News Archive

Reading in the news - Mon 27 Jul

COVID-19: expert comment on the coronavirus outbreak

• TalkRadio interviews Professor Uma Kambhampati (Politics, Economics & IR) about the link between the response to COVID-19 and female leadership.
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) comments on a study showing success of a drug for osteoporosis in reducing severity of COVID-19 infections. Quoted in Daily Telegraph, the Herald (New Zealand); and Medical News features Prof Jones’s comments on the latest vaccine trials.

Data hack: Reports of the hack of data from University supplier Blackbaud appear in BBC News, Daily Mail, Reading Chronicle, Research Professional, Computing, and via Associated Press and BBC to media worldwide (including in India, Romania, Australia, Ghana). Read our statement here.

Alzheimer’s risks: An article written by Dr Mark Dallas (Pharmacy) for the Conversation on risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease is republished by the i paper, and Go South (South Africa).

Malaysia degrees: The Star (Malaysia) highlights the career prospects of graduates of the Henley Business School’s Real Estate degrees from the University of Reading Malaysia.

Other news:

• BBC Radio Berkshire interviews makers of the film/poem I, Sheep, a collaboration with Dr Teresa Murjas (Film, Theatre & TV) which received its premiere at Museum of English Rural Life on Friday. Read more on the MERL website
• Dr Yasmine Shamma (English Literature) is interviewed by National Public Radio (US) about her 4-year-old son’s poetry. Syndicated on radio stations across the US.
• Fiji Broadcasting Corporation highlight’s Reading University Chess Society’s international match against a Fijian chess prodigy
• News Verge (Nigeria) and Sahara Reporters reports that Prof Chuks Okereke (Geography and Environmental Sciences) has launched a new project to highlight Nigeria’s plans to cut carbon emissions.
• Daily Mail quotes Prof Rosa Freedman (Law) in a report about sexual exploitation by charity aid workers.
• Reading Chronicle reports comments by David Foster (Film, Theatre and TV), made in a personal capacity, on wearing of facemasks.
• World Socialist mentions Reading is among universities that has highlighted the possible need for job cuts in the wake of COVID-19.
• Sunday Guardian (India) mentions the Reading-organised Turing Test in 2014 in an article on computing pioneer Alan Turing.
• Mirage News (Australia) reports on a discovery reported in a Nature journal of a new way to create crystalline graphite, used in lithium ion batteries, co-authored by Dr Peter Harris (EMLab)
• Get Reading mentions the failed St Patrick’s Hall planning application in a list of ’10 Reading developments everyone hated’
• Get Reading, also lists famous Reading alumni – including actor Julian Barratt, rower Anna Watkins, and meteorologist Laura Tobin.
• New Times (Rwanda) mentions Reading research into the health benefits of flavanols found in chocolate
• Portugal News (Portugal) announces a new Huawei Academy, and mentions Henley Business School’s Huawei ICT Academy as the ‘most successful in the world’
• Physics World quotes Prof Ted Shepherd (Meteorology) commenting on a new study showing the atmosphere has natural resonance and can ‘ring like a bell’