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June 2010 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 June 2010	University of Dundee voted top in Europe in 'best places to work' survey	The University of Dundee has been voted Europe’s 'Best Place to Work in Academia' in the 8th annual worldwide survey compiled by The Scientist magazine.
29 June 2010	Summer School to tackle disease prevention	Healthcare professionals from around the world are gathering in Dundee this week for a new summer school aimed at stimulating research in the prevention of chronic diseases.
28 June 2010	State-of-the-art equipment to track Dundee players' fitness	Dundee FC’s first team squad will tomorrow be put through their paces by sports science experts from the University of Dundee as the Dark Blues gear up for the coming season.
28 June 2010	'Brain Tissue Donation - a unique gift essential for neuroscience research?' - public lecture 29/06/10	The need for brain tissue donors will be examined when the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews this week host the Summer meeting of the Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
28 June 2010	Conference to debate Scotland's wildlife and natural environment	Proposals for a Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill - which will make significant changes to several aspects of the law affecting the countryside - will be debated at a major conference at the University of Dundee tomorrow.
25 June 2010	2010 Dundee International Book Prize Winner Announced	A dramatic murder mystery set in a Lancashire town during Victorian times has been unveiled as the winner of this year’s Dundee International Book Prize, a collaboration between the University of Dundee, Polygon and Dundee City Council.
25 June 2010	Dundee Literary Festival - Day Four (26/06/10) Events schedule	One of Scotland's best loved novelists, a host of local writers, and the winner of the 2010 Dundee International Book Prize are among those who will be appearing at the fourth day of this year's Dundee Literary Festival.
25 June 2010	Family celebration for graduation	Graduation at the University of Dundee is a real family affair for Maureen Campbell today (Friday June 25th).
25 June 2010	2010 Dundee Comics Conference	Some of the giants of the British comics industry will be in Dundee on Sunday to help celebrate the 2010 Comics Conference, part of the Dundee Literary Festival.
24 June 2010	International group of dentists to celebrate gradaution	A dozen dentists from around the world, who came to Scotland to obtain a new postgraduate qualification, will receive their degrees during the University of Dundee’s annual graduation ceremony this Friday.
24 June 2010	Portrait of former Principal to be unveiled	A portrait of Sir Alan Langlands, former Principal and Vice-Chancellor at the University of Dundee, will be unveiled during the University’s annual Graduation celebrations later this week.
24 June 2010	Technology developed in Dundee sees school scoop national award	Capability Scotland's Corseford School has received a national award for their involvement in a groundbreaking technology project developed by the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen.
24 June 2010	University and Canongate link to form 'Living Archive'	A 'living archive' of the records of leading Scottish publisher Canongate Books is to be kept at the University of Dundee.
24 June 2010	Twenty-year road to degree worth it, says graduate	Broughty Ferry woman Sarah Griffiths will today graduate with a First Class Honours degree in Interior Environmental Design from the University of Dundee - 20 years after she began the course.
24 June 2010	Mary gets a buzz from wasps award	Artist Mary Somerville, who is set to graduate from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design today, has been named as the winner of this year’s Wasps/PPG New Graduate Prize in Dundee.
24 June 2010	Dundee Literary Festival - Day Three (25/06/10) Events schedule	Two new Honorary Graduates of the University of Dundee will be among those entertaining hundreds of book lovers during the third day of the 2010 Dundee Literary Festival.
23 June 2010	Forensics students write their own textbook	The 2010 class of graduates from the Honours degree in Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee have set a new standard - by writing their own textbook for future students.
23 June 2010	International delegates gather for Dundee water symposium	Lawyers, academics, civil servants, policy makers and students from across the globe have descended upon Dundee for a four-day symposium on water law.
22 June 2010	2010 Literary Festival - Schedule for Day 2 (24/06/10)	The second day of the 2010 Dundee Literary Festival will see a host of top names from the literary world, including Alan Warner, John Carey, Jackie Kay and Christopher Reid, read from their work and share their experiences.
22 June 2010	Success is moot point for law duo - Graduation Tuesday June 22nd	A pair of Law students at the University of Dundee will celebrate their graduation today (Tuesday June 22nd) by trying to argue and persuade their way to success in a major national competition.
22 June 2010	Terian dances to Wimberley Award - Graduation Tuesday June 22nd	Law graduate Terian Watson has danced her way to success after being named the winner of the 2010 Wimberley Award at the University of Dundee.
22 June 2010	Impairment of brain function may hold clue to decline of bee numbers	Researchers from the University of Dundee have been awarded funding of £1.8million to examine whether the use of pesticides is hampering the cognitive functions of bees - and possibly hastening their demise.
21 June 2010	2010 Literary Festival set for launch	The 2010 Dundee Literary Festival will officially be launched on Wednesday when a series of events mark the beginning of the five-day celebration of literature.
21 June 2010	Accounting students to receive prizes as well as degrees	The University of Dundee's School of Accounting & Finance will later this week confer honours upon high achieving graduates at a special graduation party held to mark the culmination of their hard work.
18 June 2010	Reception for graduating students from across the globe	Dozens of University of Dundee students from around the world will mark the end of their time in the city with a party to be held ahead of next week’s Graduation celebrations.
16 June 2010	Graduation 2010	Thousands of successful students will feel the tap of the Dundee bonnet next week as the University of Dundee hosts its graduation ceremonies in the Caird Hall.
16 June 2010	Art exhibition for West Fest	Rarely seen work from three of Dundee's best known artists will go on show at the University of Dundee this week as part of West Fest, the city’s first festival for the west end.
