Reading in the news - Mon 22 Jul
22 July 2024

Global IT outage: Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega (Henley Business School) is interviewed by about preventing future cyber blackouts following a widespread global IT outage caused by a faulty software update. Republished .
Business and society:
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Dr Kiwi Ting (Politics) writes for on how the rise of MPs born after 1995 could influence political engagement.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
- and report on research from Dr Claire Ryder (Meteorology) about the dust planes ingest at different airports. Republished by
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Jeff Bezos's Earth Fund is financing a research centre at Imperial College London for alternative protein research, collaborating with the University of Reading’s department of Food and Nutritional, reports .
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Caleb Miller (Meteorology) explains how Storm Ciaran's low pressure in 2023 lowered the boiling point of water, impacting tea quality for 20 million people, reports and .
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A Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé study from 2023 showed an increase in clear-air turbulence since 1979, reports , , . republished by .
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Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) discusses why extreme rainfall in Mumbai is getting harder to predict for .
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republishes a from Dr Till Kuhlbrodt (Meteorology) about the weather pattern driving the UK’s weather.
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On BBC World Service Radio, Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) explained the three main causes of in-flight turbulence. The interview also aired on BBC Wales and was mentioned on multiple US state radio stations, including Michigan Radio, St Louis Public Radio, KUER7 and more.
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On BBC Radio 4, Professor Jeffrey Smith (Environmental Science) outlines methods for controlling moss in gardens.
Health and wellbeing:
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BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Oxford interviewed Professor Stella Chan (Psychology) about the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé’s Resilience Rucksack scheme, which has seen more than 1,200 mental health rucksacks full of wellbeing products donated to school children in Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
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BBC Radio Lincolnshire Radio and BBC Radio Humberside mention the University as a centre for climate study when discussing rising global temperatures.
Other coverage:
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Research led by Jacob Gardner (Biological Sciences) questions long-held beliefs about body size and climate, as reported by , , and republished by .
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profiles the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé Malaysia.
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Dr Joanna Baker (Evolutionary Biology) writes for on newly published research challenging the belief that larger animals always have bigger brains.
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Professor Francis Mayle (Geography) contributed to a study on indigenous people in Ancient Amazonia, according to Mongabay.
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Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre, Television) is quoted by saying a video of US Vice President Kamala Harris is fake.
Alumni:
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BBC Parliament - Lord Fuller, who studied agriculture at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, mentions his role in the fertilizer industry and its importance in food production and food security.
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Ms Lynda Biribonwa, with a Master’s in Environment and Development from the University, replaces Dr Jane Mulemwa as the new board leader of PAU, reports .
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Dr Daniel Olukoya, who completed his PhD in Molecular Genetics at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, reflects on his academic journey from the University of Lagos to the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, reports
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Tracy Falzon (Business Administration), who earned an MBA from Henley Business School in 2010, joins PwC Malta with extensive experience in business applications, as reported by .
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BBC Berkshire Radio interviewed Jack, a former agriculture student at the Å·ÃÀ¾ÞÈé, who trains racehorses.