Reading in the news - Tues 18 Nov

Business and society:

• Dr Ruvi Ziegler (Law, pictured) spoke to  and  on government changes to asylum seeking. From our expert comment: UK government asylum policy changes 
• Dr Katie Gray (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) was quoted by  on her study into detecting AI faces. From our story: Five minutes of training could help you spot fake AI faces 
•  spoke to Professor Yelena Kalyuzhnova (Henley Business School) about the results of the most recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting. 

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Parveen Yaqoob (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was quoted by Olive Oil Times on links between high Oleic Acid intake and cancer resistance. 
• Professor Ciara McCabe (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) was quoted by  (republished by ) in response to a study linking depression to soft drink consumption. 
•  (republished by ) mentioned a study from Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) finding benefits to flavanol-rich foods. From our story: Low-flavanol diet linked to age-related memory loss 

Food and farming:

•  provided further coverage of an animal welfare scale developed by Professor Richard Bennett (Agriculture). From our story: UK shoppers would pay billions more for high-welfare meat 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography, pictured) was interviewed by BBC 2 Politics Live on adapting housing to future flooding risks following large floods caused by Storm Claudia 
•  featured research from PhD student Flynn Ames (Meteorology) into the oceans of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
•  and  provided further coverage of Reading’s involvement with sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B. 

Other coverage:

•  reported on the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Matchmaking event hosted by Reading. 
•  reported on reaction to the University’s Loddon Garden Village project. From our story: Planning application submitted for Loddon Garden Village 

Alumni:

• Kristian Humer, who studied Accounting and Economics, has been appointed CFO of 4D Molecular Therapeutics, reports  (republished by ). 
• Nomvula Zeldah Mabuza, MBA candidate at Henley Business School Africa, wrote for  and  (republished by ) about South Africa’s democratic maturity.