Reading in the news - Tue 14 Nov

 #PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• France 24, MSN, Yahoo! News, International Business Times, Breitbart, Raw Story, KTBS3 abc, WFMZ, DNYUZ, Big Country News, ENCA, phys.org and many other global news outlets quote Professor Martin Lukac (Sustainable Land Management), on a new study looking at how much carbon forests can absorb.
• Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Science) is quoted by The Telegraph, The Daily Mail and The Daily Mirror (in print) on Storm Debi and the ongoing wet weather that has left the ground ‘saturated’ and caused the flooding of many rivers. Republished by Translogistics. Storm Debi is further reported on by Wokingham Today and Reading Today.
   

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• Reading Borough Council and Reading Today mention that the University of Reading received a £2.2m government grant to install a large water source heat pump, as part of a wider round-up of how carbon emissions are being cut across the town. Republished by Highways News.

Health and wellbeing:

• The Times quotes Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) on how long it takes for someone to become infected by a cold or flu.
   

Food and farming: 

• Science Media Centre shares the expert reactions from Professor Christine Williams and Professor Gunter Kuhnle (both Food and Nutritional Sciences) to a study looking at the consumption of ultra-processed foods, and the risk of cancer and diseases.

Business and society: 

• Professor Gianluca Marcato (Henley Business School) presented an introduction to the INREV / Henley Certificate programme at the INREV Academy Day, INREV reports.  
• Your Harlow mentions that Dr Emma Street and Victor Nicholls (both Henley Business School) will be a part of the panel at the New Towns All-Party Parliamentary Group’s conference.   

Other Coverage: 

• Henley Standard reports that Sue Ryder’s Celebrate a Life Thames Valley event will take place in the Great Hall at the London Road Campus, welcoming anyone who wishes to remember and celebrate the life of a loved one.  

Alumni: 

• Iain Cox, who writes for FM Industry, holds a BSc in Physical Geography from the University of Reading, FM Industry mentions.
• Cooper Hewitt reports that designer, Dr Sue Perks, was awarded a PhD from the University of Reading in 2013.
• Dr Louis Williams holds a PhD in psychology from the University and is currently a Visiting Fellow at Henley Business School. Williams writes for IFA Magazine (in print) on if AI is beneficial in assisting us forward, or a threat to existence.