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November 2006 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
29 November 2006	Dundee Youngsters Urged to 'Go for It' at GYPD 2	Young people in Dundee are being given the chance to discover all the best their city has to offer in music, sport, culture, health and education at a special event staged across the city centre on Friday December 1st.
28 November 2006	Scrymgeour lecture series	Malcolm Evans OBE, Professor of Public International Law at the University of Bristol, will deliver the second in this year's series of Scrymgeour Lectures at the University of Dundee tomorrow, November 29th.
27 November 2006	Donation will help preserve unique collection	Teaching and research activities based on a unique collection of juvenile skeletal remains held at the University of Dundee have been boosted by a significant donation from a local trust.
27 November 2006	Launch of UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science	A pioneering UNESCO Centre in Dundee, Scotland, aimed at ensuring fair distribution of the world’s increasingly in-demand water supplies, is formally launched in Brussels tomorrow (November 28th).
27 November 2006	Satellite image of volcanic activity at Mount Etna	A large plume of ash emanating from Mount Etna spreads across the Mediterranean in a satellite image processed by the NERC Satellite Receiving Station at the University of Dundee.
27 November 2006	Donation will help preserve unique collection	Teaching and research activities based on a unique collection of juvenile skeletal remains held at the University of Dundee are being boosted by a significant donation from a local trust.
24 November 2006	The Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion - Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid	The University of Dundee's annual Margaret Harris Lecture on religion will be given on Tuesday November 28th by Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid, on the subject of 'An Islamic Perspective on Interfaith Dialogue'.
24 November 2006	Major boost for tropical disease research at Dundee	Research into some of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases has received a major boost with the award of almost £4 million in funding from the Wellcome Trust to a scientist at the University of Dundee.
23 November 2006	Jonathan Falla appointed RLF Writing Fellow at Dundee	Author, dramatist, musician and nurse Jonathan Falla will be welcomed as the University of Dundee’s newest Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at a special event this week.
21 November 2006	Student debate in memory of Shenaz Kapoor	Students from the University of Dundee will gather tomorrow evening (WEDS) for a debate in memory of Shenaz Kapoor.
20 November 2006	Singapore students visit University of Dundee	Students from one of Singapore’s top rated schools have travelled to the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee to discover more about Life Sciences.
20 November 2006	Across the Spectrum - Culture & Arts Forum event	The Culture & Arts Forum at the University of Dundee will take a journey `Across The Spectrum’ on Wednesday November 22nd in a unique event examining the theme of Colour.
20 November 2006	A-Life and G-Vision by Nigel Johnson	A-Life and G-Vision are two ambitious research projects currently being undertaken by Nigel Johnson in the VISUAL RESEARCH CENTRE’S large flexible experimental project area, Centrespace.
17 November 2006	College of Life Sciences prize giving	Thirty eight students from the University of Dundee’s world-famous College of Life Sciences who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance will be congratulated at the annual prize-giving ceremony on Friday, 17 November.
17 November 2006	Dundee student stars on the small screen	University of Dundee student Nicola Cowmeadow will be a star of the small screen when she appears on the TV programme, Scotland's History: The Top Ten.
17 November 2006	Welcome to the rainforest	The secrets of the rainforest will be unlocked for a group of Tayside school pupils at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden this Saturday (November 18th).
16 November 2006	Dundee-Korea links celebrated	New links between the University of Dundee and two institutions in South Korea will be celebrated this month with one of the first exhibitions of contemporary Korean architecture to be staged in Scotland.
16 November 2006	Times Higher Award for University of Dundee Professor	University of Dundee Professor, Irwin Mclean, was last night awarded Research Project of the Year at The Times Higher Awards in London.
15 November 2006	New performance spaces in Dundee	Dundee has three new performance stages this week as students from the School of Architecture at the University of Dundee take to the boards.
15 November 2006	Modernist architect to talk at University	The modernist architect, Robin Webster, will give a talk at the University of Dundee tomorrow. He will be joined by Stuart Cameron.
15 November 2006	Rwandan Ambassador praises drug discovery effort at Dundee	H. E. Claver Gatete, the Rwandan Ambassador to the United Kingdom, today praised the efforts of the University of Dundee in investigating treatments for tropical diseases which blight the lives of millions of people in Africa.
