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July 2008 Press Releases

 

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31 July 2008

Exchange brings medical students to Forfar

American medical students on a new exchange programme at the University of Dundee's School of Medicine will be visiting The Hunter Library, Restenneth Priory, Forfar, to meet trustee representatives of the sponsor, The Graham Hunter Foundation.

28 July 2008

Major conference for Institute of Motion Analysis & Research

The University of Dundee’s Institute of Motion Analysis and Research (IMAR) is welcoming experts from all over the world for a major conference in the city this week.

28 July 2008

Course "shopping" goes online

Language and continuing education courses at the University of Dundee are being made more accessible than ever with all bookings now able to be made through the university’s online shop.

25 July 2008

Design students take story technology to Microsoft

A team of design students from the University of Dundee will take their latest project - a unique storytelling/storymaking machine - to Microsoft’s world HQ next week.

23 July 2008

Alzheimer's study sheds new light on memory

How much can people with dementia actually remember? New research led by the University of Dundee shows that knowledge may not be destroyed until later stages of conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease than previously thought.

21 July 2008

Happy Birthday Beano! - The Official Anniversary Exhibition

This summer the University of Dundee is hosting the official 70th anniversary exhibition celebrating Britain’s favourite comic The Beano. Running until 20th September 2008, the show has been staged by the University’s Museum Services in association with the School of Humanities and D C Thomson & Co Ltd.

21 July 2008

New bursaries available

Outstanding students at the University of Dundee could lessen the financial burden of a Masters course with one of seven new bursaries.

21 July 2008

Dundee students drive to success

A group of students at the University of Dundee are set to get a first-hand view of the world of Formula One racing after winning acclaim for their efforts to build their own racing car.

16 July 2008

I.D. experts gather in Dundee

International experts in facial identification are gathered at the University of Dundee this week for a major conference charting changes in technology and practice.

15 July 2008

Formula Predicts Emergency Admissions in Adults Older Than 40

Using data from clinical encounters and drug prescriptions over three years, researchers at the University of Dundee have devised a model to predict emergency hospital admissions.

11 July 2008

Humanitarian award for Professor Sue Black

Professor Sue Black, Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology and Director of the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee, has been named the 2008 recipient of the Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology from the Royal Anthropological Institute.

10 July 2008

Royal Medal crowns annus mirabilis for Dundee scientist

Sir Philip Cohen, Director of the Medical Research Council’s Protein Phosphorylation Unit, Research Professor at the University of Dundee, and Director-Designate of the newly established Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling, has been awarded the Royal Society’s prestigious Royal Medal, it was announced today (Thursday 10 July).

9 July 2008

Health Minister opens £13m Clinical Research Centre in Dundee

The new £13million Clinical Research Centre at Ninewells Hospital, developed by the University of Dundee in close partnership with NHS Tayside, is officially opened today, July 9th, by Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and Deputy First Minister.

8 July 2008

Husband and wife to be honoured at Dundee

A husband and wife who have each gone on to become world leaders in their respective fields after graduating from the University of Dundee will be honoured when they return to the University this week.

8 July 2008

Kenyan nurses graduating from University of Dundee

Eight nurses will make the long journey from Kenya to pick up their degrees at the University of Dundee today and add a flare of colour to the ceremony by attending in traditional dress.

8 July 2008

Algae - sustainable sources of biofuel?

Some of the earth’s oldest living organisms could provide the solution to mass production of biofuels, according to a leading expert at the University of Dundee.

2 July 2008

New Zoology museum open to the public

The new D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum at the University of Dundee is now open to the public for its first summer season.

2 July 2008

Wimberley Award 2008

Computing graduate Suzanne Prior has been named this year’s winner of the University of Dundee’s Wimberley Award, given to the student who has made the most distinguished contribution to University life.

1 July 2008

Fife celebration to mark 60 years of the NHS

Staff and students at the University of Dundee’s Fife campus will stage a celebration of Nursing this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS.

1 July 2008

Medical imaging conference for Dundee

The fast-developing field of medical imaging will be analysed at a major conference being hosted by the School of Computing at the University of Dundee this week.