Reading in the news - Fri 22 Mar

HIV cure? Professor Ian Jones (Biomedical Sciences) discusses the potential for a cure for HIV for The National News. Republished by VNExplorer

Studying Saturn: BBC News reports that Dr James O’Donoghue (Meteorology) is part of a team that has been awarded time with the James Webb Space Telescope to study Saturn and Uranus. Republished by Yahoo! News and BNN. Read our news story.

Haiti unrest: Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) is featured on KCBS Radio, discussing the international reaction to the conflict in Haiti.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Quotes Professor Ed Hawkins (Meteorology) gave to the Financial Times about increased rainfall in the UK due to climate change are republished by GB News and Birmingham Mail.
• Water Magazine reports on research from PhD research student Karolina Krupska about the urgent need for improvement of bathing forecasts. Read our news story. 
• BBC 1 West Midlands interviews Mary Long Dhonau, who recently gave a lecture at the University of Reading about flooding.

Food and farming:

• Trinidad and Tobago Newsday reports that the UWI Cocoa Research Centre, along with the University of Reading Cocoa, has established a biosafe pipeline to support countries’ cacao breeding activities.

Heritage and culture: 

• BBC 2’s Digging for Britain visits the University of Reading’s excavation site in Silchester. 

Other Coverage:

• Professor Alan Howard (Geography and Environmental Science), co-chair of the University of Reading’s Artificial Intelligence Working Group is interviewed by Heart Radio Berkshire on the ways AI can help students in their studies.
• The Star and When in Manila profiles the University of Reading Malaysia.  

Alumni:

• Brian James Chiu was part of the first cohort of the dual PhD architecture programme, a joint effort of the University of Reading and University of Santo Tomas, Malaya reports.