14 November 2006	British Heart Foundation announces heart research boost in Dundee	Scientists in Dundee have been awarded prestigious grants by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) as part of a £570,00 boost for heart research in Scotland.
14 November 2006	Students warned of dangers of mouth cancer	The dangers of mouth cancer will be outlined to students in Dundee today as part of the events during Mouth Cancer Awareness Week.
13 November 2006	Higher education to help police with their enquiries	A consortium of 13 Scottish higher education institutions (HEIs) has netted cash of more than £2.1 million to carry out research relevant to the needs of Scotland's police forces. The consortium has been offered the financial reward for their research proposal from the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS).
10 November 2006	Mouth cancer awareness week 12th - 18th November 2006	The rise in mouth cancer rates in Scotland - where incidence is twice that of the rest of the UK - will be highlighted in Tayside next week as part of Mouth Cancer Awareness Week.
10 November 2006	Helen Mirren supports creativity venture	Actress Helen Mirren has lent her support to a collaborative creative initiative supported by the University of Dundee.
10 November 2006	Pipers Yard Relics - new exhibition	The garden of her 250-year-old home has provided a rich harvest for Errol artist Jackie Smith, who presents her new exhibition "Pipers Yard Relics" at the University of Dundee.
9 November 2006	Anatomy Acts - Professor Sue Black public lecture	The role played by anatomy in modern forensic science and the changes the subject has had to adopt to keep pace with today’s society will be examined in a public lecture by one of the UK’s leading forensic anthropologists in Dundee next week.
9 November 2006	Degree of success for Malawi education	Better education is on the cards for Malawi youngsters - thanks to a Scottish Executive-funded partnership with Scotland's teacher training institutions.
9 November 2006	Countdown to Scotland's Top 10 History	Was Mary Queen of Scot's reign more significant in the history of Scotland than Wallace and Bruce? Did Rabbie Burns mean more than the development of Scottish Cities? Or did the Act of Union in 1707 have a greater influence on the development of the Scottish nation?
8 November 2006	Platforma - new exhibition	Exploring how artist-led groups can work in collaboration, this exhibition celebrates GENERATORprojects tenth anniversary by bringing together four artists from this Dundee-based group with five artists from a new group based in Bucharest, Romania.
8 November 2006	Scrymgeour lecture series	The impact of recent human rights cases including those concerning Belmarsh detainees and Afghan refugees will be examined in the opening event of this year's Scrymgeour Lecture Series at the University of Dundee School of Law.
7 November 2006	Making risk scoring for heart disease fairer	Researchers based at the University of Dundee have produced a new method of estimating the risk of heart disease which includes social deprivation and family history.
7 November 2006	Sigma Partnership with the University of Dundee	Sigma Capital Group PLC (AIM: SGM), the specialist asset management and advisory group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a partnership with the University of Dundee (the 'University'). The partnership has a 10-year term with the option to extend this term.
6 November 2006	Scientist named among Europe's best	A scientist from the University of Dundee’s has been named one of Europe’s best - and is one of only five scientists in the UK to receive the accolade this year.
6 November 2006	Students trip to Dewar’s World of Whisky	On Monday 6th November, 34 students from the MSc in International Professional Communication (IPC), accompanied by 2 members of staff, travelled to Dewar’s World of Whisky in Aberfeldy. The aim of the visit was to add context to the theory studied in the Strategic Enterprise module which forms part of the IPC course.
6 November 2006	Official opening of the Aberdeen Dental Institute	Lewis Macdonald, Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care will officially open the £4m Aberdeen Dental Institute on Monday 6 November 2006 between 11am and 12.30pm.
2 November 2006	Exploring the digital city: space culture politics	The impact of new digital technologies and infrastructures on how people socialise and the types of spaces they socialise in, is the focus of an international debate at the University of Dundee on Friday November 3rd.
1 November 2006	Sir James Black visit	Sir James Black, Nobel Prize winner and former Chancellor of the University of Dundee, has returned to Dundee to visit the £20 million research centre which now bears his name.
1 November 2006	Dundee Professor awarded top research prize	Professor Ronald Harden, of the International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS) in Dundee, will be presented with the prestigious Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education in 2006 at a ceremony in Stockholm on Thursday November 2nd.
1 November 2006	Retiral of Keith Christie	Dr Keith Christie retires from the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences today after a career spanning 37 years.