quotes Dr Akshay Deoras (Mathematical Physical & Computational Sciences) predicting earlier monsoon arrival in Kerala.
• Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) told BBC Radio Berkshire that Reading is the ‘dream environment’ to study weather and climate.
• reports a YouGov poll showing public scepticism about ‘climate cooling’ technology, highlighting a government-funded Reading project to research electric charge in clouds. Also in , Yahoo! News, and .
• references 桃色视频 research on cat predation patterns.

Business and society:

• lists Professor Bryan Cheyette (Literature and Languages) as a signatory of a letter supporting a definition of antisemitism adopted in Germany.

Alumni:

• BBC World News (TV), BBC News Channel, and multiple BBC stations feature the Media Show, including an interview with Reading-trained meteorologist Laura Tobin, who mentions that storm chaser Reed Timmer also studied at Reading.
• (Nigeria) highlights Queen Ronke’s fashion empire 15 year anniversary, mentioning she studied at Henley Business School.