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May 2013 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
31 May 2013	Prizes and plaudits for graduating students	The endeavours of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design students who exhibited at the 2013 DJCAD Degree Show have been rewarded with prizes and plaudits for their work.
29 May 2013	'Private View' Dundee Arts Café event rescheduled	The final Dundee Arts Café event of 2013, which had to be postponed earlier this month, will now take place at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum on Tuesday, 4th June.
28 May 2013	Dundee University academics bid to become Scotland's leading entrepreneurs	Seven potential businesses from the University of Dundee are each aiming to land the £60,000 first prize of cash and pledged support package on offer in this year's Converge Challenge, the annual programme funded by eight Scottish Universities and the Scottish Funding Council to give students and staff from all Scottish universities and research institutes the chance to exploit the commercial potential of their inventions.
28 May 2013	2013 Degree Show attracts record visitor numbers	A record number of visitors flocked to this year's DJCAD Degree Show, Dundee's largest annual exhibition of art and design
24 May 2013	Student worms his way to success	The 2013 Degree Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) draws to a close this weekend, meaning visitors have one last chance to see innovative exhibits such as Richard Booth's design to help households cut down on food waste, reduce their carbon footprint and create their own compost - all by making friends with worms.
22 May 2013	Family to pay tribute to Jane in Degree Show week	The family of late Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design student Jane Kelly will tomorrow plant a tree at DJCAD to mark what would have been one of the biggest weeks of her life.
22 May 2013	'Science in the courtroom' - Cafe Science event on Monday, 27th May	A legal expert from the University of Dundee will examine the vital role that scientific evidence plays in ensuring that justice is done at the next Cafe Science event.
22 May 2013	Little artists get their own degree show	Thousands of people have already enjoyed the stunning work laid out in the annual Degree Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design. Now a future generation of artists are set to display their own work at the University of Dundee.
22 May 2013	New university partnership to support industry and government on offshore wind	Three of Scotland's east coast universities are combining their expertise and experience - and advantage of location - to launch a new institute aimed at becoming the recognised global authority on the delivery and implementation of offshore renewable energy.
20 May 2013	Dozens of fully funded postgraduate places available	Fully funded places on taught postgraduate programmes at the University of Dundee have been made available as part of a Scottish Funding Council (SFC) initiative to develop a high-level skills base across key sectors of the Scottish economy.
20 May 2013	Fish and chips proposed as possible saviour of the world	Can the humble fish supper help save the planet? That's the question that Sonia Angus is trying to answer through her exhibit at this year's DJCAD Degree Show.
17 May 2013	University set to welcome youngest-ever lecturers	A group of primary school pupils will turn the tables on their elders on Monday when they visit the University of Dundee to become lecturers for the day.
17 May 2013	University welcomes 'Go Dundee Learning Journey'	The Go Dundee Learning Journey 2013 will stop off at the University of Dundee tomorrow, Saturday May 18th, where passengers will get an insight into the internationally renowned science activities taking place in the city.
17 May 2013	Potential for Dundee-India collaborations to be explored	The University of Dundee will next week be visited by a high-ranking official in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) looking to establish research, educational and commercial partnerships between the UK and India.
16 May 2013	DNA variant affects diabetes risk and treatment response	A DNA variant near a digestive enzyme does not only affect risk of developing diabetes but also affects the response to treatment, an international consortium of researchers including the University of Dundee has found.
16 May 2013	Pubs and people provide inspiration for Alice	Illustration student Alice Newman has created a beautifully detailed tribute to her adopted city, and its pubs, for the DJCAD Degree Show 2013, which opens tomorrow.
15 May 2013	Dam Busters expert to give anniversary talk	University of Dundee lecturer Dr Iain Murray, author of the best selling Haynes `Dam Busters Manual', will speak to local Air Cadets this week to mark the anniversary of the famous World War II raid.
