Reading in the news - Thu 29 Jun

Top 200 global universities: Reading has gone up to 169 in the latest QS World University Rankings 2024, reports Reading.co.uk and The Business Magazine, quoting the Vice-Chancellor. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Mathew Owens (Meteorology) is quoted by Business Insider,  Yahoo!, Comicbook.com, Yahoo! Canada and DNYUZ explaining what causes periods of increased solar activity, and how this impacts technology on Earth.  
• Dr Till Kuhlbrodt (Meteorology) is quoted by Cannstatter Zeitung, In Suedthueringen, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, VKZ, and other regional sites on the simultaneous warming of ocean regions. 
• RDG.Today , Reading.co.uk, and ECMWF quote Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) on climate change visualisations and climate stripes projected onto various landmarks, including Reading Abbey, as part of Show Your Stripes Day. Read our round-up of #ShowYourStripes
• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted by First Post on how El Niño conditions are impacting monsoon weather conditions. Read our news story. 

Business and society:

• Startup Mag reports the All Africa Business Leaders Awards were sponsored by institutions including Henley Business School.
• Dr Rachel Roberts (Education) is quoted by Education Executive on the teacher recruitment crisis.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Reading.co.uk mentions the University's upcoming annual activities for National Meadows Day. Read our news story.
• RDG.Today reports on a celebratory lunch at the University at which the Vice-Chancellor hosted a Reading community group to mark the 75^th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush in London. Read our news story.
• Wokingham.Today mentions the University of Reading in a review for Wokingham Choral Society.

COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted by RTL Today, discrediting false claims about Covid vaccinations.

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Claire Williams (Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences) is quoted by Bru Direct, on the beneficial impact of blueberries. 

Other Coverage:

• The University of York announces the appointment of Professor Lorraine Farrelly (Architecture) to lead York’s new Department of Architecture and the Built Environment. 
• Mongabay reports that the University of Reading is working in collaboration with the Natural History Museum, relocating collections and scientific staff to Reading.

Alumni:

• Market Screener, Capital. gr and Naftemporiki Online report that Christos Iliopoulos, former International Banking and Finance MSc student at the University of Reading, is new Chief Structured Finance Officer at Attica Bank.