Reading in the news - Mon 24 Jun

#ShowYourStripes Day 2024: Continued coverage of Show Your Stripes Day 2024 from Fox Weather, Yahoo! News, The New American, CTV News and PV Magazine. Forbes did a piece focusing on how sports organisations have used the climate stripes to raise awareness, and Stir World discusses the stripes being featured as part of the London Festival of Architecture.

BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Oxford interview Professor Hawkins about the origins and the message of the stripes. BBC South used the stripes to illustrate questions about climate change at a BBC election hustings event. Greatest Hits Radio highlights Prof Hawkins' talk at Reading Town Hall. WUSA-DC (CBS in Washington DC) mark #ShowYourStripes Day to highlight the heatwave leading to heat alerts in the US.

Heritage and culture:

• Professor Helen Parish (History), BBC Radio Berkshire's 'favourite historian', was interviewed on the origins of midsummer celebrations. Also on BBC Radio Solent and BBC Oxford. 
• Professor Amy Smith (Classics) wrote an article for The Conversation about Greek goddess Aphrodite, and her influence on all aspects of society.
• Professor Steve Mithen (Archaeology) writes for Literary Hub on how babies and young children learn to understand language.
• The Arts Shelf features a write-up of new art exhibition ‘Sea of Shadows’, which the University is involved in.

Business and society:

• Dom Unsworth, from the Berkshire Film Office, tells BBC Radio Berkshire how the University is supporting regional jobs and skills in the film and media industry, including through Screen Berkshire and Shinfield Studios, which opened last week. Read our news story.
• Dr Jonathan Boyle (Computer Science) tells Heart Radio that AI is playing a role in the increased number of travel scams. 
• Dr Rita Fontinha’s (Henley Business School) work on the final report of the four-day week pilot project is mentioned by Portugal Pulse.

Food and farming:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutrition) is quoted in MailOnline about the link between junk food and mental health. Republished by Express Digest, WhatsNew2Day, Mahalsa and VN Explorer.
• An article on MSN.com about superfoods quotes Professor Claire Williams (Psychology) on the benefits of eating blueberries.
• A Metro article on English sparkling wine mentions the University’s research on viticulture, the growing and harvesting of grapes for wine, as the UK’s fastest-growing agricultural industry. Republished by MSN and Knews.media.

 #PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Dr Akshay Deoras is quoted by The Independent and Times of India about the impact India’s heatwaves are having on residents’ sleep. Republished by MSN Hindi and AOL.
• Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) is quoted in The Borneo Post for a piece on atmospheric turbulence.

 #UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

• The University is holding a public event to celebrate National Meadows Day, and the opening of ‘The Ridge’, reports Reading Today. Read our news story.

Other coverage:

• Greatest Hits Radio and Visit Reading both run previews of the upcoming play ‘Glitch’, a collaboration between the University and local theatre company RABBLE, about the Post Office Horizon scandal.
• Reading Today reports on the University’s win at the London Higher Awards, for its work on championing sustainability. Read our news story.
• Dr Alana James (Psychology) is quoted in ArchWorldys for a piece about the new animated film, Inside Out 2.
• The University of Reading will join Affinity Water at the Groundswell 2024 conference, which emphasises the critical connection between healthy soils and water quality, Water Briefing reports.
• The Star runs an article about beginning your UK degree in Malaysia, with the University of Reading.
• An article on Art Daily mentions that former staff member Ray Atkins has an art exhibition starting in St Ives.
• A Study International article on scholarship opportunities for Indian students mentions the Felix Scholarship, which is open to postgraduate students who can choose to study at Reading.
• Henry Russell (Henley Business School) is on the judging panel of the Heritage Research Award 2024, reports IHBC News Blog.

Alumni

• Russell Shackleton, who holds an MBA from Henley Business School, is listed as a speaker at a training course on corporate sustainability due diligence reports Yahoo Finance, Globe Newswire and Newsr.in.
• The Westmorland Gazette and The Mail interview MP candidates for Westmorland and Lonsdale – Independent candidate John Studholme mentions that he studied at Reading.
• A Times of Malta article on the 25 year career of Pia Vassallo, Group CEO of Vassallo Group, mentions that he studied Construction Management and Engineering at Reading.