4 Jun 2014
Zoology Museum re-opens with exhibition of extinct and endangered animals
A new exhibition of lost and vanishing species will help celebrate this week’s opening of the University of Dundee’s D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum for the summer season. The museum is hosting ‘After Life’, a show of images captured by photographer Sean Dooley, from Friday, 6th June until the end of July. The exhibition features poignant and surprising portraits of extinct and endangered animals preserved in museums and private collections, including specimens from D’Arcy Thompson’s collections. Exploring the consequences of human action and inaction, this series...
3 Jun 2014
Dundee Dentistry rated top in the UK
The University of Dundee has been rated best in the UK for Dentistry in the latest set of league tables compiled by The Guardian. Dundee also rated 5th in the UK for Medicine. Professor John Connell, Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, said, “'The achievement of the School of Dentistry in being placed first in the UK in the Guardian league tables is a fantastic accolade and one that reflects on the overall commitment of our staff and students in making this a very special place to study dentistry. “In Medicine we are again placed in the top five in the ...
3 Jun 2014
University to honour local and global high achievers
The University of Dundee will honour leading thinkers and high achievers, local and international, at its summer Graduation this month. Among the achievements of those who will be made Honorary Graduates are a Nobel Peace Prize, one of the biggest selling computer games of all time, pioneering breakthroughs in human and plant science, and bestselling books. Professor Pete Downes, Principal of the University of Dundee, said, "Our Honorary Graduands reflect the vision and ambitions of the University itself, people who have transformed lives in the UK and around the world. "The scope of achievement among t...
30 May 2014
Tractor beam – science fact not fiction
The concept of a tractor beam is familiar from science fiction classics such as Star Wars and Star Trek. Now a team of physicists at the University of Dundee have turned science fiction into science fact by creating a functioning acoustic tractor beam. The Dundee researchers – working in collaboration with colleagues at Southampton University and Illinois Wesleyan University - used energy from an ultrasound array to exert force behind an object and pull it towards the energy source. “This is the first time anyone has demonstrated a working acoustic tractor beam and the first time such a beam ...
28 May 2014
Facilitating transitions to enhance wellbeing
The University of Dundee has launched a new research centre with the purpose of impacting on international policy and practice in the context of transformative change and transitions. The pan-University interdisciplinary Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT) Research Centre brings together an international network of researchers, professionals and their communities. It is hosted by the University’s School of Education, Social Work and Community Education (ESWCE) in partnership with academics from the Schools of Psychology, Environment, Applied Computing, and Accountancy, PA...