Reading in the news - Mon 22 Jul

Global IT outage: Dr Rodrigo Perez-Vega (Henley Business School) is interviewed by France 24about preventing future cyber blackouts following a widespread global IT outage caused by a faulty software update. Republished by World News.

Business and society:

• DrKiwi Ting(Politics) writes for The Conversationon howthe rise of MPs born after 1995 could influence political engagement.

  #PlanetPartners: working with global partners to protect the environment

  • The Expressand Birmingham Live report on research from Dr Claire Ryder (Meteorology) about the dust planes ingest at different airports. Republished by Yahoo! News.

  • Jeff Bezos'sEarth Fund is financinga research centreat Imperial College London for alternative protein research, collaborating with the Universityof Reading's department of Food and Nutritional, reports il fatto alimentare.

  • Caleb Miller (Meteorology) explains how Storm Ciaran's low pressure in 2023 lowered the boiling point of water, impactingtea quality for 20 million people, reports Epoch Timesand SciTechDaily.

  • A University of Reading study from 2023 showedanincrease in clear-air turbulencesince 1979, reports Wales Online, Surrey Live, Devon Live.republished by Yahoo! News.

  • Dr Akshay Deoras (Meteorology) discusses whyextreme rainfall in Mumbai is getting harder to predictfor Money Control.

  • Expressrepublishes a quotefrom Dr TillKuhlbrodt (Meteorology) about theweather 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 interviewalso aired on BBC Walesand wasmentioned on multiple US state radio stations, including Michigan Radio, St Louis Public Radio, KUER7and more.

  • On BBC Radio 4, Professor Jeffrey Smith (Environmental Science) outlines methods for controlling moss in gardens.

Health and wellbeing:

• BBCRadioBerkshireand BBCRadioOxford interviewed Professor Stella Chan (Psychology) about the University of Reading'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.

• BBCRadio Lincolnshire Radio and BBC Radio Humberside mentionthe University as a centre for climatestudywhen discussing rising global temperatures.

Other coverage:

• Research led by Jacob Gardner (Biological Sciences) questions long-held beliefsabout body size and climate, as reported by Past Chronicle, News Week, and republished by MSN.

• The Star profiles the University of Reading Malaysia.

• Dr Joanna Baker (Evolutionary Biology)writes for The Conversationon 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 Snopessayinga video of US Vice President KamalaHarris is fake.

Alumni:

• BBC Parliament - Lord Fuller, who studied agriculture at theUniversity of Reading, mentionshis role in the fertilizer industry and its importance in food productionand food security.

• MsLynda Biribonwa, with a Master's in Environment and Development from the University, replaces Dr Jane Mulemwaas the new board leader of PAU, reports Monitor.

• Dr Daniel Olukoya, who completed his PhD in Molecular Genetics at the University of Reading, reflects on his academic journey from the University of Lagos to the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, reports This Day Live.

• 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 Times of Malta.

• BBC Berkshire Radiointerviewed Jack, a former agriculture student at the University of Reading, who trains racehorses.