Reading in the news - Mon 21 Jul

Health and wellbeing:

• Professor Glenn Gibson (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted by The Economist for an article about taking probiotics for gut health. Republished by Hindustan Times.
• FMJ highlights a new project co-led by Emeritus Professor Derek Clements-Croome (Built Environment), developing a ‘green office’ to explore how natural environments benefit workers' health.
• Forbes reports that Oceanium is working with the University to explore human and pet nutrition as part of their seaweed-based superfood research.
• NutraIngredients-USA reports that researchers from the University contributed to a study showing that prebiotics offer different health benefits for people of differing weights.

Business and society:

• Professor Ruth Sealy (Henley Business School) co-authored an article for Board Agenda about unlocking board performance through behaviour dynamics.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Sky News, LBC News, LBC, Greatest Hits Radio, TalkRADIO, Voice of Islam Radio, Times Radio, Heart London Radio and more than 60 other UK radio stations featured Dr Jess Neumann (Geography) discussing the environmental impact of flushing wet wipes down toilets and washing grease and fat down sinks.
• Dr Neumann also spoke to Yahoo! News UK & Ireland about Severn Trent’s lack of hosepipe bans over the past 30 years. Republished by NZ Yahoo News, SG Yahoo News, AU Yahoo News, CA Yahoo News and AOL. Last week, Dr Neumann spoke to ITVX about droughts across the UK.
• BBC Science Focus, Firstpost, Energetyka24, Europe Says, Watson and ESG Now cover the research co-led by by Professor Laura Wilcox (Meteorology) which found that the clean-up of air pollution in East Asia has accelerated global warming. From our story: Air pollution cuts in East Asia likely accelerated global warming
• South China Morning Post republishes the Conversation article co-written by Professor Wilcox on this research.
• An InNaturale report highlights University research warning that 500 bird species face extinction within the next 100 years. From our story: 500 bird species face extinction within the next century
• EPFL Actu reports the University hosted the ISMC–GEWEX SoilWat meeting (14–16 July) to improve the representation of soil and subsurface processes in weather and climate models.
• A BBC News story on Reading FC’s new away kit mentions that previous kits have featured the climate stripes, inspired by the University of Reading. Republished by: Yahoo! Sports US, Yahoo! Sports Australia, Yahoo! Sports Canada, and AOL News.

Heritage and culture:

• Dr Tim Penn (Classics) has written an article for The Conversation about the discovery of some large Roman shoes near Hadrian’s Wall, and why this is baffling some archaeologists. The article is republished by The Independent, Yahoo News AU, Yahoo News CA, inkl, MSN Canada, Western Morning News, British Bulletin and MSN UK.

Other coverage:

• An RDG.Today article on RSSL, a global food and pharmaceutical company nominated for the Pride of Reading Awards, mentions that the company works with the University to share industry best practice.
• A Stellenbosch University article highlights that Professor Catherine Grant, Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the University’s School of Arts and Communication Design, was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy.
• Windy City Times references a PinkNews article on changes to how some campus facilities are used.

Alumni:

• Salisbury Journal reports Henrietta Frew was promoted to partner at Ellis Jones Solicitors. She holds a law degree from the University. Republished by Yahoo News UK.
• Pulse 2.0 highlights the appointment of David Crozier as Chief Marketing Officer at Appian. Crozier holds an MBA from Henley Business School.