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November 2011 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 November 2011	'Spotlight on Games' for computing students	Computing students from the University of Dundee will have the chance to impress potential future employers later this week when they meet with representatives of established computer games companies and other firms who utilise technology.
29 November 2011	'Wild Vision' to be revealed in Dundee	Acclaimed nature, travel and adventure photographer John Beatty will share images and stories from his 25 years of assignments to 38 different countries at the University of Dundee next week.
29 November 2011	Schoolchildren encouraged to play in Good Dirt for breakfast	Students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will next week unveil a range of children’s games promoting good nutrition and active lifestyles that they co-designed with primary school pupils from across Dundee.
28 November 2011	University seeks tattoos and piercings	The University of Dundee is making an international appeal for people to send them images of their tattoos, piercings and other body modifications.
28 November 2011	Turner Prize nominee to talk at Cooper Gallery	Turner Prize 2011 nominee Martin Boyce will later this week visit Dundee to discuss his own practice and an exhibition of pioneering industrial design work currently taking place at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
23 November 2011	Arctic photography exhibition at University	An exhibition of photographs taken by naturalists during expeditions to the Arctic in the late-19th century will open at the University of Dundee on Saturday.
23 November 2011	V&A at Dundee masterclass portraits to go on show	The results of the first V&A at Dundee Masterclass will go on show to the public this Friday evening.
23 November 2011	Dundee Cell Products attracts new grants, appoints new Chairman	Dundee Cell Products Ltd (DCP), a spin-out company from the University of Dundee, has attracted two new grants to support its product development and commercialisation activities.
23 November 2011	Opening of Dow Clinical Simulation Suite	A £1million state-of-the-art facility to train medical, nursing and dental students to deal with the myriad situations facing them in practice and ensure patient safety will be opened in Dundee later this week.
22 November 2011	Tayside Construction Forum to host Scottish Futures Trust event	The Tayside Construction Forum will tomorrow (November 23rd) host a presentation by the Scottish Futures Trust and their preferred operator for the £500million East Central Hub.
22 November 2011	'Portrait' of people with dementia wins researcher award	A computing researcher, who last week graduated with a PhD from the University of Dundee, has been awarded £10,000 to promote software she developed to help improve the care of people with dementia.
17 November 2011	'Young thinker' title for law lecturer Kirsteen	A Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee has been named Scotland and Northern Ireland Young Thinker of the Year for 2011 for her ideas on how to 'rethink the recession'.
17 November 2011	Joint Statement from the University of Abertay Dundee, the University of Dundee, Dundee College and the Scottish Funding Council	Following a meeting held to discuss the potential for closer collaboration within the context of the Scottish Government’s proposals for reform of post-16 education in Scotland, the following statement has been issued jointly by the University of Abertay Dundee, the University of Dundee, Dundee College and the Scottish Funding Council for Further and Higher Education:
17 November 2011	'The Current British Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective' - public lecture on Wednesday, 23rd November	'The Current British Economic Crisis in Historical Perspective' - public lecture on Wednesday, 23rd November.
17 November 2011	New Hi-tech Survey Accelerates Collection of Vaccination Data and Adds to Evidence for Safety of 2009-10 Swine Flu Vaccination	New technology now makes it possible to collect 'near real-time' data about whether people are having any side effects from vaccination. By studying people who received the 2009-10 swine flu vaccination in Scotland, researchers from the University of Dundee and the Drug Safety Research Unit in Southampton showed that this rapid reporting can add another layer of safety to future vaccination campaigns.
16 November 2011	Dundee Professor elected president of international Diabetes body	Professor Stephen Greene, of the University of Dundee, has been elected President of the International Society of Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), one of the world's leading bodies on child health.
15 November 2011	'Victorian Dundee: Image and Realities' - public lecture on 17th November	The true history of Victorian Dundee will be discussed in a public lecture being held this Thursday to celebrate the launch of a new book that explores the era.
15 November 2011	Wellbeing conference at Dundee	Academics from Durham and Oxford will tomorrow join researchers from the University of Dundee for a mini-conference exploring wellbeing.
15 November 2011	Prizegiving to celebrate achievement of business graduates	The University of Dundee's School of Business will tomorrow celebrate the achievements and hard work of their graduates at a special Graduation Party and Prizegiving Ceremony.
14 November 2011	City Centre businesses backing V&A at Dundee	Dundee's city centre businesses are backing the development of the V&A at Dundee as a major boost for the city's future.
14 November 2011	DJCAD student selected for international exhibition	A student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design will be taking his experimental audio work to Eastern Europe next month after being chosen for an international exhibition in Slovenia.
14 November 2011	Hundreds of students to receive degrees at Winter Graduation	The University of Dundee will this week mark the academic achievements of almost 750 students at its Winter Graduation celebrations.
14 November 2011	Partnership reaches important milestone in discovery of new drugs for malaria	Scientists at the University of Dundee are making rapid progress towards a potential new treatment for malaria. Dundee's Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) initiated a project in partnership with Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) around 18 months ago and has already identified a compound that is curative in a mouse model of malaria at very low doses, when given orally.
