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December 2008 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
22 December	Dancing for Diabetes Ball notice	The Dancing for Diabetes ball scheduled for 6 March 2009 has been cancelled - see the notice for more details.
18 December	Research Assessment Exercise 2008	The University of Dundee has welcomed the results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise which show that 54% of the University’s research is achieving ‘world leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ standards.
17 December	Council supports pupils to attend university	Angus Council is working in partnership with the University of Dundee to ensure that no young person is held back from reaching university by financial or social factors.
17 December	Babies communicate from birth	Babies are born with a strong motivation to communicate with us, to understand and to be understood, a new study from researchers at the University of Dundee has shown.
16 December	Discovery Day 2009 - Friday January 9th	The University of Dundee's 'Royal gold medallists' will be among the star attractions at the 2009 Discovery Day on January 9th.
11 December	Visit by Eritrean Ambassador, His Excellency Tesfamichael Gehartu	The Ambassador of Eritrea will visit the University of Dundee tomorrow to discover more about a programme which helps Eritrean students develop their nursing and health care management skills.
11 December	Major Funding for Dundee to Train Water Experts	The University of Dundee has been awarded major funding from the European Union and the Government of Australia to train the next generation of specialists in the field of sustainable water resources.
11 December	Obesity gene link to a preference for fattening foods	An obesity gene variant, present in 63% of the population, has been shown to cause people to eat 100 extra calories, on average, at a single meal.
9 December	World-leading driver joins Dundee DRIVE team	Russ Swift, the world's top display driver and former racing champion, has agreed to become the President of the DRIVE Formula Student team at the University of Dundee.
3 December	'Our implausible universe' - The Dundee Christmas Lecture 2008	This year's Dundee Christmas Lecture will be presented by internationally renowned cosmologist and Professor of fundamental Physics at Durham University, Carlos Frenk.
3 December	Hat-trick of awards for dental innovators	A team of dentists and physicists from the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde have scooped a hat-trick of awards after developing new technology which has the potential to replace x-rays in dentistry.
2 December	'Crystal snips' for hairdresser Alan	Alan Grieve, an experienced hairdresser and artist, will be giving festive season haircuts in a unique setting this week - a giant ice cave installed at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.
1 December	Fiona's tablet boost for Breast Cancer Research	Runners all over Tayside may still be working off the calories gained through eating the thousands of bars of tablet made by Monifieth woman Fiona Edwards, but the benefit of buying it will be made clear this week when Fiona hands over a cheque for £2850 to boost local breast cancer research.