Reading in the news - Wed 6 Mar

Children’s mental health: reports on a new project led by childhood mental health researchers from the University. The ‘Resilience Rucksack’ project will see more than 1,000 Year 6 and 7 pupils in Berkshire and Oxfordshire receive a rucksack they will fill with specially designed wellbeing tools and resources. Professor Stella Chan (Psychology), who is leading the project, is quoted. Republished by , and . Read our news story.

Haiti crisis: Professor Rosa Freedman (Law) spoke to and on Haiti declaring a state of emergency. Read our news story.

#PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment 

• Professor Hannah Cloke (Geography/Meteorology) spoke to BBC 2’s Politics Live  on the impact of the wettest winter in 130 years.

Health and wellbeing

•  quotes Professor Netta Weinstein (Psychology) on her study about the benefits of solitude for a piece about solo holidays. Republished by  and .

Food and farming:

• Professor Tom Oliver (Ecology) has joined the Science Council for the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA),  reports.

Other Coverage:

• mentions that the University of Bath’s Skin Biosciences group is collaborating with specialists, including Professor Adrian Williams (Pharmacy), to study topical formulation transformations using vitro data. Republished by , , ,  and many others.
• reports on a trip to the National Museum of Computing, and mentions an article spotted there about the ‘chaos machine’, a collaboration between the University and the Elektor Electronics lab team.

Alumni:

• Henriette Dræbye Rosenquist earned an MBA at Henley Business School, reports.
• Chief Executive Officer of MCCI, Daisy Kambalame, studied at the 色狗导航, reports.