Reading in the news - Wed 11 Oct

Hamas attacks: BBC Radio 5 Live spoke to Dr Yasmine Shamma (English Literature) on the conflict between Israel and Palestine, after a recent attack on Israel by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group.

Health and wellbeing:

• WWD (Republished by Yahoo! News) mentions that Professor Glenn Gibson (Food and Nutritional Sciences) was a part of the team of research professionals who offered their help for the skincare brand, You’re Looking Well.

Business and society: 

• Dr Rita Fontinha (Henley Business School) was interviewed by Sociedade Civil for RTP2, regarding the future of work and her 4-day week pilot. 
  
  

Food and farming:

• Western People (in print) share the University of Reading’s extract on the history of the threshing process.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• Scientias spoke to Dr Praveen Teleti (Meteorology) for a report regarding weather data collected from bombed ships at Pearl Harbour, which are being used to help understand how our climate has changed. Read our news story.  
• Students from Leighton Park School joined the University for a Climate Change Action Planning Workshop, Wokingham Today (in print) reports.  
• Newsbase features a quote by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology), originally featured in The Guardian, about last summer's ‘extraordinary’ heat.
  

Other Coverage:  

• The Amazons are returning to play a gig at the University of Reading’s 3sixty venue, Reading Today reports.  
• ED Central mentions that Professor Rosa Freedman’s (Law) essay will be included in the book, Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader.  
• Cambridge Reporter (in print) reports that The Cambridge ’99 Rowing Club beat their the University of Reading in a recent rowing competition.  

Alumni: 

• Marketing Director at Arxada, Andy Hodge, holds an MBA from Henley Business School, Fencing & Landscaping News reports.