Reading in the news - Mon 7 Aug

Warming Ocean: The Daily Mail (Also available in print - request print copy), The Mail+,Mail Online, Yahoo! News, phys.org, RTL Today, France24, The Peninsula, International Business Times, Digital Journal, Gulf Times, MSN (Reposted from France24), CNA, The Sun Daily, Samaa, The Science Times, and other regional outlets such as The National News, WST Post and Express Digest report on the world’s oceans setting a new surface temperature, quoting Professor Rowan Sutton (Meteorology) on the cause of this issue.  

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted in the Daily Mail on planetary waves being partly responsible for two extreme weather conditions recently. The article is republished on I Know All News.  

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university 

• Reading Today reports that the collaboration between the University of Reading and Reading Football Club - which highlighted the threat of climate change through the use of Professor Ed Hawkins’ (Meteorology) climate stripes on the team’s kit - has been nominated for the ‘Putting Reading on the Map’ award at the Pride of Reading Awards.
• Reading Today and Wokingham Today write on the recent ‘Pathways to Property Programme’ summer school visiting the Station Hill development to learn more about the real estate sector.

Culture and heritage: 

• BBC Berkshire interviewed Professor Gabor Thomas (Archaeology) on an upcoming dig at an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Cookham. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing

• RSVP Live reports on how research conducted at the University of Reading in 2009 found sparkling wines contain polyphenols, which has health benefits. 
• The Pharmacists writes about the NHSE, quoting Jill Merewood (Pharmacy) on how universities are funded to award places to different groups of pharmacists.  

Business and society:

• Professor Carlo Corradini (Regional Economics) is quoted in i news regarding recent price increases in parts of the UK. The article was republished on MSN,
• Professor Andrew Urquhart (Finance and Financial Technology) writes for The Conversation, republished by Inferse, on a lawsuit filed against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance.  
• Babcock approached Henley Business School to supplement a training programme on leadership, safety, management of people and procurement, African Petrochemicals & Energy reports.  

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biomedical Sciences) is quoted in indy100 about covid variants, following speculation that the popularity of Barbie and Oppenheimer helped to create a new variant.

Other Coverage: 

• Insider, The Business Desk, Tech Blast report on Dr Fiona Marston, Royal Society's entrepreneur in residence at the University of Reading, joining the Northern Gritstone Investment Committee.
• Economic Times India mentions the University of Reading’s Felix Scholarship programme.  
• The News (Portsmouth) (Available in print - request print copy) mentions how School Hub brought a cohort of trainee teachers for a celebratory lunch with congratulatory messages from the University of Reading.
• Asian Voice (Available in print - request print copy) writes about Professor Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda, High Commissioner of Uganda to India, who was recently awarded an honorary degree. Read our news story.
• Henley Standard (Available in print - request print copy) mentions how Dr Hannah Lyons (Museums and Collections) judged the recent Reading Guild of Artists awards.
• Soon-to-be graduate, Leorah Stewart, supports the ABC to Read charity with marketing and grants, Wokingham Today reports. 

Alumni: 

• BBC Bristol interviewed Alumni, Annette Kane, who studied at the University in the 1970s.  

• Banoyi and Mail & Guardian report on how President for the SAIBPP, Fundi Mazibuko, completed her MBA at Henley Business School.  
• Alumni, Julie Collins, writes for The Artist (Available in print - request print copy) on exercises and tips for painting landscapes using watercolour and ink.
• Leadership, New Mail, Business Day, The Eagle Online, Opera News, The Guardian, The Gazelle News, Independent Nigeria write about Prince Abubakar Shuaib, who holds a Master of Science in International Securities and Investment Banking from Henley Business School.