Reading in the news - Fri 24 Jan

Sustainability scholars: BBC Radio Berkshire, Reading Chronicle, Afterschool Africa report that the University of Reading has launched new scholarships for new undergraduate students who are aiming to be future sustainability leaders. From our story: Reading to invest £34m in green leader scholarships. 

Dinosaur dinner: Reuters, The Reading Chronicle, Miragenews, Reading Today, Wokingham Today, EurekAlert, ITV News, Tech Explorist, PHYS, Technology Networks, Newsweek, ScienceDaily, ITV 1 Meridian Thames Valley and InterestingEngineering report that Reading scientists found a fossil bone with a rare bite mark. Dr Brian Pickles (Biological Sciences) is quoted by Sci.News, Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Charlotte Observer, Modesto Bee, The State, Kansas.com, Kentucky.com, Star-Telegram, Myrtle Beach Online, Kansas City, Macon, Bradenton, The News Tribune, Tri-City Herald, San Luis Obispo,  Bellingham Herald, Yahoo News, DiscoverMagazine, CBC and  Mahoning Matters. 

From our story: Rare pterosaur fossil reveals crocodilian bite 76m years ago.  

Storm Eowyn:

• AP News, The Daily Mail, SFGate, Vancouver Is Awesome, CT Insider, Houston Chronicle, Infotel, Winnipeg Free Press, Bastille Post, WTOP, Newsday, Yahoo News, and AOL quote Professor Suzanne Gray (Meteorology) on links between UK storminess and climate change, 
• Daily Mail, ABC News, and Breitbart quote Dr Ambrogio Volonté (Meteorology) on how the storm was intensifying at an exceptional rate. Republished by  Castanet, Castanet Kamloops, Cochrane Eagle, Bowen Island Undercurrent, Vancouver is Awesome, TheCanadianPress, LakeandToday, PiqueNewsMagazine, mymotherlode and TownandCountryToday. 
• The Mirror, The Guardian, Express, MSN, Yahoo News, Yorkshire Live, Birmingham Live, Liverpool Echo, SomersetLive, Bristol Post, quote Dr Jess Neumann (Geography and Environmental Sciences) on the flooding risks caused by Storm Eowyn. 
• Manchester Evening News, RegionalMediaNews quote Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) on how aircraft flight speeds will be affected by the stronger jet stream steering the storm. 

Food, farming and health:

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) is quoted around calls to rebrand of McDonald’s Happy Meals in MSN and Mogaz News. 
• Dr Francesco Tamagnini (Pharmacy) comments on a study on the role of inflammation in dementia in Medscape, Daily Telegraph and MSN. 
• Daily Telegraph spoke to Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) for a feature about the causes of lingering winter colds.  

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• MSN, Marsemfim, Correio Braziliense, Newtral and Scientias quotes Professor Chris Hilson (Law) on the impact of the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.  
• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) spoke to BBC Radio Oxford about impacts of flooding and the cancelation of the Thames Valley flood scheme. 

Heritage and culture:

• The Conversation (also in Spanish) and Yahoo News published Dr Samuel Agbamu's (Classics) article on the origins of Elon Musk's ‘Roman salute’ – looking similar to the gesture of fascists – which some have said comes from ancient Rome. (Spoiler: it doesn’t).  
• The Dorset Echo reports on research by Dr Peter Bray (Archaeology) about the Hawkedon Helmet, discovered in Essex in 1965, and links to the gladiator Spartacus. 
• The Daily Signal quotes 1960s Reading professor S.J. Woolf in his book on European Fascism (1968). 
• Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre and Television) quoted by INKL, on controversy about AI voice technology used in Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist. 
• Broadway World reports that the Samuel Beckett Research Centre at Reading is collaborating on the project Not Beckett.