Reading in the news - Tue 28 Apr

Autism event: Dr Jo Billington (Psychology) and Professor Elizabeth McCrum, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education and Student Experience) were quoted by on an upcoming Centre for Autism event for local families. From our story: Free event on supporting autistic children to thrive

Heritage and culture:

• Professor Mark Pagel (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) was quoted by about language in early humans, with quotes from Professor Steve Mithen (Archaeology) in the , , and .
• (republished by and ) mentioned research into the historical association between the monarchy and bees.

Food and farming:

• Professor Jane Parker (Food and Nutritional Sciences) commented about ‘natural’ food labelling in .
• Dr Laurence Smith (Agri-food Economics) featured in an episode of , discussing the EU Horizon research project.

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• ’s sport and climate newsletter The Hotspot featured updated climate stripes by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology). From our story: Cities and countries warming fast, new climate stripes show
• mentioned research into the effects of cloud seeding.
• republished an article from which quotes Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) on heatwaves in India, with coverage in , , , , and others about the impact of monsoon activity.
• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) was interviewed for Morning Live on BBC One about climate change impact on clear air turbulence.
• and quoted Professor Andrew Charlton-Perez (Meteorology) about AI weather forecasts.
• Professor Nicolas Bellouin (Meteorology) wrote for (republished by and ) about how plane contrails affect climate heating. From our story: Contrailsensors aim to cut aviation's climate impact
• Comments from Dr Thomas Clements (Biological Sciences) about a giant octopus fossil were featured by , , and .
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) was interviewed by about how BBC Sport TV coverage of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race could convey important environment information.

Other coverage:

• Student Ahmed Gilani will be taking part in the Futurebuild 2026 panel discussion, reports .

Alumni:

• , , and (Greece) provided further coverage of Reading graduate Sotiris Markatos, who has been appointed Vice President of the Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission.
• An upcoming talk from Dee Dyer, Reading graduate and Farm Environment Advisor at Norfolk Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group was featured by .
• mentioned that economist Fu Peng graduated from Reading.
• (republished by , , and ) provided an obituary for educationist and sociology graduate Julia Feihn.