Reading in the news - Tue 17 Jan

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• Professor Andy Turner (Meteorology) is quoted by The Guardian, Yahoo!, Irish Times, Irish Examiner, News Break, Germanic, and MSN on the forecasting models that are predicting what El Nino conditions to expect from summer this year.
• Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) is quoted by Newport Advertiser (in print) on how climate change led to the highest annual temperatures recorded in the UK last year.

Other Coverage:

• Dr Florian Roithmayr (Art) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on Reading School of Art’s upcoming exhibition entitled 'Arachnophobia and Other Tales', which will be held at the Thames Tower in Reading.
• Professor Benjamin Laker (Henley Business School) is quoted by Teller Report on his proposal for companies to have two days a week without face-to-face work meetings.
• Professor Peter Scott's (Henley Business School) research on the fall of real estate value is mentioned by The Market. 

Alumni:

• Henley Standard (in print) reports on the career of Reading alumnus and photographer, Robert Organ.
• Newbury Weekly News (in print) reports on the career of Reading alumnus, Alex Peal who is now a partner at accounting firm James Cowper Kreston.