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September 2010 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 September 2010	Dundee expert to address New Zealand conference	A water law expert from the University of Dundee will tomorrow deliver the keynote speech at a major international conference taking place in New Zealand.
29 September 2010	Long-serving Life sciences lecturer retires	A popular member of the University of Dundee’s academic staff will retire tomorrow after more than 40 years service.
29 September 2010	University encourages people to make friends on the daily commute	The University of Dundee is asking staff and other workers from in and around the Dundee area to make new connections, cut their carbon footprint and save themselves money.
29 September 2010	Jonathan Falla to launch new series of literary Salons	Leading figures from the world of literature have been lined up for the new season of Dundee’s highly popular Literary Salons, which begin tomorrow.
29 September 2010	Dundee researcher to head up £675,000 Type 1 Diabetes Project	A University of Dundee academic is heading up an ambitious £675,000 Type 1 diabetes research project.
28 September 2010	Nobel Laureate to deliver 2010 Peter Garland Lecture	Dr Elizabeth Blackburn, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will visit Dundee next week to deliver this year’s Peter Garland Lecture.
28 September 2010	V&A at Dundee - designs unveiled	Six stunning designs for the V&A at Dundee project have been unveiled at an exhibition in the city.
23 September 2010	Pirates of Penzance in 24 hours	Students at the University of Dundee are set to stage a swashbuckling dash through the 'Pirates of Penzance' next week - from initial rehearsals to final performance in the space of just 24 hours.
23 September 2010	'Living with environmental change' - public lecture, September 30th	The challenges facing our environment and the way we live - and how research is changing to deal with them - will be explored in a public lecture at the University of Dundee on Thursday September 30th.
21 September 2010	Dundee study hopes to persuade one million Scots to sign up for research register	A pilot study looking at how researchers can overcome objections to participation in studies and trials has been launched by the Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh.
20 September 2010	University and Historic Scotland sign 'Arbroath Agreement'	Arbroath Abbey will be the location for the signing of a new partnership agreement between Historic Scotland and the University of Dundee’s Continuing Education department on Tuesday September 21st.
20 September 2010	Dundee researchers join £10million heart therapy study	Researchers in Dundee are set to play a key role in a major European-wide project to develop 'tailored therapy' for patients with heart failure.
17 September 2010	Brian Cox reads from New Writing Dundee anthology	A first-time author has not only seen his work published in the New Writing Dundee anthology but has also been honoured by Hollywood star Brian Cox choosing to perform an exclusive reading of his work.
16 September 2010	Law students kick off the year with prizegiving	The top performing students in the Law School at the University of Dundee will be honoured at their annual prizegiving today (Thursday September 16th).
16 September 2010	Leading legal figures set for Scrymgeour series	Lord Turnbull, one of Scotland’s most esteemed lawyers and a judge in the Court of Session, will next week launch the 2010 Scrymgeour Seminar Series by discussing whether criminal trial processes have kept pace with developments in criminal law.
16 September 2010	Dundee ranked among world best	The University of Dundee has been ranked among the world’s top 200 universities in a major new table published today (Thursday Sept 16th) by Times Higher Education magazine.
16 September 2010	Sir James Black honoured on Royal Mail stamp	Former University Chancellor Sir James Black, who made medical history when he synthesised the first heart-regulating beta-blocker, has been honoured on the Royal Mail’s newest First Class stamp.
14 September 2010	What lies behind Dundee's doors?	The public will have the chance to find out about the exciting array of work carried out at the University of Dundee, from world-leading scientific research to the painstaking preservation of historical documents, this weekend.
14 September 2010	Professor Sue Black to share secrets of Stirling Castle Skeletons	Professor Sue Black, Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee and star of the BBC Two series History Cold Case, will next week share the secrets of medieval skeletons discovered at Stirling Castle.
13 September 2010	Police funding under the spotlight at Dundee conference	The question of police funding in an austere economic environment will be to the fore as over 130 senior police, forensic experts and academics gather in Dundee tomorrow (Tuesday Sept 14th) for the Scottish Institute for Policing Research’s fourth annual research conference.
12 September 2010	Dundee forensic expert helps produce "true likeness" of Shakespeare	The work of a forensic anthropologist from the University of Dundee features in a new documentary which saw state-of-the-art technology used to create a controversial warts-and-all image of William Shakespeare.
10 September 2010	Big 10 event results in big £5k donation to charity	A fundraising event held at the University of Dundee in June to mark the 10th anniversary of a cardiac health programme has raised more than £5000 for heart disease research and rehabilitation.
10 September 2010	Opening service at University Chaplaincy Centre	The University of Dundee’s Chaplaincy will next week hold its annual Opening Service.
9 September 2010	Dundee University Sport - A winning partnership	A partnership between students and academics is set to herald an exciting new era for sport at the University of Dundee.
7 September 2010	Evidence of persistent infection in children with ME	University of Dundee scientists investigating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in children have found abnormalities in blood cells involved in inflammation.
6 September 2010	Tascforce recruits 2500th volunteer	A major research project in Tayside and Fife looking at preventing Scotland’s biggest killers - heart disease and stroke - has just recruited its 2500th volunteer.
6 September 2010	A welcome and goodbye to Kirkcaldy nurses	A barbeque will be held on Friday to welcome new nursing students to the University of Dundee’s Kirkcaldy campus and to bid a fond farewell to newly qualified nurses who are leaving for the world of work.
6 September 2010	University rolls out the welcome mat for 2010 freshers	The University of Dundee will, on Monday, welcome around 3600 new undergraduate and postgraduate students to its community.
2 September 2010	Science explosion ignites Dundee as fortnight-long festival programme unveiled	From food, fossils and forensics to dinosaurs and debates - the biggest celebration of science in all its forms is heading to Dundee.
2 September 2010	Cashback helps serve up racketball in Tayside and Fife	Money from the Scottish Government’s ‘CashBack for Communities’ programme is being used to help fund the provision of sport at the University of Dundee.
2 September 2010	Arts Café launches with design discussion	Dundee Arts Café, a new venture which will showcase the best of local research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, will open its door for the first time next week.
1 September 2010	Three days of events continue D’Arcy 150 celebrations	A three-day series of talks and exhibitions to celebrate the life of the inspirational scientist D’Arcy Thompson will begin at the University of Dundee tomorrow.
1 September 2010	Dundee makes mark with UK's largest e-assessment conference	The latest developments in technology on offer for education and assessment of students will be examined at the UK’s largest one-day e-assessment conference, taking place at the University of Dundee this week.