Reading in the news - Thu 4 Jan

Rare early medieval cemetery unearthed by UoR archaeologists

Coverage of a dig at a medieval graveyard in Wales quotes Summer Courts (Archaeology). The report from the BBC is republished by Business Telegraph, Rocket News, UNILAD, Saudi Gazette, Yahoo! News and other outlets. Further coverage is provided by the Independent (Republished by MSN), The Daily Mail, Metro, and radio and television coverage by BBC World Service Radio (Used by Texas Public Radio, KUOW-FM, KSKA and WAMU-FM), BBC Parliament, BBC News 24, BBC Ulster, LBC News, Greatest Hits Radio and other stations.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Business Biscuit, Wokingham Today, Reading Today, reports that due to high global temperatures in 2023, the Climate Stripes project, created by Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology), has had to create a new colour to portray rise in temperatures. Hawkins is quoted. Read our news story.

Health and wellbeing:

• Dr Simon Clarke is quoted by The Times, BMJ, and ForeignAffairs.co.nz, on the potential use of phage to replace antimicrobials, as highlighted in a government select committee report.

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university

• Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Van de Noort writes for Wokingham Today and Reading Today on the impact that the University of Reading has economically, culturally, and socially.

Food and farming:

• BBC Berkshire spoke to Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) on how to use smoothies to up your fruit and veg intake, while preserving the nutritional value.
• Marcello de Maria shares his experiences in using a jurisdictional approach for soy sustainability in Brazil, as it may apply to Indonesian oil palm plantations, for Olt News.

Other Coverage:

• In an article for The Telegraph, Nina Jane Patel, a doctoral researcher from the University of Reading, writes about her experience of sexual assault inside the virtual world of the metaverse. Republished by Yahoo! News, The Star News Today,

Alumni:

• Author, Samantha Larsen, has a new book out. Larsen studied at the University of Reading, Maureen’s Musings, Fuonlyknew, Sapphyria’s Books and other outlets report.