Reading in the news - Mon 19 May

AI at work: BBC News spoke to Professor Keiichi Nakata (Henley Business School) about the optimism about AI in the workplace, and was interviewed by BBC Radio Oxford. Professor Benjamin Laker writes on the topic for Inc. From Henley Business School story: Workers are feeling optimistic but overwhelmed when it comes to AI

AI weather: The Financial Times quotes Dr Rob Lee (Meteorology) on the strengths and limits of AI weather forecasts.

Food and farming:

• Times of India Online, MSN Hindi, and Horti Daily quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) on bananas reducing smoothie nutritional benefits.
• UNILAD highlights Professor Claire Williams' (Psychology) research on walnuts.
• Horti Daily reports on Professor Vimal Karani's (Food) research on benefits of dairy foods. From our story: Veggie diet beats vegan for diabetes prevention benefits
• BBC Bristol, BBC Radio Gloucestershire, BBC Radio Wiltshire and BBC Somerset interviewed Dr Paola Tosi (Agriculture) on the impact of drought on farmers.
• Norwich Evening News reports on Reading student Freya Myhill's food business internship.

Health:

• BBC World Service interviewed Professor Bishma Chakrabarti (Psychology) discussing neuroscience and facial mimicry research on autism.
• Daily Mirror, the Daily Record and MSN quote Professor Stella Chan (Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences) on depression trends.
• MSN Philippines quotes Dr Francesco Tamagnini (Pharmacy) on the link between LDL cholesterol and dementia risk.
• British Vogue cites University of Reading research linking alone time to reduced stress and calmer nervous system. From our story: Alone but not lonely: how solitude boosts wellbeing

#UniforReading: how we support our region

• Windsor, Ascot & Eton Express, Slough & Windsor Express, and Maidenhead Advertiser report on Reading archaeology students' workshop for refugees.
• Reading Chronicle highlights the University’s Community Festival, held on Saturday. From our story: Community festival and forum return
• Wokingham Today and Reading Today mention the University's rugby mentoring for upcoming Rams rugby players.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

• The Financial Express (India) quotes Dr Akshay Deoras (Mathematical Physical & Computational Sciences) predicting earlier monsoon arrival in Kerala.
• Dr Rob Thompson (Meteorology) told BBC Radio Berkshire that Reading is the ‘dream environment’ to study weather and climate.
• Daily Telegraph reports a YouGov poll showing public scepticism about ‘climate cooling’ technology, highlighting a government-funded Reading project to research electric charge in clouds. Also in MSN UK, Yahoo! News, and AOL.
• Nation.Cymru references University of Reading research on cat predation patterns.

Business and society:

• Taz, Die Tageszeitung lists Professor Bryan Cheyette (Literature and Languages) as a signatory of a letter supporting a definition of antisemitism adopted in Germany.

Alumni:

• BBC World News (TV), BBC News Channel, and multiple BBC stations feature the Media Show, including an interview with Reading-trained meteorologist Laura Tobin, who mentions that storm chaser Reed Timmer also studied at Reading.
• Daily Independent (Nigeria) highlights Queen Ronke’s fashion empire 15 year anniversary, mentioning she studied at Henley Business School.