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February 2012 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
29 February 2012	Botswana to be explored at RSGS Lecture	Stories of close encounters with elephants, lions, cheetahs, giraffes, wildebeest, praying mantis, and chameleons will be told during the next Royal Scottish Geographical Society Inspiring People talk at the University of Dundee.
28 February 2012	Lighting the spark for Ignite 2012	Cultural organisations across Tayside and Fife are combining to 'Ignite 2012' with a 10-day festival in May.
28 February 2012	'Autism and Communication: Wanting to be with people' - Saturday Evening Lecture on 3rd March	Commonly held assumptions about autism will be challenged during the next instalment of the University of Dundee's Saturday Evening Lecture Series.
28 February 2012	Launch of new MSc Advanced Sustainable Urban Design course	A new Masters degree at the University of Dundee is to help design professionals learn how to plan, develop and deliver sustainable urban environments.
27 February 2012	ISE Seniors open morning - Tue 28th Feburary	Members of the community are invited into the University of Dundee's Institute of Sport & Exercise on Tuesday February 28th to see what is on offer for people aged 60 years and over.
27 February 2012	Dundee designer teams up with King Creosote to try and save music industry	A University of Dundee academic will next week lead a panel examining ways of saving the music industry at this year's South by Southwest festival.
27 February 2012	New report suggests gap is closing between girls' and boys' reading abilities	A new report published today into the reading habits of over 210,000 British schoolchildren has shown that the difference in abilities between girls and boys reading appears to be closing.
27 February 2012	Women in Science launch	Women in Science, a two-week festival celebrating the achievements of women who work in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects, will take place in Dundee from Thursday.
24 February 2012	Malawian farmer to help mark Fairtrade Fortnight	Malawian farmer Masauko Khembo will explain how shoppers can transform the lives of people in the developing world when he appears at this year's Fairtrade Fortnight at the University of Dundee.
24 February 2012	Staff and students offered help to stop smoking	Staff and students from the University of Dundee who smoke will next week be able to access a range of methods to help to stub out their habit.
24 February 2012	Researchers uncover new operations of cancer suppressor	Scientists at the University of Dundee studying an important tumour suppressor, which is involved in at least a quarter of all cancers, have uncovered new ways in which it works.
23 February 2012	Students to hunt ducks on campus	The duck-hunting skills of University of Dundee students will be tested this Friday when they compete to win hundreds of prizes, including a round of golf for four, a bicycle service and theatre tickets amongst many others.
23 February 2012	'The Origins of Life' - Café Science event on 27th February	The 'Origins of Life' will be discussed during a talk of the same name held at the next Café Science event in Dundee.
22 February 2012	Public value of the Humanities to be discussed in Dundee	Esteemed academic Professor Sir Adam Roberts will discuss the worth and future of Humanities subjects when he delivers a lecture on the issue at the University of Dundee next week.
22 February 2012	CECHR work celebrated in new exhibition	A new exhibition by award-winning artist Jean Duncan, celebrating the work of the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR), will open later this week.
21 February 2012	Launch of DIRECT : An Innovative Medicines Initiative Project for Personalized Medicine in Diabetes	DIRECT ("DIabetes REsearCh for patient straTification"), a consortium funded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), announced today the launch of a 45 million Euro project focusing on a stratification of patients with diabetes. Scientists and clinicians working in academia have joined forces with the pharmaceutical industry to tackle the current bottlenecks in diabetes drug development and to develop a personalized medicines approach to treatment of 'type 2 diabetes' (T2D) with either existing or novel therapies.
21 February 2012	'Drawing Breath' - new exhibition at Cooper Gallery	An exhibition of drawings, photographs and video works by influential Scottish painter Lys Hansen and up-and-coming Teesside artist Kraig Wilson will open at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design next week.
20 February 2012	'Do Omega-3 Fats Really Make Children Smarter?'	Omega-3 fats are added to many foods with the claim that they improve learning and concentration. But is it true?
20 February 2012	Dundee group draw inspiration from US collective to host 'Fun-A-Day' exhibition	Students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will this week join artists from 23 other cities across the world in holding a collaborative exhibition of work from an international cast of artists.
17 February 2012	Chief Dental Officer to open new teaching laboratory	A new Integrated Dental Teaching Laboratory in the University of Dundee Dental School will be officially opened by Miss Margie Taylor, Chief Dental Officer for Scotland, on Friday 17th February 2012.
