Reading in the news - Wed 2 Jun

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by The Times (in print also) about numbers of people with COVID-19 in hospitals and intensive care; LBC and BBC Radio Surrey about likelihood of lockdown restrictions being fully lifted in the face of new COVID-19 variants; BBC Radio Scotland about COVID-19 in New Zealand; and BBC Radio Manchester about the 0 COVID-19 deaths reported in the UK.

#PlanetPartners: Reading's global work for a sustainable future

• Fashion United and London News Time write that DressCode has worked in collaboration with Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) to create shirts with Professor Hawkin's ‘warming stripes' on them.
• Professor Hannah Cloke and PhD student Chloe Brimicombe (both GES) have jointly written a blog for The Conversation on how the warming climate is impacting our health. The article is reproduced on Yahoo.

AI in climate science: New research led by Professor Valerio Lucarini and Professor Manuel Santos Gutierrez (both Mathematics) has found that artificial intelligence (AI) programmes used in climate science can build an understanding of the climate system, meaning they can be relied on even more. The research is covered by Bioengineer, EurekAlert!, TechXPlore and The Ele Times. Read our news story.

Other Coverage:

• Professor Flora Samuel (Architecture) is quoted in The Daily Mail and Press From in an article about developments in futuristic housing. 
• A Times (also in print) obituary on Professor Stuart Woolf, historian of Italy, mentions that he read Italian Studies at Reading.
• The Reading Chronicle and Bracknell News cover that there is a proposal for a new Lidl and homes to be built on Swallows Meadow, which was previously UoR land.
• Professor Emily West (History) is quoted in Low Country Biz about increasing conversations about enslaved people and the ways women and men experienced slavery differently. 
• The World Travel Tourism Council mentions a Henley Business School study on the benefits of working a 4-day week. 
• New research suggests that drinking cow's milk has no link to increased cholesterol levels. Professor Vimal Karani (Food) is quoted in Sci-News. Read our news story.
• Leader.co.za features a profile piece on Japie Wentzel, a Henley Business School South Africa student who is about to graduate with his executive MBA.
• TUCO Magazine features two Menus of Change recipes from the University's Head Chef that are popular dishes on campus.
• A piece in Organic Farming on crop diversity mentions UoR research.
• A piece in People Management on the role of HR departments contains comment from Dr Washika Haak-Saheem (Henley Business School).