15 May 2013	Planet Earth re-imagined in soft sculpture at DJCAD Degree Show	Animal-obsessed artist Mary Beth Quigley will unveil a menagerie of life-sized giraffes, hippos, lemurs, penguins, flamingos and other creatures when this year's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) Degree Show opens on Friday.
15 May 2013	'Fascination of plants day' comes to Dundee - Saturday May 18th	The amazing range and diversity of plant-life on our planet will be explored at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden this weekend as part of the international Fascination of Plants Day.
14 May 2013	'Bookers Dozen' make globe-spanning shortlist for 2013 Dundee International Book Prize	A 13-strong shortlist of authors has been announced for this year's Dundee International Book Prize.
14 May 2013	'Visions of our Waterfront' - Architecture Degree Show 2013	A vision of Dundee and its central waterfront in 2030 will be presented at this year's University of Dundee Architecture Degree Show.
13 May 2013	Degree Show 2013 set to enthral thousands	Top industry professionals, talent spotters and graduates who enrolled in art school 60 years ago are among those who will help mark the 125th anniversary of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design during this year's DJCAD Degree Show.
12 May 2013	Design in action launches across Scotland	Wayne Hemingway, one of the UK's most recognisable designers, will give a public lecture in Dundee this week to cap a week of activities across Scotland to mark the official launch of the Design in Action project.
10 May 2013	Spring clean for campus and surrounding area	Staff and students from the University of Dundee will play their part in keeping their city beautiful next month when they join with other volunteers to rid their local community of litter and graffiti.
9 May 2013	Tayside pilot study offers potential to improve the quality of patient care nationally	A leading expert in the field of clinical quality improvement from the University of Dundee will today advise that the NHS in Scotland must adopt a radically different approach if it wishes to learn from medical mistakes and improve the standards of care provided in Scottish hospitals.
9 May 2013	CASS seeks to engage with next generation	More than 350 primary school children will next week learn about mobile technology, creating comics, and the experiences of street children growing up in extreme poverty through an interactive programme designed to give them a flavour of what goes on at the University of Dundee.
7 May 2013	Dundee research leads to space award	An international team, of which the University of Dundee is a leading member, has received a prestigious award from the European Space Agency (ESA) in recognition of its outstanding achievement in creating highly successful spacecraft technology.
3 May 2013	World Asthma Day marked by call for volunteers	Researchers from the University of Dundee will use next week's World Asthma Day to highlight the role that people with asthma can play in helping to understand and better treat the condition.
3 May 2013	Official opening of the Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre	The Jacqui Wood Cancer Centre at the University of Dundee - named in honour of the inspirational leader of the Ninewells Cancer Campaign - will be officially opened by Professor Sir David Lane today, Friday May 3rd.
2 May 2013	'The Psychology of Making Decisions' marks Café Science centenary	From the banal to the weighty, pretty much everything we believe or do is the result of our brain's decision making process, and the University of Dundee's Dr Ben Vincent will be exploring the implications of this at a special Café Science Extra talk next week.
1 May 2013	Targeting Prescribers Can Reduce Excessive Use of Antibiotics in Hospitals	Giving prescribers access to education and advice or imposing restrictions on use can curb overuse or inappropriate use of antibiotics in hospitals, according to a new Cochrane systematic review. This is important because unnecessary use of these life-saving drugs is a key source of antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
1 May 2013	'Private View' - Dundee Arts Café on Tuesday, 7th May	Nethergate Writers, a creative writing group from the University of Dundee, will read from an anthology of poems and short stories inspired by objects from the collection held at The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum next week.
1 May 2013	Dentists gather for 50th anniversary reunion	Dentists who trained in Dundee in the late 1950s and early 1960s will tomorrow travel from across the UK to take part in a reunion celebrating the 50th anniversary of their graduation.
1 May 2013	V&A at Dundee appoints head of learning and engagement	V&A at Dundee - the project to establish an international centre for design at the heart of Dundee's revitalised waterfront - has announced that Sarah Saunders has been appointed as the project's Head of Learning and Engagement.