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August 2011 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
31 August 2011	University expert asks, 'is this the face of Jack the Ripper?'	A University of Dundee forensic anthropologist will tomorrow night help shed new light on the world's most famous cold case when she appears on the hit BBC One show 'National Treasures Live'.
30 August 2011	University to host computer vision conference	The University of Dundee will this week play host to around 200 computing experts from around the world when it hosts the British Machine Vision Conference 2011.
26 August 2011	Cargo trikes trial at University	Visitors to the University of Dundee on Monday will have the chance to try out an innovative form of inexpensive, carbon-friendly transport.
26 August 2011	Brian Cox to officially open Visual Effects Research Lab	Dundee University Rector and Hollywood star Brian Cox will next week officially open a major new lab facility that will bring scientists, artists, clinicians, and filmmakers together and promote interdisciplinary research.
25 August 2011	Appointment of Campaign Board Chairman and Deputy Chairman for V&A at Dundee	Two prominent members of the Scottish business community have been appointed to lead the fundraising campaign for the V&A at Dundee project.
23 August 2011	V&A at Dundee project wins architecture award	Kengo Kuma's design for the V&A at Dundee building has received a prestigious award from leading architecture journal World Architecture News.
23 August 2011	University to host child protection conference	A multi-disciplinary conference aimed at child protection professionals and those working in related fields will take place at the University of Dundee next week.
23 August 2011	New V&A will be a beacon for design in Scotland	Edinburgh festival goers will get a chance to go behind the scenes of one of Scotland's newest cultural spaces - before it has even been built.
22 August 2011	More than £1million awarded for type 1 diabetes research at Dundee	Researchers at the University of Dundee have now received more than £1million in funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) following several awards in recent years.
22 August 2011	MSPs to return to University for devolution debate	Recently elected MSPs Jenny Marra and Mark McDonald, both graduates of the University of Dundee, will return to their old stomping ground next month for a symposium examining the future of devolution.
22 August 2011	Police drawings, tumour visualisation, and festival tents - Dundee Masters Show 2011	A project to improve the accuracy of police drawings, a 3D method of visualising the development of cancer cells, and an innovative approach to cutting down on the number of tents thrown away after music festivals - just three of the exhibits at the Dundee Masters Show 2011.
19 August 2011	Farmer's birthday raises thousands for research	A selfless gesture by an Angus farmer who invited hundreds of local people to join his 70th birthday celebrations earlier this year has led to a donation of thousands of pounds to cancer and diabetes research.
19 August 2011	Funding for new facilities at Medical School	The Tayside NHS Board Endowment Fund has pledged £1million towards the major redevelopment of educational facilities at the University of Dundee’s School of Medicine.
19 August 2011	24-hour match brings football and art closer together	The notion that the beautiful game is also beautiful art will be explored during a gruelling, day-long game of fives in Dundee next week.
19 August 2011	Understanding of poverty to be explored at seminar	Academics from the UK, US and India will come together in Dundee next month to explore new ways of understanding poverty in the developing world.
18 August 2011	Dundee graduate takes on marathon Japanese fundraiser	A University of Dundee graduate now living in Japan will take part in his first marathon to raise money for victims of the tsunami that hit his adopted homeland earlier this year.
18 August 2011	Universities launch new policing studies course	A new postgraduate course aimed at people involved in policing has been launched by a consortium of Scottish universities.
17 August 2011	Kengo Kuma's V&A at Dundee building shortlisted for world award	The leading architecture journal World Architecture News has named Kengo Kuma's design for the V&A at Dundee building on it's shortlist as best 'Unbuilt' project in its 2011 Awards.
17 August 2011	Dundee boosting computing education in Iraq	A British Council-backed partnership between the University of Dundee and the University of Kufa in Iraq is helping boost the development of higher education in the Middle Eastern country.
16 August 2011	Dundee to lead new multi-million knowledge exchange hub for the creative economy	The University of Dundee has been selected by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as one of four universities to lead prestigious new `Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy’ for the next four years.
15 August 2011	Medical student recognised for ovarian cancer research	The 2011 Elma Reid Bursary has been awarded to third-year University of Dundee medical student Abdulla Ibrahim, who will receive a certificate marking his achievements during a symposium in Dundee this week.
15 August 2011	eAssessment Scotland 2011: Keeping it Real	Over 250 delegates from across the UK and Europe are expected in Dundee later this month for eAssessment Scotland 2011, the UK’s largest conference dedicated to exploring the benefits of technology-enhanced assessment.
11 August 2011	Dundee forensic expertise to help fight child abduction in Turkey	The University of Dundee’s world-leading expertise in forensic identification is set to play a major role in helping Turkish Police investigate the whereabouts of around 1700 children who are missing in their country.
11 August 2011	Second event award nomination for Degree Show	The 2011 Dundee Degree Show has been nominated for a prestigious industry award, the second such piece of recognition that Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design has received recently.
11 August 2011	Global ID experts study Scheuer Collection at Dundee	Students from the UK, Finland, Sweden and the United States and practitioners from the FBI and the Netherlands Forensic Institute are at the University of Dundee this month to take part in a unique course in the study of juvenile skeletal remains.
10 August 2011	Hollywood star lends support to homeless film project	A Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design graduate has teamed up with Hollywood star Brian Cox to make a series of films raising awareness of the plight of homeless people across the globe.
9 August 2011	Dundee Masters Show 2011	A range of conceptual, thought-provoking and vibrant work will be on display at this year’s Dundee Masters Show when it opens later this month.
4 August 2011	International delegates gather for Dundee water symposium	Lawyers, academics, civil servants, policy makers and students from across the globe have arrived in Dundee for a four-day symposium on water law.
3 August 2011	Dundee student hopes to strike gold on Amazonian adventure	A psychology student from the University of Dundee is to embark on an expedition to try to locate a legendary Incan city of gold later this month.
3 August 2011	It's time to explore 'regulated paid provision' for live kidneys, says researcher	It is time to explore how to pay for live kidneys in the UK under strict rules that guarantee access and equity, argues Sue Rabbitt Roff from Dundee University in a personal view article published on bmj.com today.
1 August 2011	Blood pressure drugs may offer benefits in valvular heart disease	Drugs used to treat blood pressure could offer significant benefits to patients with one of the most common forms of valvular heart disease, new research at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has revealed.