Reading in the news - Wed 22 Feb

Food and farming:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Today Headline, Public News Time, Mogaz News, Express Digest, Express Informer, Health Medicine Network, and Web Times on the effects of sugar on the body and the benefits of lowering your daily intake, and by the Daily Mail, Huff Post, Yahoo!, Public News Time, Express Digest, Express Informer, Health Medicine Network, and Web Times on the effectiveness of the well-known 'five-a-day' message. 
• Professor Carol Wagstaff (Food) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on how climate change has impacted crop and food production. This comes as supermarkets face shortages of fresh produce and limit shoppers on the amount of produce they can purchase. Read her expert comment.
• Tuco reports on the appointment of Matt Tebbit (Head of Catering and Bars) to the Menus of Change university research collaborative Advisory Council. 
• Further coverage of the University's research on the benefits of Vitamin B6 for mental health by Woman (in print). 
• Dairy Farmer (in print) mentions University findings which suggest cow fertility has recently improved.  
• The Reading Chronicle reports that Mondelez International is hiring someone to work as a chocolate taster at their science centre based at the University's Whiteknights Campus. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Reading.co.uk report the University-led 'FruitWatch' project which investigated climate change's impact on flowering fruit trees has restarted this year. Dr Deepa Senapathi (Agriculture) and PhD student, Chris Wyver, are quoted. Read our news story.
• Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) is quoted by Reading.co.uk on possible upcoming hosepipe bans this summer due to dry weather in December and January. 
• Packaging Europe mentions University research which suggests a lack of knowledge about food packaging hinders its chances of being successfully and correctly recycled. 

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Reading.co.uk reports on how the University's Turkish Society has raised more than £2,000 for relief efforts for those affected by the earthquake that recently hit Turkey and Syria. Read our new story.
• Wokingham Today mentions that representatives from the University Student's Union spoke at a vigil for Brianna Ghey, a trans girl who was killed in Chichester.
• Wokingham Today mentions upcoming performances to be held at the University's Great Hall. 

Other Coverage:

• Dr Erhan Aslan (Literature and Languages) is quoted by the Wichita Eagle, Herald, Sun News, Tribune, Merced Sun-Star, Olympian, Idaho Statesman, and News Week on tips to solve Wordle puzzles. 
• BBC Radio Jersey and BBC Radio Guernsey mentioned a report that Visiting Professor, Dominic Swords (Henley Business School) conducted on the impact of the goods and services tax on the economy.
• Student, Jess Ashley was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire and she discussed her review of Heathers The Musical UK Tour.
• Professor Helen Parish (History) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the history of Lent. 
• Professor David Bilchitz and Dr Ruvi Ziegler (both Law) wrote an article on The Supreme Court of Appeal's decision to consider an outdated provision from the apartheid era which may deny birthright citizenship to many people in South Africa and it is published by the Daily Maverick and Banoyi. 
• Jon Foster-Pedley (Dean and Director of Henley Business School Africa) wrote an opinion piece on how society is affected by crisis and it is published by Banoyi and Head Topics.
• Zephyrnet and MG Magazine mention the University's early research in 2010, discovering CBD's medical potential to reduce epileptic seizures. 
• Professors Nada and Andrew Kakabadse (both Henley Business School) wrote an article on how unconscious bias threatens organisational performance and it is published by Financier Worldwide. 
• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted by Ed Central on the funding pressures Universities are facing. 
• The Reading Chronicle and Wokingham Today mention the University's partnership with the rugby team, Rams.
• BBC Radio Berkshire reported that the University has temporarily paused industrial strike action to allow room for negotiation. 

Alumni:

• Esquire and Head Topics published an interview with University alumnus and Turner Prize-nominated artist, Mike Nelson.