Reading in the news - Tue 7 Mar

Flight turbulence: Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted byThe Daily Mail, LA-ist, Express Digest,Big World Tale, Amed Post, Boston Globe, First Post, WKAR, WRVO Public Media, KUOW, Chinese In LA, NY China Ren,Chinese in Boston,Chicago China Ren, Have 8 News, Best Travel Tale, The Buffalo News, Today Headline, and others on how extreme flight turbulence may increase due to climate change, after a flight from the US to Germany made an emergency landing due to turbulence. 

#PlanetPartners:working with global partners to protect the environment

• Professor Matthew Owens (Meteorology) is quoted by Insider, Yahoo!, Daily Magazine, and News Break on solar storms causing power cuts.
• Reading Today (in print) reports that the University is working with Reading Borough Council and other local partners on a new schools air pollution project. Professor HongYang and PhD student Marta O’Brien (Geography and Environmental Science) are quoted. Read our news story.
• Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) is quoted by BBC Radio Berkshire and The One World News on possible hosepipe bans this summer due to dry weather in December and January.
• Professor Chukwumerije Okereke (Geography and Environmental Science) is quoted by Innovation News Network on his concerns about normalising research on solar geoengineering. 
• School House (in print) mentions that the University of Reading has supported talks at schools about sustainability. 
• PBC Today reports on the University's plans to become net zero by 2030.

Food and farming:

• Professor Carol Wagstaff (Food) is quoted by Interactive Investor on how climate change has affected the vulnerability of food supplies and crop production.
• Market Screener mentions University research on farm herd health. 

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort’s monthly column for Wokingham Paper (in print) focuses on the University's celebration of allyship and inclusion. It is also published by Reading Today (in print). 
• BBC Radio Berkshire interviewed University of Reading Music artistic director, Victoria Ely, on the University's upcoming workshop this Saturday 'Choral Inspirations'. Read more about the event.
• Reading Today (in print) reports that volunteers from the University took part in a Community Fund project which saw student volunteers read to pre-school children in multiple languages to help improve literacy. Read our news story.
• Reading Today (in print) reports that the University is calling for nominations to celebrate its staff, students, and alumni for their volunteering work.

Other Coverage:

• Yahoo! republishes an Independent article on Henley Business School’s role in providing senior leader apprenticeships. 
• Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) is quoted by SME Primar explaining research on Alzheimer's. 
• Henley Standard reports that University student, Jodie Harrison, will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation.
• Gazette (in print) lists Elizabeth Cooke, who previously lectured at the University, as an inspirational figure.
• Wokingham Paper (in print) reports on a group protesting against plans to sell University land for housing development. 
• Reading Today (in print) reports on the upcoming Fairbrother Lecture, on how public spaces are monitored by AI. 
• Reading Today (in print) reports on an upcoming Chaplaincy lecture on forgiveness. 
• Reading Today (in print) reports on the University Art Department's student showcase and art show on 'belonging and uncertainty'. 
• Reading Today (in print) reports on a petition protesting against a group on campus, Turning Point UK. 

Alumni: