Reading in the news - Fri 18 Jun

Surge Vaccines for students: Sky News spoke to UoR students on the Whiteknights campus about the surge vaccinations now available to University of Reading students, also covered by The Reading Chronicle and Wokingham Live. A Reading Uni student also spoke to ITV news about the surge vaccinations. 

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) spoke to France 24 about their lift on mandatory mask-wearing outdoors and night time curfews; BBC Radio Oxford about vaccinations for 12-17 year olds; and was quoted by Kristeligt Dagblad in Denmark; and Yahoo on the effectiveness of wearing facemasks.
• Dr Al Edwards (Pharmacy) is quoted in Foreign Affairs on daily contact testing in schools; and The New Scientist about COVID-19 reinfection rates.

#UniForReading: reaffirming our role as a civic university 

• Berkshire Live covers that UoR has contributed money to build a new primary school crossing on Upper Redlands Road. 

Inflation: Professor Steve Musson (Geography) spoke to ITV News about the UK inflation rate reaching it’s highest point in nearly two years in the year up to May 2021.

Other Coverage:

• The Reading Psychology department marks its 100th year, celebrating with a week of events for the School, covered in a Psychologist article.
• The ‘Equity Effect’, a new Henley Business School report on racial equity and the impact on businesses, is covered by The Raconteur.
• Further coverage of the link between milk and cholesterol levels in The General Literacy Project. Read our news story.
• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) is quoted in articles with research on children who eat large amounts of processed foods, covered by ArchyNewsy.
• The Total Contractor named UoR’s Library as the winner for the best refurbishment project of 2021. 
• Dr Gary Woodnutt, who studied his PhD in Biochemistry and Physiology at Reading, has been appointed Senior Vice President of Translational Sciences and Preclinical Development by Contrafect. This story was covered by The Market Screener, Yahoo, The ADVFN and The Street.