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December 2006 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
20 December 2006	Sheena Robinson Retires	Mrs Sheena Robinson retires from the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences today after a career spanning 31 years.
14 December 2006	Turbine trauma examined	The impact of the controversial wind turbines which tower over Dundee’s Michelin plant and dominate the skyline of the city’s eastern perimeter is examined in a new exhibition at the University of Dundee.
13 December 2006	Unveiling the Museum of Lost Interactions	The Interaction Archaeologists of Interactive Media Design at the University of Dundee will put on display this week some of history’s great lost treasures at the `Museum of Lost Interactions’.
13 December 2006	The Chemistry of Christmas	Local school children will be shown the fun side of working in chemistry at the Royal Society of Chemistry Schools’ Christmas Lecture.
12 December 2006	Learning from Life Sciences	The world of toxic algae, drug development and forensic facial reconstruction will be explored by over 250 secondary school pupils at the University of Dundee this week.
7 December 2006	Insightful students rewarded	Three students were today presented with prizes at the University of Dundee Enterprise Gym.
7 December 2006	Scots family study logs 1000th volunteer	One of the largest health studies ever launched in Scotland has recruited its 1000th volunteer, all of them contributing to a project which could have a major impact on the nation’s health for generations to come.
6 December 2006	New research institute launched	The University of Dundee will today launch a new research Institute to look at the social and health care issues for disabled people.
6 December 2006	Prize winner crosses the great divide	A probationer primary school teacher from Fife will be presented with the prestigious George D Gray CBE MA Award by the General Teaching Council for Scotland tomorrow (Wednesday 6 December 2006).
6 December 2006	New director for collaborative health research centre	A leading Professor of health care policy has been appointed as the new Director of a collaborative research centre that aims to improve the nation's health.
6 December 2006	Opening of Botanic Garden Education Centre	The official opening of a new £40,000 education centre at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden will be marked by a visit from local schoolchildren to see the garden’s Rainforest Trail - which in climate terms is at the opposite end of the scale from the centre’s origins.
5 December 2006	International Food Evening	Around 100 students from all over the world will be given the chance to sample each other’s culture and some tasty food at one of the most popular evenings in the University of Dundee’s calendar of social and cultural events for international students, organised by the Student Advisory Service.
5 December 2006	Ranulph Glanville Lecture	Ranulph Glanville will give the 4th lecture in the series presented by Dundee University’s School of Architecture: Energising Cities.
5 December 2006	New book reveals life of Dundee maverick	The fascinating life of a maverick Dundonian is the subject of a new book from Dundee University Press.
5 December 2006	Queen Mother Building awarded RICS sustainability award	The Queen Mother Building at the University of Dundee has been praised from the outside for its striking appearance and won over staff and students inside as an inspiring place to work and study. But the building is about even more than looks and comfort, as recognised by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Scotland, who have made it the winner of their Sustainability Award 2006.
5 December 2006	`Inverse care law' still evident in Scotland	Deprived areas of Scotland are being poorly served by a new payment system introduced into the NHS to reward doctors’ practices for improving the quality of their services, new research from three of the country’s leading universities shows.
4 December 2006	Francis Crick Lecture 2006	Professor Dario Alessi, of the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, has been chosen to deliver the prestigious 2006 Francis Crick Prize Lecture at the Royal Society.
4 December 2006	Dundee student sets up as independent publisher	A Dundee University student has set up as an independent publisher, specialising in books about the city.
1 December 2006	Dundee students say "Yahoo!"	Computing students at the University of Dundee have become the first in the UK to be offered the chance to take part in internet giant Yahoo!'s legendary "Hack Days", which challenge programmers to come up with innovative web applications.
1 December 2006	Tumour "weather forecast" gives new insights in cancer	The aggressiveness of cancer tumours may be determined by the tissue environment in which they grow, new research from the University of Dundee shows.