Reading in the news - Thu 1 Jun

RUBC rowing success: ITV 1 News and That’s TV Thames Valley interviewed University students, Finnola Stratton, Kabir Bedi, and rowing coach Simon Williamson, from Reading's Boat Club (RUBC), on the club's recent impressive medal haul from the British Universities & Colleges Sport Regatta which took place in April. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing: 

• Further coverage of a study co-authored by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) which has found that flavanols, a micronutrient found in tea, berries and apples, have a positive effect on memory by BBC World Service Radio, Alzheimer's Research UK, Health Line, Fox News Online 29, Semana, Science Daily, New Kerala, Eastern Eye, Tek Deeps, Archy Newsy and various radio stations in the U.S. also reported. Read our news story.

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by Mail+ on claims that products containing copper tackle a number of ailments.

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted by Full Fact and Birmingham Live, discrediting alleged links between 5G and the spread of Covid. 

• 9KD reports on research by Professor Jeremy Spencer (Food) on the positive health effects of blueberries.

• Dr Netta Weinstein (Psychology) wrote an article for The Conversation on how parents can navigate difficult conversations with teenagers. It is reposted by VN Explorer.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• PhD student, Isabel Smith (Meteorology) explains what air turbulence is in CN Traveller

• Air Quality News reports on University findings, led by Dr James Ryalls' (Agriculture), which suggest air pollution impacts insects' ability to pollinate. Read our news story.

• Professor Chukwumerije Okereke (Geography and Environmental Science) is quoted by IBT Times, stating that Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate change. 

• PhD researcher Aditya Srinivasulu (Biological Sciences) has discovered a new species of Bent-winged Bats in India, Times of India reports.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort wrote an article on the success of the University's community festival and the University's upcoming annual National Meadows Day event for Wokingham Today and RDG Today.

• FE News and Bolly Inside report that local SEND students took part in a rural fashion workshop, organised by the University's Museum of Rural English Life (MERL). 

• Vice Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted by The Reading Chronicle on the opening of the Manor Ground sports facility in Shinfield. 

• RDG Today reports on the Whiteknights Studio Trail, which will be hosted at the University on 10 and 11 June.

Business and society:

• Professor Andrew Kakabadse (Henley Business School) wrote an opinion piece written for Global Government Forum on the "tension between urgency and realism" that UK ministers should understand to deliver. 

• Careers and executive coach, Sarah Rourke (Henley Business School) is quoted by Stylist on how to achieve a realistic work rate.    

Other Coverage:

• Asian Lite International (in print) mentions that students who are part of a foundation fellowship programme study at the University. 

• Construction News (in print) mentions that FIS commissioned the University to research the challenges that the interior sector faces. 

Alumni:

• Market Screener reports on the appointment of Henley Business School alumna, Lucia Swartz, as an independent non-executive director at Santam Limited.

• Reading alumnus and research and development engineer, Tobben Tymons, wrote an article on data capture accuracy and it is published by World Oil.

• Homes and Antiques (in print) interviews Reading alumna and artist, Alice Kettle.