Reading in the news - Tue 6 Jun

Hurricanes in Europe: Research led by PhD student Elliott Sainsbury (Meteorology) last year found a predicted increase in hurricanes in Europe as an effect of climate change, as reported by Buzz Feed, HNA, Chiemgau 24, AZ Online, Rosenheim 24, BW 24, Usinger Anzeiger, Das Gelbe Blatt, Op Online, Kreis Zeitung, and others. Read our story here.

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted by the Daily Mail, Express Digest, and MSN and interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the healthiness of some processed foods, and by the Daily Mail, Express Digest, and MSN on the healthiness of comfort foods such as sausage rolls.

• Flavanols, a micronutrient found in tea, berries and apples, have a positive effect on memory, a study co-authored by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) and published in PNAS has found. Continued coverage by The Sun, The Irish Sun, The U.S. Sun, and Knowledia.

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) was interviewed by Talk TV and Talk Radio about a recently published report on the impacts of lockdown. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) is quoted by i News and MSN on the changing definition of UK heatwaves.

• ABC 7 News mentions University findings which claim clear air turbulence could be increasing as a result of climate change.

• Professor Ed Hawkins' (Meteorology) climate stripes are mentioned by Wokingham Today and RDG Today in an article on the University's upcoming climate festival next weekend. Read our news story. Krapuul features the visualisation to show temperature change in Pakistan since 1900.

• Professor Simon Potts (Agriculture) will respond to a government enquiry on insect decline on June 7th, Reading.co.uk reports. Read our news story.

• Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) is quoted by The Times of India on the expected arrival of monsoon and winds over Kerala. 

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Dr Ruvi Ziegler (School of Law) was interviewed by BBC Radio Berkshire on the University's upcoming annual Wolfenden Lecture, hosted in collaboration with the University's LGBTQ+ staff and events team. Read our news story.

• The Reading Chronicle and Knowledia report that local SEND students took part in a rural fashion workshop, organised by the University's Museum of Rural English Life (MERL). 

Business and society:

• Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) is mentioned by O Primeiro De Janeiro, M80, Cidade FM, Observador, Comunidade Cultura E Arte, and others for her role in co-coordinating a pilot of the four-day workweek in Portugal.

Other coverage: 

• Continued coverage of the University's top scores in THE sustainability rankings by The Business Magazine, RDG Today, Reading.co.uk, and Wokingham Today. The University ranked 61st equal globally and 15th in the UK, in Times Higher Education's Impact Rankings 2023. Read our news story. 

Alumni:

• Engineering News reports on the appointment of Henley Business School alumnus, Johnstone Makhubu, as a deputy commissioner at South African Revenue Service. 

• News 24 interviewed Henley Business School alumnus, Edward Kieswetter, on the values that make him a successful businessman.