3 Nov 2014
'Changing Perceptions? The Great War and Public Memory' – Remembrance Lecture on 7th November
University of Dundee historian Dr Derek Patrick will this week deliver a special Remembrance Lecture to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. 'Changing Perceptions? The Great War and Public Memory' takes place at 6pm on Friday, 7th November at the University’s Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill. The event is being jointly hosted by the University and Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corps (UOTC). At a time of commemoration, the lecture will enable the University and UOTC remember that time together. In doing so, they will celebrate their relationship and that of the...
3 Nov 2014
Exceptional students recognised for achievements
The annual Life Sciences Learning & Teaching Student Awards at the University of Dundee will this week recognise the accomplishments of dozens of high-achieving undergraduates. Sixty-eight students will be congratulated for their hard work over the last academic year at the MSI Lecture Theatre, College of Life Sciences on Thursday, 6th November. Top prize winner this year is Egle Gaurilcikaite (24) from Kaunas in Lithuania, who will be awarded the Sir James Black Award (CLS) for outstanding achievement. This award is presented by the University to a final year undergraduate student from each College ...
31 Oct 2014
‘What Shape is the Internet In?’ – Dundee Arts Café on 4th November
Professor Jon Rogers from the University of Dundee will ponder the state of cyberspace at a public engagement event next week. In a changed to the published programme, Professor Rogers will deliver the next Dundee Arts Café talk, entitled ‘What Shape is the Internet In?’ at The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum on Tuesday, 4th November. Professor Rogers, Chair of Creative Technology, said, “The way in which we retrieve and consume information has changed considerably in recent years, with the evolution of the digital world fast developing. Is this the future, or is t...
31 Oct 2014
‘CHEERS!’ TO DUNDEE SCIENCE FESTIVAL
Dundee Science Festival organisers clinked glasses today to toast the launch of the biggest event in its five year history. The festival, which will run from Saturday 1 until Sunday 16 November 2014, is a two-week city-wide celebration of science, providing fun, entertainment, inspiration and curiosity for all ages. With a new ‘personality’, the festival will host a staggering 112 events this year, twice as many as last year. Astoundingly the University of Dundee will be running, participating in and hosting half of the events over the next two weeks. The University’s offerings i...
30 Oct 2014
Tackling poverty and malnutrition in India
A guest lecturer at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR) will next week discuss poverty and malnutrition in areas of India where an abundance of natural resources mean they should not exist. John Pattison will be discussing ‘Alleviating Poverty and Malnutrition in Agrobiodiversity Hotspots in India’ at the Dalhousie Building, Old Hawkhill at 4pm on Thursday, 6th November. The lecture takes its name from a collaboration between the University of Alberta in Canada and the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in India that John is Proj...