23 Nov 2016
Academician accolades for Dundee duo
Graeme Hutton, Professor of Architecture at the University of Dundee, has been elected as an academician of the Royal Scottish Academy (RSA). Jim Pattison, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University, has also received the same accolade. He and Professor Hutton will join more than 100 other artists and architects as Royal Scottish Academicians. Many academicians take a leading role in higher education and in many of Scotland’s cultural institutions. All are esteemed practitioners in their chosen field who were elected to the RSA by their peers. Professor Hutton is a multi-award winning architect...
23 Nov 2016
‘A Just Peace for Palestinians and Israelis’ – 24th November
The UK’s former Consul-General in Jerusalem will tomorrow visit the University of Dundee to discuss how peace can be brought to the Middle East. Sir Vincent Fean will deliver a public lecture entitled, ‘A Just Peace for Palestinians and Israelis’ at the University’s Dalhousie Building at 6.30pm on Thursday, 24th November. Wendy Alexander, Vice-Principal (International) at Dundee, will deliver opening remarks outlining the University’s work with Palestinian scholars. Sir Vincent’s diplomatic career took him to North Africa and the Middle East. His views on the future of...
18 Nov 2016
Exhibition celebrates Dundee polymath
Artworks and artefacts from the University of Dundee’s D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum will this weekend go on display in Edinburgh at a new exhibition celebrating the polymath who gives his name to the museum. The City Art Centre is staging ‘A Sketch of the Universe: Art, Science and the Influence of D’Arcy Thompson’, a major new exhibition of modern and contemporary art inspired by Thompson, Dundee’s first Professor of Biology. The exhibition features more than 90 artworks and other objects on loan from the museum’s collection and opens on Saturday, 19th N...
17 Nov 2016
Damehood no match for daughter’s graduation
Professor Sue Black may have received her Damehood from HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace last week but it will be a ceremony at Dundee’s Caird Hall this Friday that really fills her with pride. As a senior academic at the University of Dundee, Professor Black will be on the stage during the institution’s Winter Graduation ceremony on the morning of Friday, 18th November. That so happens to be when her daughter Grace receives her Nursing degree. Twenty-one-year-old Grace, originally from Stonehaven, says she is delighted that her mother – one of the world’s foremost experts in for...
16 Nov 2016
The American who came to Dundee to study American History and found love
The University of Dundee turned out to be the best place for American Jonathan De Vries to study his country’s history, for both professional and personal reasons. Jonathan (35) moved from Wisconsin to carry out his Masters in American History at the University in 2009. He quickly established himself as a star student and has gone on to obtain a PhD in the subject, which he will receive at the University’s Winter Graduation ceremony on Thursday, 17th November. In addition to his academic success, Jonathan has been an outstanding contributor to the University since arriving in Dundee, working ...
