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COVID-19: expert comment on the pandemic

• Dr Simon Clarke (Biological Sciences) comments on new infection data for .
• Professor Ian Jones (Biological Sciences) is quoted in a (and ) article about the Delta variant.

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

• airs an episode of Horizon looking at future trends including eliminating fossil fuels, which includes a mention about data from the ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ.

Royal Baby name: Professor Kate Williams (History) comments on the reasons behind the name ‘Lilibet’, writing for the (and in print) and covered in the . 

Vegan diets: Further coverage of comments by Professor Gunter Kuhnle (Food) about research suggesting that vegan and vegetarian diets may reduce the severity of COVID-19, are reported by hundreds of UK news sites, including , , , and .

Other Coverage:

• Further coverage of a new Henley Business School report on racial equity and the impact on businesses, in the Press and Journal (in print). London Live also interviewed Naeema Pasha (Henley Business School). Read more about the report .
• carries an article by Prof Ben Laker (Henley Business School) about leadership and failure.
• covers the latest Complete University Guide rankings, and mentions the ³ÉÈ˶¶Òõ which moved up three places to 36^th in the UK. Read our news story here.
• Dr Mark Dallas’ (Pharmacy) comments on the clinical trials of newly approved Alzheimer's drug is further covered by .
• report on pass rates for pharmacy students, which includes UoR students.
• Prof Mark Pagel’s (Biological Sciences) research on the evolution of language is mentioned in the print edition of a Nature article about learning to count.