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November 2007 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
29 November 2007	Representatives of national Parkinson's charity to visit project which they fund	Three visitors from the Parkinson's Disease Society will be visiting the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee to gain a greater insight into the work being done by scientists they help fund.
29 November 2007	Computing students have a hack at Yahoo! Challenge	Computing students at the University of Dundee who have been given the chance to take part in the legendary Yahoo! ‘hackdays’ will present their work to representatives of company tomorrow (Friday November 30th.)
29 November 2007	Students take on 47-mile trek for Malawi	Medical students at the University of Dundee will spend World Aids Day (Saturday December 1st) on a 47-mile relay walk to raise funds and awareness of programmes in Malawi, one of the countries worst affected by HIV and Aids.
28 November 2007	New writing required for Dundee book	A University of Dundee book that champions new writing is looking for submissions for the next edition.
28 November 2007	Kyle McEwan Acoustic Night	Family and Friends of missing student Daniel Kyle McEwan are to host an Acoustic night at Dundee University Students Association on Thursday 29th November at 8.30pm.
28 November 2007	Dundee students tackle Balkans crisis	Politics and International Relations students at the University of Dundee are today setting their minds to tackling one of the world's major impending international situations - that of a declaration of Kosovan independence.
28 November 2007	Discovery Days 2008	Some of Scotland’s brightest minds will get the New Year off to a stimulating start when the University of Dundee plays host in January to two of the most exciting days in the academic calendar - Discovery Days 2008.
27 November 2007	New TICR Laboratory to open today	A new Tissue Culture laboratory is opening today, thanks to the generosity and dedication of one man, Walter Craig.
26 November 2007	A musician with cerebral palsy will launch his new CD on Thursday night	Alan McGregor, who is non-speaking because of his cerebral palsy, is releasing City of Dreams to help raise money for Isaac, the international organisation for non-speaking people. Sales of the CD will also benefit Children in Need and Caring for Kids.
26 November 2007	Michelin help ‘DRIVE’ Students to formula student circuit	One of the world’s biggest tyre manufacturers has lent it’s expertise to a group of Dundee University students aiming to build a Formula-style racing car.
23 November 2007	Software Students win cash prizes for Product Marketing skills	Eight undergraduate software engineers have won cash prizes totalling £600 for their Product Marketing skills during a revolutionary new programme launched by Dundee University's School of Computing.
22 November 2007	Top Product Managers Help University of Dundee Computing Students Hone their Business Management Skills	The next gen Scottish computer software students reveal the technology marketing secrets they've learned from a unique new module launched this autumn by the University of Dundee.
20 November 2007	Still Life With Rabbits	Ewan Manson and Janey Muir are curating an exhibition of works held in Duncan of Jordanstone’s Collection. The selected work will be hung ‘salon’ style within the gallery and the, now emptied, Collections Store will house a collaborative site-specific installation, exhibited alongside individual responses to each other’s artistic practice.
19 November 2007	University to host BBC Radio recording	Drugs to treat disease are becoming increasingly sophisticated and it is possible to treat more diseases than ever before. However, they're also more expensive, which raises the question, is there a limit to how much a public health system should spend on treatment per patient? How do we decide which drugs to pay for and who should get them? Are some patients more deserving than others?
16 November 2007	IBM, Universities Collaborate On Technologies for the Aging Workforce	The University of Dundee has formed a collaboration with IBM and the University of Miami to develop new software technology tools to accommodate the needs of older workers and help them adapt to and remain productive in the changing workplace of the 21st century.
15 November 2007	Dundee first in Scotland to start `paperless’ postgraduate applications	The days of students having to fill in paper applications for postgraduate courses are over with the launch of a new online system.
14 November 2007	Scrymgeour Research Seminar	Peter Duff, Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Aberdeen, will be giving the final Scrymgeour Research Seminar of this semester on Wednesday 14 November at 4pm.
14 November 2007	New Dundee Research Collaboration to Evaluate Drug Safety Risks Early	Evaluating the safety of drugs early in development to ensure the safety of patients is a major issue facing the pharmaceutical industry as shown by some recent high profile withdrawals of new drugs in the later stages of testing.
14 November 2007	University authors shortlisted for award	Two University of Dundee authors have been shortlisted for the prestigious Saltire Society/National Library of Scotland Research Book of the Year award.
13 November 2007	63 per cent of diabetics risk serious foot problems by wearing the wrong-sized shoes	More than six out of ten people with diabetes are walking around in the wrong-sized shoes, exposing themselves to serious foot problems that could lead to amputation, according to research in the November issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
9 November 2007	College of Life Sciences Student Awards	Students at the College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance will be formally congratulated for their work at the a prize-giving ceremony today, Friday 9 November.
9 November 2007	US Ambassador to give ITEAS Lecture at Dundee	The current state of transatlantic relations and the effect they have on the world stage will be addressed by the US Ambassador Hon Robert Tuttle when he gives the annual lecture of the Institute for Transatlantic, European and American Studies at the University of Dundee next week.
8 November 2007	Major partnership in engineering launched	A major new research partnership is launched today (8 November) to ensure the future of Scotland as a driving force in engineering.
8 November 2007	Day of culture	The University of Dundee’s annual Culture Day will look at the subject of air, climate and weather through a series of exhibitions, talks and demonstrations.
8 November 2007	New annual lecture announced	A new annual lecture series has been announced, hosted jointly by the University of Dundee and Dundee City Council to commemorate the University’s 40th anniversary year.
7 November 2007	Disability experts gather in Dundee	International research experts working in the field of profound intellectual and multiple disability will gather at the University of Dundee this week.
7 November 2007	Wellcome Trust provides £6.2 million backing for Dundee Life Sciences	The University of Dundee has been awarded more than £6 million in grants from the Wellcome Trust to establish a major new research centre in the College of Life Sciences and add new infrastructure for the Drug Discovery Unit.
6 November 2007	Dundee PhD student nominated among great Britons of 2007	John McGhee (31), a PhD student and 3-D graphic artist at the University of Dundee, has been nominated as a Morgan Stanley Great Briton of 2007.
1 November 2007	Literature, Slavery and the Archive - the abolition of the British Slave Trade	Dundee University’s English department is holding a symposium this weekend, discussing Literature, Slavery and the Archive called A Triangular Traffic. It is being held to mark the bi-centenary of the abolition of the British Slave Trade Act.