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May 2011 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 May 2011	University to honour local heroes and international figures	Local heroes and leading international academics and researchers will be honoured at this summer’s graduations at the University of Dundee.
30 May 2011	Dundee student receives top rugby award	University of Dundee student Kirstin Daly has been awarded one of the top prizes in Scottish rugby just three years after picking up the oval ball for the first time.
30 May 2011	Dundee students help represent Scotland at Venice Biennale	Three graduating students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will spend the next two months helping to represent Scotland at one of the world’s most prestigious art exhibitions.
27 May 2011	Dundee Degree Show 2011 - last chance to visit	More than 10,000 visitors are expected to have taken in this year’s Dundee Degree Show by the time the exhibition comes to the end of its run this Sunday.
27 May 2011	Researchers reveal violent deaths of medieval dead at Stirling Castle	Scientific research has revealed that at least five of the medieval people whose skeletons were discovered at Stirling Castle suffered brutally violent deaths.
26 May 2011	Building contacts works out as well as Lorri hoped they 'wood'	Off cuts of wood and other materials salvaged from building sites in the Dundee area have been transformed into furniture by a graduating student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
26 May 2011	Product Design makes its mark on the world	Graduating Product Design students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have been making their mark on the world and attracting the attention of some of the biggest global companies in recent months.
25 May 2011	'Motions of Care' invokes memory and explores identity	Experiences of working with the physically and emotionally handicapped have shaped the work of a student whose exploration of memory, identity and relationships is among the exhibits at this year’s Dundee Degree Show.
24 May 2011	Tayside is skin cancer 'hotspot'	A Dundee-based scientist involved in skin cancer research says Tayside is a UK "hot spot" for skin cancer along with the south coast of England and the Scottish Borders.
24 May 2011	Technology harnessed to promote bible study	A University of Dundee student is hoping to bring people closer to God by using the latest technology to make the bible more accessible.
24 May 2011	Satellite image of ash cloud and weather system	The attached image from the Satellite Receiving Station at the University of Dundee shows the ash cloud from Iceland and the storm system which has buffeted the UK.
23 May 2011	Thousands flock to Degree Show during opening weekend	More than 6,500 people have descended on the 2011 Dundee Degree Show since the city’s largest annual art and design exhibition threw its doors open at the weekend.
23 May 2011	Supermarket car park hubs to help domestic abuse victims	A Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design student has devised a service to enable victims of domestic abuse to access help and support more easily.
23 May 2011	Scientists take on Ben Nevis for charity	Scientists from the University of Dundee will take on Britain’s highest peak later this year in an attempt to raise £5000 for Arthritis research.
23 May 2011	Product Design students challenged to change the future of news	Internet giant Mozilla and the Knight Foundation will be offering artists and designers the chance to change the way the world engages with news when they visit the University of Dundee later this week.
23 May 2011	Water, water everywhere...	A 12m2 water-filled pool representing Dundee's Scouring Burn is the centrepiece of an exhibit at this year’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Degree Show.
20 May 2011	Dean hails 'vintage year' at Degree Show	Visitors to this year’s Dundee Degree Show will be treated to a ‘vintage year’ for the city’s largest annual art exhibition, according to the newly appointed Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
20 May 2011	Royal Society Honour for Professor Doreen Cantrell	Professor Doreen Cantrell, Head of the College of Life Sciences and Vice-Principal of the University of Dundee, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
20 May 2011	'Acoustic poetry' helps the deaf to connect to everyday soundscapes	A new way of enabling profoundly deaf people to more effectively engage with their environment has been devised by a student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
20 May 2011	Technology to save lives and look pretty	A jewellery student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design has devised a way to help people with hidden medical conditions stay both safe and fashionable.
19 May 2011	Kids say the funniest things - or is it adults?	Five-year-olds talking about hangovers and online dating - thankfully not a discussion between dangerously precocious children but a study of everyday conversation carried out by a Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design student.
19 May 2011	Illustrating the way to beat malnutrition	Ways of beating malnutrition in rural Uganda are explored in the work of an illustration student at Duncan of Jordansone College of Art and Design, to be exhibited at this year’s Dundee Degree Show.
19 May 2011	Oral health a major issue for Scotland's homeless - report	Planning for good oral health should be integrated into national health and homelessness policies in Scotland, according to a major report launched today (May 19th).
18 May 2011	Life Sciences students to meet Nobel Laureate	Undergraduate Life Sciences students at the University of Dundee will be given an audience with a Nobel Laureate this afternoon.
