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January 2007 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 January 2007	Voluntary organisations for refugees resist pressure to operate as 'shadow state' agencies	New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, highlights the tensions that face voluntary organizations between working to support refuges arriving in Britain and the rules surrounding government funding for their work. According to Professor Nick Fyfe at Dundee University who led the project voluntary groups feel they are under considerable pressure because what is in the best interests of their clients conflicts with government policy.
30 January 2007	Saturday Evening Lecture Series 2007	From the mood of the nation as Scotland entered into Union 300 years ago, to key debates in modern medicine, politics and the environment, and the question of whether politicians as a breed look funny, the burning issues of past, present and future will be explored in the 2007 series of Saturday Evening Lectures at the University of Dundee.
30 January 2007	Sunbed Users Skin Cancer Risk Doubles or Triples in Ten Years	Regular users of sunbeds now face an increased risk of developing skin cancer, according to Dr Harry Moseley of Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee.
26 January 2007	Black Button - new exhibition at University of Dundee	The Cooper Gallery presents a solo exhibition of watercolours and sculptures by Glasgow-based artist Henry Coombes. The preview is Friday 26th January 6-8pm, with the exhibition running 27 January to 24 February 2007.
26 January 2007	Boat Club's gruelling 12 hour challenge!	Dundee University Boat Club are aiming to raise at least £3000 when they undertake a 12 hour sponsored row on Wednesday 7th February.
24 January 2007	How to communicate	A Dundee University lecturer has finally written a book she has been mulling over since her experiences several years ago as the mother of a sick child.
24 January 2007	Election of Rector 2007	The election of a new Rector for the University of Dundee will take place next month after the current postholder Lorraine Kelly announced she would not stand for a second term.
23 January 2007	NC3R prize to Dundee Scientists working on Neglected Tropical Diseases	Scientists working on new drug treatments for leishmaniasis have won this year’s NC3R prize for reducing animal suffering in research. The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3R) awarded the prize to Professor Fairlamb and his colleague Dr Susan Wyllie for their refinement of techniques used to propagate leishmania parasites in hamsters.
23 January 2007	University of Dundee - Sustainability Review	The University of Dundee is engaged in a Sustainability Review, the final recommendations of which will be reported to the University Court on February 19th. It will be for the Court to decide whether it wishes to accept the review group’s recommendations.
18 January 2007	Design for Living	The role design has played in everyday life - from Roman lamps to iconic 20th century furniture - is examined in a new exhibition opening at the University of Dundee tomorrow (Friday January 19th).
18 January 2007	Principal welcomes Cellartis AB investment	Sir Alan Langlands, Principal of the University of Dundee, has welcomed today’s announcement by Cellartis AB that they are to establish a R&D and manufacturing facility in Dundee which will create up to 75 highly skilled jobs.
18 January 2007	Prestigious honour for computing professor	A leading computer expert at the University of Dundee has been named a Fellow of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery, one of only three people in Europe to receive the honour in the class of 2006.
17 January 2007	Model thinking gives brain insights	A model train set is helping scientists in Dundee unlock the secrets of how thinking processes develop as we age.
16 January 2007	Halcrow Chair of Construction Innovation	The University of Dundee has appointed Professor Tim Broyd as the new Halcrow Chair of Construction Innovation in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
16 January 2007	A Dundee Celebration - Caird Hall, February 9th, 2007	The University of Dundee will begin a year of events to mark its 40th anniversary with "A Dundee Celebration", a special ceremony recognising the key links formed with the city and honouring some of its key figures.
12 January 2007	New DVI contract awarded to the University	The Unit of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology within the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences has tendered successfully to be awarded a substantial contract to train police officers from all over the UK to form part of the new UK Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) response capability. These officers will be deployed to help identify victims of mass fatalities anywhere in the world. UK DVI is a joint initiative between the Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the UK government.
9 January 2007	First study of its kind gets underway in Dundee	The first ever study looking at how diet and lifestyle affects cancer survivors gets underway at the University of Dundee, thanks to a £48,775 grant by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).
8 January 2007	TMRC announces first round of research project funding	The Translational Medicine Research Collaboration (TMRC) - the unique venture bringing together one of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies with Scotland’s finest medical research centres - today announced the first round of research projects to be funded through the new £50 million initiative.
4 January 2007	Discovery Days 2007	Leading thinkers in fields as varied as the world’s water and energy crises, medical imaging technology, `telehealth’, witness protection schemes, international whaling law, and designing against crime come together next week for one of the most dynamic events on the academic calendar - Discovery Days 2007 at the University of Dundee.
4 January 2007	Launch of obesity research group	The dawn of a New Year and it is time for resolutions. For many this will inevitably mean trying to get fitter, eat better and live healthier, often inspired by the emergence of a bulge around the waistline following the festive feasting.