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November 2010 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 November 2010	Supporting parents to engage in their children's learning - The 4th Bell Lecture	The ways in which high-quality parenting can enhance a child’s wellbeing and performance at school will be examined during a public lecture at the University of Dundee next week.
24 November 2010	Students to show games to industry professionals	Computing students from the University of Dundee will have the chance to impress potential future employers when they meet with representatives of established computer games companies tomorrow.
24 November 2010	National award for Dundee mentoring scheme	Peer Connections, a pioneering University of Dundee mentoring scheme, has been recognised with a national award.
23 November 2010	Pioneering institute puts spark back into science education	Teachers, researchers and lecturers throughout Scotland are set to benefit as Dundee Science Centre becomes the first in Scotland to create a Science Learning Institute.
23 November 2010	TV presenter to inspire people at public lecture	Professor Iain Stewart, a renowned television and radio presenter and academic, will visit Dundee next week to discuss Making Scotland's Landscape, his recent BBC Two series.
23 November 2010	Dundee researchers and European collaborators find that anti-diabetes drug fights Alzheimer's	A potentially exciting breakthrough in the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease has been made by researchers at the University of Dundee and their international collaborators.
22 November 2010	Coaching forum to inform coaches of best practice	Sports coaches from University of Dundee teams will gather tomorrow night to discuss how, by raising their own game, they can improve the performance of their athletes.
21 November 2010	Assistive technology experts meeting in Dundee	Experts in assistive technology from across Scotland will gather at the University of Dundee tomorrow (Monday November 22nd) to discuss the latest developments in the field.
19 November 2010	Card leads to early Christmas present for student Roisin	Roisin Connolly, a final-year student of Jewellery and Metal Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, University of Dundee, was today named as the winner of a competition for an image to be used on the official joint Christmas card of three Dundee politicians.
19 November 2010	The 2010 Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion - Photo Call	Christian academic Professor John Lennox, who has participated in public debates with fervent atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, will deliver the 2010 Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion next week.
18 November 2010	Bioscience researchers defeating potato blight	Dundee researchers, funded by the BBSRC Crop Science Initiative, have made a discovery that could instigate a paradigm shift in breeding resistance to late blight - a devastating disease of potatoes and tomatoes costing the industry £5-6 billion a year worldwide.
18 November 2010	US Foreign Policy the focus in the first of a new lecture series	Barack Obama's foreign policy will be examined during the first in a series of public lectures to be held at the University of Dundee to showcase the range of Humanities research taking place across the UK.
17 November 2010	The only MCee with an MSc shows his support for DFC	Hip-hop star Naeto C has become the latest big name to throw his weight behind the campaign to save Dundee Football Club.
17 November 2010	DRIVE team to take to the track at Knockhill	The University of Dundee's Formula Student motor racing team, DRIVE, will be putting their engineering, manufacturing and racing skills to the test when they take to the track against other student teams from across Scotland next week.
17 November 2010	Interdisciplinarity conversation to honour D'Arcy Thompson	Eminent philosopher Mary Midgley and acclaimed contemporary artist Paul Noble will this week join forces in Dundee to pay tribute to D'Arcy Thompson's belief in the fundamental interdisciplinarity of science, the arts and humanities.
16 November 2010	Conn Iggulden to talk about dangerous boys - and very dangerous men - in Dundee	Author Conn Iggulden will be invoking the spirit of one of history's most notorious figures at a Literary Dundee event this weekend. He will also read from his hugely popular Dangerous Book for Boys at the event, which takes place at the University of Dundee.
16 November 2010	University of Dundee Graduation - Wednesday November 17th	The academic achievements of more than 600 students will be celebrated tomorrow when the University of Dundee holds its autumn graduation ceremonies.
16 November 2010	'Daftie and Johnnie: D'Arcy Thompson's lifelong friend, John Scott Haldane' - public lecture	The relationship between Dundee's pioneering scientist D'Arcy Thompson and his lifelong friend John Scott Haldane will be explored at a public lecture at the University of Dundee later this week.
15 November 2010	Kuwait Director General of Diabetes Institute visits Ninewells	The Director General of Kuwait's world-renowned Dasman Diabetes Institute is visiting Ninewells Hospital and Medical School this week following the signing of an agreement to develop new international collaborations in diabetes research.
