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January 2008 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 January 2008	How the sporting Victorians changed Highland Scotland - Saturday Evening Lecture, February 2nd	The continuing impact of the Victorian sporting tradition on the landscape of the Highlands of Scotland will be explored at the University of Dundee’s Saturday Evening Lecture this weekend.
30 January 2008	Opening of the Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology	The continued expansion of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee will be marked with the opening this week of a new Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology.
28 January 2008	University Boat Club facing twelve-hour Row-A-Thon	Dundee University Boat Club will be rowing the equivalent of an Edinburgh to Dublin journey when they take on their annual charity Row-A-Thon this week.
25 January 2008	Café Science debuts in Dundee	The first in a series of events designed to bring cutting-edge scientific research direct to the wider public will take place at Borders bookshop in Dundee on Monday January 28th.
25 January 2008	Law students set for international counsel	A pair of Law students at the University of Dundee are heading to India this Spring to represent Scotland in the international finals of a major counselling competition after recording a unanimous win in the national heat.
24 January 2008	`From Acanthus to Zebrawood’ - new exhibition	‘From Acanthus to Zebrawood’ brings together four UK artists and designers who are inspired by the form and function of furniture. Using materials such as formica, plywood, colour and light, all exhibited works abstract or transform the humble, everyday alphabet of domestic and urban furniture.
24 January 2008	`Wanted’ - art detectives to solve mysteries of new exhibition	The latest exhibition in the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee requires members of the public to turn detective to uncover the identities of the artists.
23 January 2008	Public health minister to visit pioneering health information centres	The joint efforts being made by the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside to develop the strongest technological tools to monitor the nation’s health and use them to benefit patients will be seen by Scotland’s Minister for Public Health Shona Robison MSP this week.
23 January 2008	Ann Gloag donation to fund specialist heart nurse	Perthshire businesswoman Ann Gloag is to fund a specialist nurse to work with University of Dundee scientists battling heart disease.
22 January 2008	Search for Dundee's `next top model’	The search for Dundee’s next top model will start this Sunday (January 27th) when Dundee University Charities Committee launch their biggest fashion show ever.
21 January 2008	Dundee leads major European homelessness project	Researchers in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee have been awarded £500,000 to lead a major European-wide project to improve monitoring of homelessness and homeless policies across the continent.
18 January 2008	TV success for Dundee graduates	Graduates from the University of Dundee’s School of Media Arts and Imaging were among the winners at last night’s Royal Television Society Student Awards for Scotland event.
17 January 2008	Dundee named among world's top seven `intelligent communities'	Dundee has been selected as the one of the seven most intelligent communities on earth for the second year running by an influential US-based think tank. The non-profit Intelligent Community Forum has pitted the Tayside city against three conurbations in the USA and one each from Canada, South Korea and Estonia for the overall winner to be picked in May. Leader of Dundee City Council Kevin Keenan welcomed the accolade, which marks Dundee's continuing transition from a manufacturing based economy to one which uses what people know to generate wealth rather than what they can make. He said: "It is vital that the council, its partners in the universities, the public and private sectors and the wider community of Dundee keep taking initiatives to build on the city's growing reputation as one that is transforming itself into an attractive modern and dynamic place to live and work." Shortlisting the city, ICF co-founder Louis A. Zacharilla said: "This former industrial centre has transformed itself through intensive government-academic-business collaboration and broadband deployment into a UK centre for life sciences and digital media."
15 January 2008	`Four in Florence' - new exhibition	‘Four in Florence’ is an exhibition of work from four Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art graduates who were awarded the Royal Scottish Academy's John Kinross Scholarship to Florence in 2006.
14 January 2008	Stars line up for Saturday lectures	Internationally acclaimed author Jung Chang, television historian Dan Snow and Victoria & Albert Director, Mark Jones, head the list of names presenting the University of Dundee’s annual series of Saturday Evening Lectures for 2008.
10 January 2008	Unique clinical PhD programme launched by UK's leading charity	The Wellcome Trust, the UK's largest medical research charity, today announces the launch of its innovative new clinical PhD programmes at centres of excellence across the UK. The £40 million initiative is part of a major investment in postgraduate biomedical research training in the UK and will significantly increase the support that the Trust provides for clinicians wishing to undertake rigorous research training.
8 January 2008	Discovery Days 2008 - January 10th and 11th	Some of Scotland’s brightest minds get the New Year off to a stimulating start this week when the University of Dundee plays to two of the most exciting days in the academic calendar - Discovery Days 2008.