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January 2013 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
31 January 2013	'Fun-A-Day' project returns to Dundee	Students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will once again join artists from around the world in holding a collaborative exhibition of work that seeks to put the fun back into art while strengthening creative communities.
31 January 2013	Appointment of Vice-Principal (Learning and Teaching)	The University of Dundee has appointed Professor Karl Leydecker as Vice-Principal (Learning and Teaching).
30 January 2013	Students' work on show in Zoology Museum	A special exhibition of artworks by students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) will open at the University of Dundee's D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum this weekend.
30 January 2013	Baking sale to raise funds and awareness of eating disorders	A baking sale will later this month be held at the University of Dundee to mark Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
30 January 2013	Dundee student selected for an audience with Nobel Prize winners	A PhD student from the University of Dundee will next month present his work to an audience of some of the world's top scientists, including no fewer than six Nobel Laureates.
28 January 2013	The Queen awards Regius Professorship for Dundee	The UK Government today announced that the College of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee is among twelve outstanding university departments to have a prestigious title of Regius Professor bestowed upon it by The Queen to mark the Diamond Jubilee.
28 January 2013	Topping out ceremony for £12.5m Life Sciences Centre	Funders and stakeholders who are helping develop the £12.5 million Centre for Translational and Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Dundee will see how the building is progressing at a topping-out ceremony on Wednesday January 30th.
28 January 2013	'Performance within Portraiture' - Dundee Arts Café on February 5th	Clare Brennan, Curator of the Hannah Maclure Centre at the University of Abertay Dundee, will discuss 'Performance within Portraiture' when she leads the next Dundee Arts Café event.
25 January 2013	Lecture to go where penguins fear to tread	Travel writer and biographer Sara Wheeler will take her audience on a journey to where penguins fear to tread when she appears at the University of Dundee later this month.
23 January 2013	Café Science celebrates 5th anniversary with talk from leading researcher	Professor Irwin McLean, one of the UK's foremost skin disease experts, will next week deliver the latest Café Science talk in Dundee, five years to the day since the series' inception.
23 January 2013	Geowave project aims to anchor wave energy	A major new research project - led by the University of Dundee - has been launched with the aim of helping make offshore wave energy a sustainable proposition.
23 January 2013	The real face of Robert Burns revealed	The face of Robert Burns has been revealed thanks to work by forensic experts at the University of Dundee.
22 January 2013	V&A at Dundee planning consultation visitor figures	The planning consultation held by V&A at Dundee over three days last week drew hundreds of interested locals to see the latest plans for the project and give their views.
22 January 2013	Scientists to explore the Sun	Researchers from the University of Dundee have been awarded more than £750,000 for a project that seeks to further our understanding of how the Sun works.
21 January 2013	Dundee International Book Prize 2013 open for entries	Some of the world's best undiscovered novelists will once again attempt to take their place among the literary elite as the UK's richest prize for unpublished writers opens for entries.
21 January 2013	School pupil art ACES to exhibit at DJCAD	'Mail art' created by school pupils from Tayside and Fife will go on display at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) later this week.
21 January 2013	Lung cancer trial to be discussed in lecture	A new trial that aims to reduce lung cancer mortality will be discussed at a lecture taking place at the University of Dundee this week.
18 January 2013	Brian Cox re-elected as Rector	Hollywood star Brian Cox has been re-elected as Rector of the University of Dundee for a second term of three years to February 2016.
18 January 2013	Study into maths anxious teachers wins George D Gray award for Sharon	A University of Dundee graduate has won the prestigious George D Gray CBE MA award for the best undergraduate thesis in teacher education in Scotland.
18 January 2013	Give It A Go' and take up a new sport	Students at the University of Dundee will next week be encouraged to 'Give It A Go' and try their hand at new sports.
17 January 2013	Sunbed skin cancer risk double that of Mediterranean midday summer sun	The average skin cancer risk from UK sunbeds is more than double that of spending the same length of time in the Mediterranean midday summer sun - according to new research* from the University of Dundee and published today in the British Journal of Dermatology.
