Reading in the news - Fri 4 Jun

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

• New Scientist (in print) quotes PhD researcher Chloe Brimicombe (Meteorology) on the deadly impact of extreme heat as a result of climate change.
• Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) is quoted on rising global temperatures by Head Topics and investor.com.
• Visiting Professor Ellie Highwood is quoted in Carbon Brief on how clouds can have a cooling effect on the world’s temperatures. 

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by Daily Mail, Express Informer and Express Digest with his views on the new COVID-19 variant identified in Nepal; and in Telegraph (also in print) and Yahoo about infection rates in the UK. 
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in Telegraph (also in print) about the COVID-19 antibody protection.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) comments on a new study on COVID-19 variants and their antibody protections, covered by multiple news sites including Daily Mail, Yahoo, US News, Mirror, Nasdaq and investing.com.

UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university

• Wokingham Today quotes Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort about the University’s responsibility to help local businesses recover post-pandemic. Read our news story.

Other Coverage:

• Professor Helen Dodd (Psychology) is quoted in NetMums on the importance of encouraging children to play outside this Summer.
• Further coverage of new research about how AI programmes used in climate science can build an understanding of the climate system, in Today Headline and The India Education Daily. Read our news story.
• An article written by Professor Nada Kakabadse and Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) on contextual leadership post-pandemic is published by People Management. 
• Further coverage of three masters students who studied Typeface Design at Reading have set up the Foundry5 initiative to make fonts compelling and culturally sensitive, covered by EINPress Wire.
• The Economist further covers an apology by the University of Essex to Professor Rosa Freedman (Law).
• New research suggests that drinking cow’s milk has no link to increased cholesterol levels. Professor Vimal Karani (Food) is quoted in multiple news sites, including Mirage News and NewsWise. Read our news story.