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April 2008 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 April 2008	Major prize for Dundee computing student	A Dundee University student’s efforts to open up instant messaging on computers to older people have won her first prize in a major international competition.
30 April 2008	Professor Sir Philip Cohen Receives Top Scientific Honour	Professor Sir Philip Cohen, of the University of Dundee, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honours given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.
28 April 2008	Timeless tales - Storytelling for a digital age	How does storytelling change as we advance through a digital age? Portable devices, interactive media and new technologies are all possible influences on how we tell stories and how they are received by the audience.
25 April 2008	Botanic garden family fun day - April 26th	The University of Dundee Botanic Garden is hosting a family fun day on Saturday April 26th with a wide range of activities for the entire family.
25 April 2008	A vision of future residential care for older people in Scotland	Care of the elderly population within Scotland’s society should adapt to reflect a `Third Age’ of life beyond childhood and adulthood, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Dundee.
24 April 2008	Dentists from across the globe will reunite in Dundee today	Dentists from across the globe will reunite in Dundee today (thurs), more than 50 years since they graduated.
23 April 2008	Dundee shooters are top Dollar	Three top marksmen from Dollar are all shooting their way to success with the help of the University of Dundee.
22 April 2008	3rd Mackenzie Lecture - Midday, Wednesday April 23rd, 2008	Professor Sheila Bird, of the MRC Biostatistics Unit at Cambridge, will deliver the third Mackenzie Lecture, an annual event hosted by the Health Informatics Centre.
22 April 2008	Kitty Cameron Fund supports another PhD student	A charitable fund raised in the name of a young Perthshire woman who died seven years ago is to support a second PhD student at the University of Dundee.
21 April 2008	Sir Philip Cohen to lead new £10m Life Sciences Institute at Dundee	The Scottish Government has confirmed a new £10 million life sciences institute for Dundee. The Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling will be led by Professor Sir Philip Cohen.
21 April 2008	Peter Garland Lecture 2008	Harold Varmus - President of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the 1989 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine will deliver the 24th Peter Garland Lecture at the University of Dundee on April 22nd.
17 April 2008	500 Years of Printing - Exhibitions at the University of Dundee	As part of the national celebrations to mark 500 years of printing in Scotland, the University of Dundee Museum Services is staging two exhibitions looking at different aspects of printing.
17 April 2008	Round-the-world adventure comes to Dundee	Adventurer Jason Lewis will relate tales of his 13-year journey around the world when he delivers the latest of the 2008 Saturday Evening Lectures at the University of Dundee this weekend.
16 April 2008	Modern biosciences initiates Phase I clincial trial in cancer	London - Modern Biosciences plc ("MBS"), the drug development company, is pleased to announce that it has initiated dosing for a Phase Ia clinical trial of rimcazole, a novel anti-cancer agent.
15 April 2008	Scientists solve arsenic's cancer paradox	CANCER Research UK scientists have discovered how arsenic works as an effective treatment for leukaemia - according to a report in Nature Cell Biology* today (Sunday).
15 April 2008	£2.3 million for immune system research at Dundee	Scientists at the University of Dundee have been awarded a grant of £2.3million by the Medical Research Council to further research into how our immune system works and how it can be better controlled to fight disease.
14 April 2008	Unique opportunity for law students at Dundee	The University of Dundee is to offer all law students the unique opportunity to become qualified to practice in all of the UK’s jurisdictions.
11 April 2008	Law students reach semi-finals of World competition	A pair of Law students at the University of Dundee proved strong challengers in the World finals of a major counselling competition.
8 April 2008	Westwood & Boyd to receive honorary degrees	World famous designer Dame Vivienne Westwood and acclaimed author William Boyd will be honoured by the University of Dundee at this year’s graduation ceremonies in June.
4 April 2008	DRIVE team take pole positions	Members of the University of Dundee DRIVE team (Dundee University Race Innovation and Vehicle Engineering) were awarded first and second place recently for their practical engineering work undertaken as part of their first year project module.
1 April 2008	Green Gown Awards success for New Teaching Block	The University Of Dundee’s efforts to cut its carbon footprint have been recognised in the latest Green Gown Awards, held each year to promote sustainable development within the higher and further education sectors.
1 April 2008	Naomi Klein to give free lecture in Dundee, 22nd May	Naomi Klein, world famous author of No Logo is appearing at a free lecture at the University of Dundee to talk about her new book, The Shock Doctrine, which has already been an international bestseller.
1 April 2008	Trinidad expedition for Dundee Zoology students	Zoology students and staff from the University of Dundee will head to Trinidad this summer to join key environmental projects taking place in the Caribbean, including the reintroduction of the Blue and Gold Macaw to the rainforest there.