17 February 2012	'A Painted World' celebrates Professor Alan Robb	The work of Alan Robb, Emeritus Professor of Fine Art at the University of Dundee, is celebrated in an exhibition currently held at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum.
17 February 2012	Literary heavyweights to judge Dundee International Book Prize	A star-studded line-up from the world of literature will decide the winner of this year's Dundee International Book Prize.
17 February 2012	Jewellery students strike gold in medal competition	A trio of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design students have struck gold in a competition to design medals which will be awarded to recognise excellence in medical education research.
16 February 2012	Football Fans In Training to feature in BBC documentary	An initiative to improve the health of Scottish men by allowing them to train with their favourite football club, which the University of Dundee helps evaluate, will feature in a BBC documentary this Sunday.
16 February 2012	Researchers seeking ten boys who don't play football	Researchers at the University of Dundee are looking for ten boys aged 12 to 14 who don't play a lot of sports to help them with a project examining the effects of intensive football training on bone growth.
16 February 2012	Professor David Finkelstein appointed Dean of School of Humanities	Professor David Finkelstein has been appointed Dean of the School of Humanities at the University of Dundee.
15 February 2012	National University Mental Health & Wellbeing Day - Wednesday, 22nd February	The University of Dundee will next week host a range of activities to promote positive mental health and wellbeing and highlight the suppport available to students and staff.
14 February 2012	University to host largest-ever Volunteering Fair	The University of Dundee will hold its largest-ever Volunteering Fair next week, with more than 70 organisations including charities, emergency services and political parties, exhibiting.
14 February 2012	University announces major extension to Medical School	The University of Dundee is set to redevelop the School of Medicine at Ninewells with a major extension and refurbishment.
13 February 2012	Author James Robertson to inspire students	Renowned Scottish writer James Robertson, whose novel The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, will pass on his expertise to students from the University of Dundee tomorrow.
10 February 2012	Robert Burns the focus of research seminar	An examination of the poetry of Robert Burns, and his views concerning the father of modern economics, Adam Smith, will take place at the University of Dundee next week.
10 February 2012	'Silent teachers' celebrated in new anthology	'Silent teachers', people who donate their bodies when they die in order to help to train the next generation of doctors, scientists, dentists and surgeons, are celebrated in a new University of Dundee anthology.
10 February 2012	UK Ambassador to Afghanistan to discuss mission at public lecture in Dundee	The UK's Ambassador to Afghanistan will discuss whether the military action in that country over the past decade should be judged a success or failure when he delivers a public lecture at the University of Dundee.
9 February 2012	Professor Andrew Morris appointed Scotland's Chief Scientist	Professor Andrew Morris, of the University of Dundee, has been appointed the new Chief Scientist for Scotland.
8 February 2012	International design workshop at DJCAD to focus on V&A at Dundee	An international workshop focusing on creativity in local enterprise, with specific reference to the V&A at Dundee project, will take place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) next week.
6 February 2012	DJCAD lecturer features in BBC show	A senior lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will next week feature on BBC Two ArtWorks Scotland's show to discuss how his, and other, work deals with the issue of missing people.
3 February 2012	'Feeding the World - Science or Reliance on Nature?' - Cafe Science Extra event, 8th February	The ways in which scientific and technological breakthroughs can prevent food shortages across the world will be explored at the next Cafe Science Extra event in Dundee.
2 February 2012	Dundee students graduate - in Eritrea	The University of Dundee has held a graduation ceremony for it's latest successful students in nursing and healthcare management - in Eritrea.
2 February 2012	Survey finds public support for randomised medicine studies	Studies of the effectiveness and safety of prescription medicines in Scotland that randomise prescribing policy in different GP practices are broadly supported by the general public, a survey carried out for the University of Dundee has found.
1 February 2012	Potential new treatment identified for Leishmaniasis	Researchers at the University of Dundee have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis.
1 February 2012	Dalai Lama tickets sell out in two hours	Huge public interest in His Holiness The Dalai Lama's historic first visit to Dundee saw tickets for a public talk which he will deliver sell out little after two hours of going on sale this morning.
1 February 2012	DJCAD to host exhibition of video art	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) is to host a major international exhibition of video art.
1 February 2012	Climate change, Biofuels and Scotland's church records - CECHR 2nd annual symposium	Biofuels of the future, new approaches to tackling some of the problems created by climate change, and an examination of Scotland's climate through early church records will be among the subjects discussed at the second annual symposium of CECHR - the University of Dundee's Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience.