Reading in the news - Thu 23 May

General election: Dr Wang Leung (Kiwi) Ting (Politics and International Relations) comments on the unexpected announcement of a general election in the UK, Reading Today and BBC Radio Berkshire report.

Air turbulence: Continued air turbulence coverage - Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) spoke to BBC News Channel and further radio and television coverage was provided by BBC Radio 2, BBC 1 South, BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Cornwall, BBC Radio Manchester and US state radio stations, including WLRN Radio, KQED-FM, Connecticut Public Radio, Texas Public Radio and many others.

Further print coverage by The Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, Business Insider, CGTN, Al Jazeera, Nature, Irish Independent, i news, Express, National World, The South African, Express, Las Vegas Review-Journal, LADBible, CNN News18, , NBC, Aftonbladet, The Straits Times, NPR and hundreds of other publications. 

Isabel Smith (Meteorology) spoke to the Daily Mail about global warming causing more turbulent skies. 

Food and farming: Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Van de Noort is quoted in this FT article, which explores the link between industry funding and research into ultra-processed foods. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) and Professor Andrew Turner (Meteorology) have received awards for their work on weather and climate, Greatest Hits Radio reports. Read our news story.
• Heart Berkshire reports on Professor Anthony Illingworth’s (Meteorology) involvement in the launch of the new EarthCARE satellite, aimed to help improve our understanding of the role clouds and aerosol particles play in climate change. Read our news story.

Business and society:

• Professor Andrew Urquhart and PhD student, Lambis Dionysopoulos (both Henley Business School), wrote an article for The Conversation regarding collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. Republished by Philstock World.

Other Coverage:

• The Reading Chronicle reports that University of Reading students finished second in the medals table at the UK’s largest university rowing competition. Director of Rowing, Will Rand is quoted. Republished by Yahoo! Sport. Read our news story.
• Dr Yuan Pan (Sustainable Land Management) writes a review for The Conversation about the Spirited Away play. 
• An article written by the leader of Wokingham Borough Council, published in Wokingham Today, mentions the Council’s joint working with the University on a number of projects.
• The manager of the Rabble Theatre spoke to BBC Radio Berkshire about their upcoming show, Glitch, which focuses on the Post Office IT scandal. The production has been put together with funding from the University and support from the School of Law and the Department of Film, Theatre and Television.