17 January 2013	V&A at Dundee announces £4million private funding boost	V&A at Dundee can today announce that it has raised £4million in private donations. The money represents another major step towards realising the project's fundraising target of £45m.
16 January 2013	Step into the 'Digital Hallway' and discover new products	A coat rack that recommends outerwear based on the weather forecast, a water feature with the flow controlled by your financial health and a wooden box that helps commuters choose the best route are just some of the innovative exhibits to be shown at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) tomorrow.
16 January 2013	Submission call says 'wish you were here' to postcards	They are often associated with saucy seaside pictures and dutiful meteorological and culinary reviews, but an upcoming exhibition at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) is to celebrate the humble postcard as a distinctive artistic medium in its own right.
16 January 2013	Blackening copper opens new applications	Copper is one of the world's most widely used metals. Now researchers at the University of Dundee have found that blackening copper using industry-standard lasers could make it even more adaptable and efficient.
14 January 2013	Media Preview of V&A at Dundee Public Consultation - 9 to 9.30am, Thursday January 17th	V&A at Dundee will display the latest building plans as part of a new exhibition open to the public between the 17th and 19th January from 10am to 4pm at Bernard King Library, University of Abertay, Dundee.
11 January 2013	Book celebrating "silent teachers" leads to Stephen Fry Award 2013	The University of Dundee's Stephen Fry Award for Excellence in Public Engagement with Research 2013 has been won by the team behind an anthology celebrating the people who donate their bodies to science when they die.
11 January 2013	Series of exhibitions inspired by natural science	The University of Dundee is to host a series of exhibitions featuring artists inspired by natural science, and in particular by its first professor of biology, D'Arcy Thompson.
11 January 2013	PAMIS Burns Supper - Friday, 1st February	A fundraising Burns Supper in aid of PAMIS, the University of Dundee-based charity that works with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties and their families, will take place next month.
10 January 2013	Saturday Evening Lecture Series 2013	The University of Dundee's celebrated Saturday Evening Lecture Series returns later this month with a programme of fascinating talks that tackle challenging issues ranging from national identity to child abuse tragedies.
10 January 2013	International artists contemplate 'Estrangement' in new Cooper Gallery exhibition	Up-and-coming artists from four continents will feature in a new video exhibition that will open at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) next week.
9 January 2013	Discovery Day 2013	What kangaroos can teach us about caring for premature babies, the UK's first zero-energy house and how to make water flow uphill - just some of the topics to be explored at the University of Dundee's 10th annual Discovery Day event later this week.
9 January 2013	Part-time Diploma offered to Law graduates	A prestigious course which is an essential requirement for Law graduates wishing to become fully qualified practising lawyers is to be offered by the University of Dundee on a part-time basis for the first time.
8 January 2013	MSP to visit bee research facility	Tavish Scott MSP will tomorrow visit the University of Dundee to see first hand the work being done to understand the loss of insect pollinators across the world.
8 January 2013	Omar's work with CAHID sees him nominated for prestigious award	A project he carried out at the University of Dundee has won a sixth-year pupil from the city's Menzieshill High School a place in the final of the prestigious National Science + Engineering Competition.
8 January 2013	Gene testing asthmatic children could lead to better treatment	Testing asthmatic children for a specific gene could prevent their condition worsening, according to new research by scientists in Dundee and Brighton.
7 January 2013	International Design Competition won by DJCAD student	A collection of creepie-crawlies has helped a third-year Textile Design student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) to win a prestigious international competition.
7 January 2013	'Women, Water & Wells' - new exhibition marks beginning of UN International Year of Water Cooperation	The University of Dundee will this week highlight the dramatic economic and public health outcomes that can be achieved when safe water is delivered to communities with the opening of a new photography exhibition.
3 January 2013	'How our fear of fat can make us unhealthy' - Café Science Extra on January 9th	Most people would agree that exercise is good for you and fat is bad for you, but is a misinterpretation of this message actually causing problems for a generation of young women?