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March 2012 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 March 2012	Students' success on creative loop	Three students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design are celebrating after they were named winners of Creative Scotland Media Awards.
28 March 2012	Hawkhill House listed by Historic Scotland	Historic Scotland has recognised the significant heritage value of Hawkhill House, the home of Museum Services at the University of Dundee, by making it a listed building.
28 March 2012	'Entertaining Dundee: From the Comical to the Comic, the Ridiculous to the Sublime' - 4th April	Dundee humour will be transported south of the Tay next week when experts from the University of Dundee explore the legacy of William McGonagall and DC Thomson comics with an audience in St Andrews.
27 March 2012	University to power down for Earth Hour	The University of Dundee is to demonstrate its commitment to cutting carbon emissions by turning the lights off across the campus as part of the global Earth Hour event next weekend.
26 March 2012	New edition of 'Dundee Writes' to be launched	The latest edition of 'Dundee Writes', the creative writing magazine from the University of Dundee, will be launched tonight (Monday, 26th March).
26 March 2012	Lessons from Baby P case to be explored at Social Work seminar	Lessons learned from the tragic case of baby Peter Connelly in Haringey will be highlighted at a seminar at the University of Dundee next week.
23 March 2012	Launch of Anthology One at new comics exhibition space	An exhibition of work from Anthology One - a new collection by aspiring comic creators from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design - will be held next week to celebrate the publication's launch.
23 March 2012	RSA exhibition success for DJCAD graduates	Four graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) have won prizes at this year's prestigious New Contemporaries exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
23 March 2012	Sport successes to be celebrated at Ball	A year of sporting success for student athletes from the University of Dundee will be celebrated tonight at the annual Blues and Colours Ball.
22 March 2012	Young researchers share £5000 Venture Award	Two entrepreneurial projects from students at the University of Dundee were today each awarded £2500 after they were named winners of the 2012 Venture Programme competition.
22 March 2012	NASA invite sees Dundee set challenge to the world	The University of Dundee has been invited by NASA to contribute to a new initiative seeking to solve issues of global importance.
22 March 2012	Exceptional PhD students sought for pioneering knowledge exchange project	A groundbreaking project led by the University of Dundee is offering a number of graduates the opportunity to launch their academic career while helping to transform Scotland's economy.
21 March 2012	'wardWatch' sees student team win healthcare innovation award	A team of students from the University of Dundee who created a database application to improve patient care in hospitals have won an award recognising innovation in healthcare.
21 March 2012	Cafe Science looks at alcohol 'through the Drinking Glass'	The history and future of alcohol production and consumption will be examined at the next Cafe Science event to be held in Dundee.
21 March 2012	Blues and Colours to be recognised for sporting excellence	The cream of the University of Dundee's sporting community will have their achievements recognised today when the annual Blues and Colours Award Ceremony takes place.
20 March 2012	Dundee to once again host prestigious student sports event	The University of Dundee will tomorrow host Scotland's biggest student sports competition, the third year in a row that the prestigious event has been held in Dundee.
19 March 2012	Symposium and exhibition look at feminism's future	The future of feminism will be explored in a symposium and exhibition hosted by the University of Dundee later this month.
19 March 2012	Dundee study of oxidative stress attraces £2M Eurpoean grant	Researchers at the University of Dundee have been awarded over £2M (2.5M Euros) to undertake pioneering work aimed at finding new ways to measure and understand the role of oxidative stress, which is a feature of the onset and progression of numerous acute and chronic human diseases.
19 March 2012	Arthritis pain killer study recruits 6000th Patient	A Scottish-led large-scale safety study into some of the most widely used medicines has reached a significant milestone by recruiting its 6000th patient volunteer.
16 March 2012	College of Arts and Social Sciences teaching awards	A project to build the UK's first entirely energy autonomous building in the Dundee's Botanic Gardens and a regular evening virtual get-together for students have been rewarded in the College of Arts and Social Sciences Teaching Awards for 2011-12.
16 March 2012	Young researchers 'Venture' forth for £5000 award	Young researchers at the University of Dundee will compete for up to £5000 seed money to turn their ideas into commercial applications next week as the 2012 Venture Programme competition reaches its finale.
16 March 2012	Holywood star contributes recipe to students' cookbook	A diabetic-friendly recipe for Apple Tart provided by Hollywood star Brian Cox features in a new cookbook produced by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design students to raise funds for food security projects in the developing world.
15 March 2012	The Anne and Normile Baxter Prize for Cancer Research - nominations invited	Nominations are invited for the Anne and Normile Baxter prize for a PhD student or a junior postdoctoral fellow to reward a significant contribution to any aspect of cancer research in Dundee.
