Reading in the news - Wed 23 Aug

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• UNEARTHED quotes Professor Hannah Cloke (Meteorology/Geography) on how water companies do not have the infrastructure to provide an adequate water supply to customers.  

Food and farming: 

• The Daily Mail quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) in an article regarding ultra-processed foods.

Business and society: 

• Professor Andrew Urquhart (Henley Business School) is quoted in Financial Times and Cryptopolitan on pension funds turning to cryptocurrency.  

Other Coverage: 

• BBC Berkshire mentioned it has spoken to people from the University of Reading over the last week, discussing clearing and what the University does to look after students.
• ARUP reports on UHeat (Urban Heat), and how it draws on an advanced climate model developed by the University of Reading, to find the causes of the ‘Urban Heat Island’ effect in cities.  
• Ethical Marketing News reports that the University of Reading is one of 14 new members to have joined the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).  

Alumni: 

• Dayo Israel, the National Youth Leader of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), has been acknowledged by Henley Business School as a Young Leader, 247 Ureports mentions.