16 June 2010	'Tagtool' brings benefits to vulnerable groups across the city	The Nine Trades of Dundee project, which aims to take art directly to the workplace, has led to staff at Dundee’s Central Library using an innovative new tool as part of their outreach work with vulnerable groups from the city.
16 June 2010	Pupils get chance to uphold jute design tradition	The artistic endeavours of school pupils from the Dundee area, who were challenged to use their creative skills to revive one of the city’s historic design traditions, have gone on display in one of Dundee’s most prominent shopping locations.
15 June 2010	Early ticket sales point to sell-out events	The organisers of the Dundee Literary Festival are preparing to put the 'sold out' signs up for several of this year’s events.
15 June 2010	University of Dundee First to Install Biacore 4000 SPR System	The University of Dundee announced today that it has become the first facility worldwide to take delivery of Biacore(tm) 4000. Biacore 4000 is a powerful solution for large-scale, label-free molecular interaction analysis in drug discovery, from early screening to characterization. The University of Dundee and spin-out company Kinetic Discovery Ltd will be using the system to focus on developing biophysical fragment based screening methodologies for efficient drug discovery.
14 June 2010	Strathmore Trophy 2010 - Schools to take on dragons	School pupils from across Tayside and Fife will tomorrow take part in the University of Dundee's annual Strathmore Trophy challenge.
14 June 2010	Dundee Universities forging new links with India	Dundee has had a long association with India, primarily through the city’s history of jute trading. Now the city’s two universities are forging new links with the country through cutting-edge expertise in design, computer gaming and civil engineering.
11 June 2010	Dundee Universities forging new links with India	Dundee has had a long association with India, primarily through the city’s history of jute trading. Now the city’s two universities are forging new links with the country through cutting-edge expertise in design, computer gaming and civil engineering.
11 June 2010	Duncan of Jordanstone run of success continues	Students and graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design are enjoying a run of success in the aftermath of this years Degree Show.
11 June 2010	Drug Discovery Unit launches malaria project	The Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee - which recently announced a major breakthrough towards developing a cure for African sleeping sickness - has received a new grant to start work on a new project to identify possible drug leads for malaria.
11 June 2010	Football boots study shows blade danger	Stars at football's World Cup who choose to wear boots with bladed cleats as opposed to the more traditional studs could be putting themselves at greater risk of injury, according to new research from the University of Dundee.
10 June 2010	Nick Cave appearance attracts international interest	An international audience will greet acclaimed singer-songwriter, writer, poet, actor and sometime philosopher Nick Cave when he appears at the Dundee Literary Festival later this month.
10 June 2010	Tayside Clinical Trials Unit gains national registration	Tayside Clinical Trials Unit (TCTU) - a joint initiative between the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside - has been registered by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, the main national body overseeing clinical trials in the UK.
9 June 2010	Major gathering for Scotland's life scientists	Hundreds of researchers from Scotland’s internationally renowned Life Sciences sector will gather in St Andrews this week for the annual research symposium of the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Association (SULSA).
8 June 2010	Innovators gather in Dundee	Hundreds of the world’s top innovators in a variety of fields will gather at the University of Dundee this week for 'Prototype: Craft in the Future Tense', a two-day symposium co-convened by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
8 June 2010	Old gout drug found to benefit heart patients	A drug which has been used to prevent gout for more than 40 years has now been shown to be an effective treatment for angina, research at the University of Dundee has found.
7 June 2010	Brain study offers treatment hope for Alzheimer's patients	A protein that controls brain activity may offer hope of new drug treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy, a study has found.
7 June 2010	Launch of Tayside Construction Forum	The Tayside Construction Forum, a new industry body for the construction industry across the region, will be launched the University of Dundee on Tuesday June 8th.
7 June 2010	Naeto combines stardom with studies	All students know how difficult it can be to juggle coursework with other commitments, but few have to write their dissertation whilst preparing to release the follow up to their multi-million selling first album, flying all over the world for festivals and promotional events and doing charity work to help some of the world’s poorest children.
7 June 2010	Strathmore Trophy 2010 - Schools invited to take part	Schools from across Tayside and Fife have been invited to put forward teams of tech-savvy pupils to compete for the University of Dundee’s annual Strathmore Trophy challenge.
4 June 2010	Ladies Club present cheque for new Chaplaincy harp	The University of Dundee Ladies Club will next week present University Chaplain Rev Dr Fiona Douglas with a cheque for £750, half the cost of a new harpsichord for the Chaplaincy.
4 June 2010	New designers provides opportunities for design graduates	Nearly 100 graduating students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will next month display their work at the prestigious New Designers exhibition in London.
2 June 2010	Chiltern announces early phase partnership with Tayside Academic Health Sciences Centre	Chiltern will draw upon many parts of TAHSC, including the Clinical Research Centre (CRC) which is located on the same University Medical School and hospital campus as Chiltern Early Phase and NHS Tayside’s Clinical Imaging and Interventional Centre (CIIC). The CRC is the hub for clinical trial activity with links to additional satellite units in Tayside. Chiltern and the CRC will focus on Proof of Concept studies in areas such as diabetes, COPD, cardiovascular disease, neurological conditions and Hepatitis C.
2 June 2010	Minister for Public Health & Sport officially opens PET/CT scanner	Minister for Public Health & Sport Shona Robison officially opened the £1.7 million state-of-the-art PET/CT scanner at the Clinical Research Centre at Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital today (Wednesday, 2 June).
1 June 2010	Big opportunity for student - Degree Show 2010 success	Graduating Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design student Lee Murray will today head off to London to take up a position with one of the world's most famous companies - just days after the 2010 Degree Show came to an end.