18 May 2011	'Call of the Sea' Exhibition at Lamb Gallery	The sea, and its depiction in Scottish art, is the focus of a new exhibition being held at the University of Dundee.
18 May 2011	Hollywood star lends his voice to student's animation	Not many student film-makers can attract top Hollywood talent, but a Dundee animator pulled off that very coup when she persuaded Brian Cox to star in her Degree Show piece.
18 May 2011	Major computing award for Professor Alan Newell	Alan Newell, Emeritus Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee, has been given a major award from a premier international computing society.
17 May 2011	Watering the Big Apple - Global Futures lecture 19th May	The challenges of maintaining a reliable supply of clean water to protect public health in one of the world’s most populous and bustling cities will be discussed in Dundee later this week.
17 May 2011	V&A at Dundee - Kengo Kuma press conference 21/5/11	We will host a press conference with Kengo Kuma, the lead architect on the V&A at Dundee project, at the University of Dundee on Saturday May 21st. This is the only scheduled media time we have with Mr Kuma, who is also delivering two public lectures the same day.
16 May 2011	Funding for University access projects	The University of Dundee has received funding of £350,000 for two projects intended to widen access to higher education.
16 May 2011	'Connecting patients, providers and payers' - the 6th MacKenzie Lecture	A discussion of how improved information technology helps connect patients, healthcare providers and funders will take place at the University of Dundee next week.
16 May 2011	Turner Prize winner returns to alma mater - Dundee Degree Show 2011	Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz and Pixar founder Alvy Ray Smith head up the list of VIP guests attending this year's Dundee Degree Show.
13 May 2011	Students get help to beat exam stress	Dozens of students from the University of Dundee have been getting help to de-stress and focus on their exams over the past few weeks.
13 May 2011	KENGO KUMA - public lectures now sold out	An unprecedented demand for tickets has seen two lectures by Kengo Kuma, the lead architect on the V&A at Dundee project, completely sell out.
13 May 2011	Pupils to get hands on experience of surgery	Pupils from Dundee's St Ninians Primary School will have the chance to practice keyhole surgery when they visit Ninewells Hospital next week.
12 May 2011	Beta Blockers may help COPD sufferers	Beta blockers, the group of drugs commonly prescribed to patients with heart diseases, may also have considerable benefits for sufferers of diseases such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema, according to new research led by the University of Dundee.
12 May 2011	Wellcome Trust grants more than £6million to Dundee Researchers	Two researchers at the University of Dundee have been awarded a total of more than £6million in grants from the Wellcome Trust.
11 May 2011	US internship beckons for Cathy	A University of Dundee student will spend the summer working in Washington D.C. after winning a place on a programme which has, in the past, provided interns for Barack Obama.
11 May 2011	Dundee to lead Drug Discovery Network	The Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, together with other leading not-for profit UK drug discovery and chemistry groups, is to coordinate building a UK-wide network in a developing area of drug discovery.
11 May 2011	Cancer experts to gather in Dundee	Cancer experts from leading centres in Dundee and Belfast will gather later this week to discuss the latest advances in research and foster future collaborations.
10 May 2011	Professor Allan Struthers elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences	Professor Allan Struthers, of the University of Dundee Medical School, is among 40 of the United Kingdom’s leading medical researchers who have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
9 May 2011	Tenants raise money for Parkinson's and diabetes research	Two popular tenants of Sidlaw House, Dundee have raised £800 after asking family, friends and fellow residents to help them celebrate landmark birthdays by giving generously to worthy causes.
6 May 2011	Aspiring solicitors raise over £2,000 for children’s charity	Postgraduate law students from the University of Dundee have raised more than £2,000 for the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS).
6 May 2011	Free evening talks in D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum	A series of free evening talks at the University of Dundee's D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum begins next week with an evening of poetry and prose inspired by the man from whom the museum takes its name.
6 May 2011	Diabetes research boosted by local fundraising	Representatives of the Dundee and District Diabetes UK Volunteers Group will next week present a cheque for £4000 to a University of Dundee researcher.
5 May 2011	Funding for football fans' fitness initiative	A groundbreaking collaboration between Scotland’s top football clubs and other partners, including the University of Dundee, has announced further funding of around £100,000 to help soccer fans across the country battle obesity.
5 May 2011	New Dean looks forward to Degree Show with confidence	The newly appointed Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design has expressed his desire to make this year's Dundee Degree Show the best yet.