Reading in the news - Wed 12 Feb

Health and wellbeing:

• MailOnline quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) discussing the potential anti-microbial properties of apple cider vinegar. Republished by: Mahalsa, Newscabl and WhatsNew2Day.
• Oncology News Today highlights the launch of the UK's first frozen oral nutritional supplement range, developed in collaboration with the University Food Science Department.

Business and society:

• The New York Times features comment from Professor Marko Milanovic (Law) on Trump’s proposals to take over Gaza. Republished by The Herald Sun, The Tribune, DNYUZ and other US news outlets.

Food and farming:

• Horticulture Week, Phys.org and The Dirt highlight research involving Dr Jonathan Mitchley (Ecology) on the success of Botanical University Challenge, launched to combat a decline in plant identification skills. From our story: Botanical quiz brings budding plant scientists together
• Poultry News and Foodservice Footprint highlights a DEFRA-funded project involving Dr Elizabeth Rowe (Agri-Food Economics and Marketing) to introduce dual-purpose poultry.

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• Business Green republishes a Conversation article by Professor Richard Allan (Meteorology) on the dwindling impacts of La Nina to cool the planet.
• The Macao, Kata Data, MSN and Media Indonesia quote Professor Allan in articles about surpassing the 1.5°C global warming limit.
• Türkiye Today mentions University research which has found that climate change is increasing air turbulence.
• Harper's Weekly Review highlights a University study about rising ocean temperatures.
• Universe Today and Manchester Evening News report on a study by PhD student Flynn Ames (Meteorology) about Saturn’s moon Enceladus. From our story: Alien ocean could hide signs of life from spacecraft

Other Coverage

• A BBC Online article about a ‘dangerous’ junction in Reading mentions that Ben Pedley, a former chemistry student at the University, died after a collision there in 2017.
• Your Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wedding Magazine reports on the Greenlands Hotel, located on the Henley Business School campus, being awarded a Traveller Review Award 2025 from booking.com.
• A Patheos feature on Glastonbury mentions the University’s reconstruction of the old church.
• Vietnamese PhD student, Ha Dang Nhu Quynh shares her study method to achieve a high score in IELTS, for Vietnam.vn.

Alumni:

• The National interviews Allan Oliver, the project lead for an agricultural development initiative in Papua New Guinea. The article mentions that he holds an MS in Tropical Crop Production from Reading.
• Mikrometoxos, Insider, Money Review, OT, Banking News, MSN and multiple Greek news outlets highlight Anastasia Sakellariou’s appointment as a management consultant at Piraeus Bank. She holds an MS in International Banking & Financial Services from the University.
• The Diplomat features a profile of Gerald Flynn, an environmental journalist blocked from re-entering Cambodia. Flynn holds a BA in English Literature and an MA in International Relations from the University.
• Hampshire Life highlights the life of book binder Roger Powell, who married University of Reading horticultural student Rita Glanville Harvey in 1924.