14 March 2012	Dundee and Abertay battle it out in the fifth annual Varsity Competition	The top sports men and women from the Universities of Abertay and Dundee are preparing for their annual varsity clash today (Wednesday March 14th). Four hundred competitors will descend on Riverside, the ISE (Institute of Sport and Exercise, University of Dundee) and Scotscraig golf course in what is the biggest competition to date.
14 March 2012	Game-making explored at computing event	Representatives of three computer games companies will attend the University of Dundee tomorrow night for a public event examining how games are made.
14 March 2012	Scottish Government's China strategy to be outlined to design students	The Head of the Scottish Government's China Team will visit the University of Dundee next week to talk to students about the relationship between Scotland and China, and the opportunities to do business in the Far East.
13 March 2012	TEG team show up well in competition	A student team from the University of Dundee has been named runner-up in a UK-wide enterprise competition.
13 March 2012	Anthology celebrates students' comic creations	An anthology of work from aspiring comic and graphic artists from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will be launched later this month.
12 March 2012	DUSA Elections for 2012-13 - The Results	Dundee University Students Association has completed elections for 2012-13.
12 March 2012	Early Indian cinema explored in lecture	Nowadays, it is famous for lavish Bollywood productions, but the development of documentary film in colonial and post-Independence India will be discussed during a public lecture at the University of Dundee this week.
12 March 2012	'Earthquakes, Tsunami, Volcanoes - living on a dynamic planet' - public lecture at University	Natural disasters, such as last year's Japanese tsunami that killed thousands and almost caused a nuclear meltdown, will be explored in a British Science Association lecture at the University of Dundee tomorrow.
9 March 2012	'Cycle Fest' for students and staff	A series of events challenging students and staff to get on their bike and consider more environmentally friendly travel choices will be held at the University of Dundee next week.
8 March 2012	Researchers in Dundee find people with diabetes in Scotland keen to manage their own condition	A new study released by Dundee University has found people with diabetes across all of Scotland's 14 health boards are choosing to get hands on with their condition by accessing and understanding their own medical records. People with diabetes in Scotland have been able to access and share medical records with doctors through an NHS portal launched in December 2010, My Diabetes My Way, which has made a difference to how people can manage their own condition.
8 March 2012	Flatulent fish and 'new' McGonagall poems - Ig Nobel Awards return to Dundee	The Ig Nobel Awards Show - the annual celebration of unique and imaginative research from across the world - will return to the University of Dundee next week.
8 March 2012	'Sparks and Arcs - Inspiring Physics Teaching Across the Curriculum' - Cafe Science Extra on 14th March	Innovative ways to engage and motivate pupils will be discussed at a Cafe Science Extra event in Dundee next week.
8 March 2012	MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit scientist wins prestigious young investigator award	The British Biochemical Society has chosen Dr Kristopher Clark in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit (MRC-PPU) at the University of Dundee to receive an Early Career Development Award in 2013.
7 March 2012	Record entry for Dundee International Book Prize	The 2012 Dundee International Book Prize has received a record-breaking 475 entries - up almost 400 per cent on last year's figure.
7 March 2012	RSE Fellowship honour for Dundee academics	A quartet of academics from the University of Dundee have been honoured by election as Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
6 March 2012	DJCAD graduates nominated for Student Film Awards	Two graduates of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will be looking to grab the glory at one of the UK's top award ceremonies for emerging filmmakers later this month.
6 March 2012	'A Century On: the Legacy of Captain Scott 1912-2012' - Saturday Evening Lecture, 10th March	Captain Scott's fateful expedition to the Antarctic will be recounted at the next Saturday Evening Lecture at the University of Dundee, one of a series of events marking the centenary of the tragic journey.
6 March 2012	£10 million boost for neglected tropical disease research at Dundee	The University of Dundee has received over £10 million from the Wellcome Trust in the fight against some of the world's most neglected parasitic diseases, including support for a multi-million pound partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to discover new drug treatments.
5 March 2012	Magnificent microbes on show at Sensation	Microbiologists from the University of Dundee are inviting visitors to come along to Sensation, Dundee Science Centre, this week to discover the wondrous world of 'Magnificent Microbes'.
5 March 2012	Dee-Con 2012 launched	Dundee University Students Association (DUSA) will once again host one of the Scotland's biggest celebrations of anime, comics and video games later this year.
1 March 2012	'Designing Cities for Post-Riot Britain' - Dundee Arts Café event on Tuesday, 6th March	The lessons that designers can learn from last summer's riots will be explored by one of the UK's foremost experts in the use of design in crime prevention at the next Dundee Arts Café event.
1 March 2012	Dundee launches unique professional Masters in Forensics	The internationally renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee has launched a unique new postgraduate programme targeting those who aspire to a professional career in the field of forensic anthropology.