11 November 2011	'Waste Not? How Should We Deal With Nuclear Waste?' - public lecture on 15th November	Chemistry has a vital role to play in safely disposing with and recycling nuclear waste, according to a leading scientist who will deliver a public lecture on the subject at the University of Dundee next week.
11 November 2011	Dundee to host only Scottish showing of pioneering design exhibition	Turner Prize 2011 nominee Martin Boyce will be among the visitors to a new exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, which showcases work carried out by a pioneering industrial design group.
10 November 2011	College of Life Sciences to opens its doors to the public	Members of the public have the chance to learn more about the pioneering scientific research being carried out on their doorstep when the University of Dundee’s College of Life Sciences throws its doors open this weekend.
10 November 2011	Activist and business leaders to debate sustainability	Patrick Harvie MSP, co-convener of the Scottish Green Party, will debate the meaning of sustainability with leading business figures when he appears at a University of Dundee conference next week.
10 November 2011	Researchers identify skin cancer genes	The genes which contribute to the most frequently occurring life threatening form of skin cancer have been identified for the first time by a research collaboration between the University of Dundee and scientists at Harvard and University of California, San Francisco.
9 November 2011	Carols by Candlelight service	The University of Dundee’s annual service of Carols by Candlelight will take place on Sunday, 11th December at 5pm in St Paul’s Cathedral, High Street, Dundee.
9 November 2011	Life Sciences students to receive prizes	Life Sciences students from the University of Dundee who have achieved excellence in their academic studies will have their success marked at a prize-giving ceremony later this week.
9 November 2011	University targets carbon savings ahead of Green Week	The University of Dundee are set to unveil two new initiatives aimed at reducing the institution’s carbon footprint by more than 200 tonnes of carbon each year.
8 November 2011	Future bright for Dundee's Leverhulme prize winners	Two researchers in the School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics at the University of Dundee have been named among the winners of this year’s Philip Leverhulme Prizes, awarded by the Leverhulme Trust.
8 November 2011	Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity	People who work in health care are failing to give patients crucial information about the link between obesity and cancer according to new research presented today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
7 November 2011	'Place, Space & Time' - Culture Day 2011	Place, space and time will be explored during the University of Dundee’s seventh annual Culture Day, which takes place this week.
7 November 2011	Blood pressure drugs may offer benefits in valvular heart disease	Drugs used to treat blood pressure could offer benefits to patients with a leaking heart valve, new research at the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has revealed.
7 November 2011	Family of ex-Life Sciences employee present cheque in his honour	The family of a former University of Dundee employee who helped raise thousands of pounds for scientific research will hand over a further £750 in his memory this week.
7 November 2011	DRIVE team to take to the track at Knockhill	The University of Dundee's Formula Student motor racing team, DRIVE, will go up against other Formula Student teams from across Scotland in a live race at Knockhill Racing Circuit on Tuesday, 8th November.
7 November 2011	Poor men more likely to die from bowel cancer	Deprived men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new research* presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week shows.
7 November 2011	Students active for Mouth Cancer Awareness Week	Dental and Dental Therapy students from the University of Dundee will be highlighting the issue of mouth cancer next week - a disease in which Scotland has the highest rate of incidence in the UK.
4 November 2011	University and Dundee Rep launch creative partnership	The University of Dundee and Dundee Rep Theatre have entered into a new creative partnership, with the backing of Hollywood star Brian Cox.
4 November 2011	Principal to lead delegation to India	Professor Pete Downes, Principal of the University of Dundee, will next week lead a delegation travelling to India to increase research collaboration, academic exchanges and recruitment.
4 November 2011	Parkinson's Disease - Past, Present and Future. Cafe Science Extra event, November 9th	The history of Parkinson's Disease, current research into the condition, and likely future treatments are to be discussed at the next Café Science Extra event scheduled to take place in Dundee.
3 November 2011	Where comedy and brains collide	The University of Dundee is hosting a series of bone-tickling comedy events that have been arranged to highlight the funny side of science as part of this year’s Dundee Science Festival.
3 November 2011	'Portraits for the Future' - V&A at Dundee Masterclass with Calum Colvin	Internationally renowned artist Professor Calum Colvin will host the first in a series of V&A at Dundee masterclasses next month.
2 November 2011	Dundee centre to join global research network	The University of Dundee's UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science has joined a consortium of international institutions working to promote water diplomacy.
2 November 2011	History, politics, philosophy and literature to feature in lecture series	The historical context of the current economic crisis and an exploration of whether non-vocational Humanities should be taught at university are among the topics to be covered at a new series of public lectures to be held at the University of Dundee.
1 November 2011	Product Design students exhibit their ability to get physical with apps	Product Design students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design have been invited to exhibit at this year’s Mozilla Festival, the world's leading open web technology showcase.