29 Jun 2015
Nathwani family cross the globe to celebrate Alka’s graduation
Families travelled from far and wide to celebrate their loved ones’ graduation at the University of Dundee last week but none clocked up more miles than the Nathwani family. Distance learning student Alka Nathwani was accompanied by her sister Pratiksha as she travelled from Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania to collect her BA Early Childhood Study degree but with family scattered across the four continents that was only part of the story. Alka’s daughter and two sons all study overseas but were determined to be with their mother on her big day. Krishna flew in from Sydney for her mother’s gradu...
26 Jun 2015
Dundee first UK university to graduate `Science Without Borders’ medical students
The University of Dundee has become the first university in the UK to produce medical graduates through the Science Without Borders scheme. The graduation ceremony at Dundee this afternoon, Friday June 26th, saw four Brazilian students graduating from the Medical School. Gabriel Maia Costa, Rogerio Magno Do Nascimento Filho, Nicole Georges Lambrakos and Carlos Augusto Nunes Martini have all completed the Intercalated courses for the Honours Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science. The Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery of the Medical School was the first to accept medical students in the UK via t...
26 Jun 2015
First John Gibson Awards to be presented
The first ever winners of the John Gibson Award for Services to Computing at the University of Dundee will receive their prize later today. The University’s School of Computing has presented awards to students to coincide with graduation for a number of years but they have been renamed in honour of John Gibson, a founder member of its User Centre who died last year. Steph Lee and Graeme Brown will receive their awards at 4pm on Friday, 26th June at the User Centre, Queen Mother Building, having graduated earlier in the day. Members of Mr Gibson’s family will be in attendance at the ceremony. ...
25 Jun 2015
Parents of tragic Alex cross Atlantic to pay Graduation tribute
The family of a University of Dundee student who tragically died last year at the age of 24 have travelled from their home in the United States to mark his Graduation tomorrow. Alex Nordquist died of a lung infection last November during the final year of his International Relations course. He will be awarded a posthumous degree during the University’s annual Graduation ceremony at the Caird Hall on Friday, 26th June with his mother Barbara, father Bob and brother Thomas in attendance having made the journey from Connecticut to Tayside. Thomas will accept the degree on stage in place of his brother....
25 Jun 2015
Ambitious first showcase of Scotland’s contemporary artists in China
The first major showcase of Scotland’s internationally renowned contemporary art scene in China, a collaboration between the University of Dundee’s Cooper Gallery and Shanghai Himalayas Museum, opens this weekend. CURRENT comprises eight exhibitions featuring more than 50 artists over an 18 month period and is co-curated by Sophia Hao, of Cooper Gallery, and Wang Nanming, an independent curator and critic in Shanghai. The first phase of CURRENT features work from Poster Club, an artists’ collaborative group, and Edgar Schmitz. It opens on Saturday, 27th June to coincide with the British...