15 November 2010	Students to help identify disaster victims by their jewellery	Researchers from the University of Dundee's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) have partnered with design students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design to devise a system for classifying jewellery found on the remains of those who are victims of mass disasters.
15 November 2010	Opening of Pat McPherson Centre - Monday 15th November	A new £3.2million cancer research centre, named in honour of one of Dundee's leading philanthropists, will be officially opened this afternoon.
15 November 2010	Hip-hop star Naeto a master of ceremonies and science	One of the world's fastest rising hip-hop stars will next week ditch the bling in favour of more sober robes when he graduates from the University of Dundee and becomes the only MCee with an MSc.
14 November 2010	Dundee students to debate global issues	Students from the University of Dundee's Model United Nations Society will debate some of the most pressing issues facing the world at an international conference later this month.
12 November 2010	'The Magic of the Scottish Mountains' exhibition	Students, staff and visitors to the University of Dundee will have the opportunity to take in some of the most spectacular scenery Scotland has to offer over the next month.
12 November 2010	Artist takes up residency at Dundee Botanic Garden	Visual artist Sarah Gittins has taken up a year-long residency at Dundee Botanic Garden that will continue until September 2011.
12 November 2010	University Green Week - 15th - 19th November 2010	The University of Dundee will next week host a 'Green Week' to encourage staff and students to become more ecologically aware in all aspects of their life by embracing the idea of sustainability.
11 November 2010	Clinical medicine research at Dundee heralded in pilot study	The wide-reaching impact of clinical medicine research at the University of Dundee has been heralded in a pilot study to trial a new system of allocating research funding.
10 November 2010	Iraqi computing delegation visit University of Dundee	A delegation from Iraq's Kufa University will tomorrow mark World Usability Day by taking part in a series of events with staff and students from the University of Dundee.
10 November 2010	'Behind the Books' - The Dundee Christmas Lecture 2010	Alexander McCall Smith, one of the world’s favourite and most prolific authors, will deliver this year’s Dundee Christmas Lecture.
9 November 2010	Last chance to see 'V&A at Dundee' design competition exhibition	Visitors have until this Saturday to take in the exhibition of shortlisted proposals for the ‘V&A at Dundee’ design competition.
9 November 2010	Careers Service staff to hand over cash to charity	Staff from the University of Dundee’s Careers Service will this week hand over a cheque for £130 to Brae Riding for the Disabled.
8 November 2010	Why the 'terrible twos' are crucial to child development	Parents of toddlers will be given the chance to understand the importance of the ‘terrible twos’ during a talk delivered by a University of Dundee lecturer this week.
8 November 2010	Diversity - Culture Day 2010	Diversity is the theme of the University of Dundee’s sixth annual Culture Day, with a rich and varied programme of events lined up for students, staff, and member of the public.
5 November 2010	Students to graduate at first ever autumn ceremony	The academic achievements of more than 600 students will be celebrated later this month when the University of Dundee holds its first ever autumn graduation.
4 November 2010	Prizes for Life Sciences students	Outstanding Life Sciences students from the University of Dundee will be recognised for their academic achievements at a prize-giving ceremony next week.
4 November 2010	Top companies line up for Dundee ideas day	Product Design students from the University of Dundee will this Friday debate what life will be like in 10 years time with some of the biggest names in the digital media industry.
3 November 2010	V&A at Dundee - design competition winner announced	The Japanese architectural practice Kengo Kuma & Associates has been named the winner of the design competition for the V&A at Dundee.
2 November 2010	Economics expert gives G20 view	One of the UK's leading economists will give his view on the G20 nations' regulatory response to the world financial crisis at a lecture at the University of Dundee tomorrow, Wednesday November 3rd.
2 November 2010	Creating Sustainable Futures: University of Dundee conference in India	The University of Dundee will next week hold a conference in India to identify areas for cooperation with Indian universities and to discuss how challenges such as climate change and resource depletion which require global solutions can be met.
2 November 2010	Business community thanked for help given to student entrepreneurs	Local businesses who have provided enterprising students from the University of Dundee with tens of thousands of pounds of funding over the past five years will be thanked for their efforts at a special dinner tomorrow evening.
1 November 2010	V&A at Dundee - design winner to be announced	The winner of the design competition for the V&A at Dundee will be announced at a press conference on Wednesday November 3rd.