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COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic 

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) is quoted in (and in print) about vaccine boosters, and in the Shropshire Star (in print) about case numbers; and spoke to TalkRADIO.
• Professor Uma Kambhampati’s (Economics) research on women leaders during the pandemic is covered in about the first female New York Governor.

#PlanetPartners: Reading’s global work for a sustainable future

• Air travel:
  • Professor Paul Williams’ (Met) quote in the Financial Times about the way climate change will affect air travel appears in the print edition.

University Challenge: report on the success of the ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ team on in their first round match, and focus on the performance of captain Michael Hutchinson. Read our news story about the team.

Other Coverage:

• reports on calls for support around academic freedom, following calls by Prof Rosa Freedman (Law) about legal action under the upcoming free speech bill.
• Further coverage of comments by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) about plant-based meat alternatives, in .
• report on a conflict between Turkish authorities and British archaeologists over botanical remains, and notes that UoR graduate Gordon Hillman was involved in collecting ancient seeds in the 1960s and 1970s.