16 Jul 2014
£1.3million Wellcome Award to boost immune system research
A University of Dundee researcher has been awarded a £1.3million grant to boost research into the workings of the immune system. The Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award to Professor Paul Crocker will support his laboratory’s research for the next five years. Professor Crocker’s work focuses on proteins which regulate critical functions in our immune system and are influential in various infectious and autoimmune diseases and in septic shock. “Our bodies are continuously under threat of attack by infectious organisms,” said Professor Crocker, who is based in the College...
15 Jul 2014
The Val McDermid Mortuary revealed
She is already a critically acclaimed and bestselling author. Now the Scottish crime writer Val McDermid is to have a mortuary named after her at the University of Dundee. Val was one of a group of leading crime writers who lent their support to the University’s `Million for a Morgue’ campaign. The public were asked to not only donate money to the campaign but to vote for which of the writers they would like the morgue to be named after. The other authors who lent their support were Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, Jeff Lindsay, Stuart MacBride, Tess Gerritsen, Peter James, Kathy Reichs, Mark Billi...
14 Jul 2014
Gigs, performances, screenings and readings to bring down the curtain on Studio Jamming
A fortnight into the ‘Studio Jamming: Artists’ Collaborations in Scotland’ exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), attention has turned to the 12-hour Jamming Symposium that will bring the series to a close later this month. The major new exhibition at the Cooper Gallery takes its cue from the live improvised excitement of musical jamming to celebrate artists’ collaborations. Artists and writers who have taken part in ‘Studio Jamming’ will come together with speakers and members of the public on Friday, 25th July for the marathon event j...
10 Jul 2014
DJCAD students’ work on transatlantic journey for exhibition
Seventeen students and graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) are showcasing their work on the international stage at a group exhibition in the United States. The group, from the MFA Art & Humanities programme at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, have contributed work for the ‘Trans-send’ exhibition at Towson University in Maryland. The show takes place from 8th July – 9th August in conjunction with a city-wide Arts festival in neighbouring Baltimore. The DJCAD contingent has mainly contributed work on paper, with a few additional pieces in dig...
10 Jul 2014
DJCAD graduates celebrating exhibition successes
The exhibition season for young designers is proving a happy hunting ground for graduates from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, who have picked up seven major awards at the New Designers and D&AD New Blood events in London. Exhibitions such as these are visited by tens of thousands of people each year, including some of the important and influential figures in the design industry. This gives graduates the opportunity to develop contacts with trade professionals, potential employers and the media as well as having the chance to win awards, work placements and recognition. Graduates f...