Reading in the news - Fri 30 Apr

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to LBC about lockdown measures and care homes. 
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) comments on a double dose of the Az vaccine, covered on multiple UK news sites, including the Daily Mail.
• Foreign Affairs republished an article by Dr Uma Kambhampati (Economics) on the India COVID-19 crisis, originally published by The Conversation.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• The University of Reading's Zero-Waste society participated in a protest against deep-sea mining, covered in the Reading Chronicle and (in print).

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university.

• Reading.co.uk covers the University's plans to financially support community projects in Reading, in partnership with the John Sykes Foundation.

Other Coverage:

• People Management published an article written by Campbell MacPherson, a fellow at Henley Business School, on post-pandemic leadership. 
• Emeritus professor Derek Clements-Croome (CME) is quoted in the Chase and Get News in an article about regulations on low indoor humidity. 
• Research from UoR about an early Christian church believed to have been built by Emperor Constantine is mentioned on Channel 5 on ‘The Eight Days That Made Rome'.