26 May 2016
‘Redesigning the Dundee Experience’ – Friday, 27th May
The ways in which design can be used to transform Dundee’s visitor experience will be explored at the Dundee Design Festival tomorrow. Hazel White of innovation consultancy Open Change and the University of Dundee’s Professor Mike Press will lead the two-hour workshop, which aims to provide vivid new concepts to both attract tourists and benefit the experience of living in Dundee for all its citizens. ‘Redesigning the Dundee Experience’ takes place at West Ward Works and is open to all. The fun, engaging and highly visual event will provide participants with access to powerful ser...
25 May 2016
Dundee student recognised for cancer prevention work
University of Dundee student Sharandeep Singh has been awarded the first elective bursary from the Scottish Cancer Prevention Network (SCPN) recognising his efforts to help reduce rates of cervical cancer in Punjab, India. Travelling to the rural communities of India, Sharandeep drew upon his clinical experience at Ninewells Hospital to compare the services and knowledge of cervical cancer available to patients in Punjab. With a consistently high number of cervical cancer deaths and no national screening programme in place, his elective explored the willingness Punjabi women have to undergo screening. He ...
25 May 2016
Graduate theatrical artwork on display.
Posters by leading art and design graduates are now on display alongside the University of Dundee’s current crop of students, who are exhibiting at this year’s Degree Show. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design has unearthed a number of Dundee Rep posters from its archives. They were designed by former Graphic Design students, dating back to the mid-60s and early 70s. The exhibition has been curated by former Lecturer in Graphic Design Gordon Robertson. Many of the posters are uncredited, but one has been identified as being designed by Albert Watson OBE, who has since become a worl...
24 May 2016
Tuberculosis drug may also target visceral leishmaniasis
A drug that has already been approved for treatment of tuberculosis could also be a powerful tool to combat another of the developing world’s major diseases, researchers at the University of Dundee have found. Visceral leishmaniasis is a disease which blights the developing world with 200,000 to 400,000 new cases and 48,000 deaths annually. The vast majority of cases are seen in six countries - Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, South Sudan and Sudan. There are no vaccines available and current drug treatments all have serious limitations such as prolonged administration (mainly by injection), hi...
24 May 2016
Former Lord Provost to discuss George Bush snub in new book
Former Lord Provost John Letford turned down a meeting with the most powerful man in the free world to honour a scheduled visit to steel workers in Baltimore – just one of the many revelations contained in the autobiography he is launching at the University of Dundee this week. Mr Letford will talk about his life of public service and the sometimes unsavoury side of local politics when he discusses ‘Fae the Boatyaird to Buckingham Palace’ at the University’s D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre on Thursday, 26th May. As Dundee’s Lord Provost from 2001 until 2012, Mr Letford...
