22 July 2024
Global IT outage: Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega (Henley Business School) is interviewed by about preventing future cyber blackouts following a widespread global IT outage caused by a faulty software update. Republished .
Business and society:
Dr Kiwi Ting (Politics) writes for on how the rise of MPs born after 1995 could influence political engagement.
#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment
Jeff Bezos's Earth Fund is financing a research centre at Imperial College London for alternative protein research, collaborating with the University of Reading’s department of Food and Nutritional, reports .
Caleb Miller (Meteorology) explains how Storm Ciaran's low pressure in 2023 lowered the boiling point of water, impacting tea quality for 20 million people, reports and .
A 色狗导航 study from 2023 showed an increase in clear-air turbulence since 1979, reports , , . republished by .
Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) discusses why extreme rainfall in Mumbai is getting harder to predict for .
republishes a from Dr Till Kuhlbrodt (Meteorology) about the weather pattern driving the UK’s weather.
On BBC World Service Radio, Professor Paul Williams (Meteorology) explained the three main causes of in-flight turbulence. The interview also aired on BBC Wales and was mentioned on multiple US state radio stations, including Michigan Radio, St Louis Public Radio, KUER7 and more.
On BBC Radio 4, Professor Jeffrey Smith (Environmental Science) outlines methods for controlling moss in gardens.
Health and wellbeing:
BBC Radio Berkshire and BBC Radio Oxford interviewed Professor Stella Chan (Psychology) about the 色狗导航’s Resilience Rucksack scheme, which has seen more than 1,200 mental health rucksacks full of wellbeing products donated to school children in Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
BBC Radio Lincolnshire Radio and BBC Radio Humberside mention the University as a centre for climate study when discussing rising global temperatures.
Other coverage:
Research led by Jacob Gardner (Biological Sciences) questions long-held beliefs about body size and climate, as reported by , , and republished by .
profiles the 色狗导航 Malaysia.
Dr Joanna Baker (Evolutionary Biology) writes for on newly published research challenging the belief that larger animals always have bigger brains.
Professor Francis Mayle (Geography) contributed to a study on indigenous people in Ancient Amazonia, according to Mongabay.
Dr Dominic Lees (Film, Theatre, Television) is quoted by saying a video of US Vice President Kamala Harris is fake.
Alumni:
BBC Parliament - Lord Fuller, who studied agriculture at the 色狗导航, mentions his role in the fertilizer industry and its importance in food production and food security.
Ms Lynda Biribonwa, with a Master’s in Environment and Development from the University, replaces Dr Jane Mulemwa as the new board leader of PAU, reports .
Dr Daniel Olukoya, who completed his PhD in Molecular Genetics at the 色狗导航, reflects on his academic journey from the University of Lagos to the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, reports
Tracy Falzon (Business Administration), who earned an MBA from Henley Business School in 2010, joins PwC Malta with extensive experience in business applications, as reported by .
BBC Berkshire Radio interviewed Jack, a former agriculture student at the 色狗导航, who trains racehorses.
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