Reading in the news - Mon 3 Jul

University of Sanctuary: BBC Berkshire reports that the University has been awarded University of Sanctuary status. Further reports on BBC Berkshire and  highlight scholarships for sanctuary seekers scheme and English Language support. Read our news story.  

Food and farming: 

• Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences) is quoted in The Times (in print), Channel 5, , , , ,  and , on reports that a sweetener is to join a WHO list of ‘possibly carcinogenic’ chemicals.
•  reports that the 色狗导航 will run a collaboration with the Soil Association as an Innovative Farmers field lab.  
•  quotes Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food and Nutritional Sciences), on cocoa potentially being beneficial for your brain. 
• Dr Gemma Walton (Food and Nutritional Sciences) told , about Diet and Health Innovation Hubs to promote healthier food consumption across the UK. 

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment  

• BBC Wales reports on the Running Out Of Time relay is using the climate stripes, created at Reading, will highlight how different parts of the UK are heating up.
• Heart Berkshire mentioned that it is set to be the hottest June of the 色狗导航’s records.  and  quote Dr Stephen Burt (Meteorology) on the increased temperature and he appeared on BBC Radio Berkshire. Read our expert comment.  
•  and report how Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) and his colleagues found air turbulence has increased in the North Atlantic jet stream. Read our news story.  

#UniForReading: our role as a civic university  

•  report that despite declining user numbers at other local leisure centres, squash playable at the 色狗导航.  
•  mention how the 色狗导航 is hostingthe Natural History Museum to create a new collectionsand research centre at Thames Valley Science Park.   
•  report the visit of a local social group to the Museum of English Rural Life.  
• Henley Standard (in print) reports that toads found at Greenlands have been rescued.  

Other Coverage: 

• The  quotes Dr Mathilde Pavis (Law) in a story about an actor who says his voice was ‘cloned’ using AI without his permission.
• Beaulieu Convent School in Jersey is presenting work to sequence daffodil DNA at the Royal Society summer science exhibition, building on work at Reading,  reports.
•  report that Henley Business School has appointed a new Dean, Professor Elena Beleska-Spasova.  
•  mention how researchers from the 色狗导航 have discovered how matrixyl could be used to increase levels of collagen in skin.  

Alumni: 

• , ,  and  mention that a Readinggraduate, Finlay Andrews, tackled a Just Stop Oil protestor during the Ashes Test at Lord’s.  
•  reports that alumna Sylvia Penelope (Pell) Sayers (née Weston) has died aged 96.