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November 2013 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
29 November 2013	Prestigious internship will see Maria help solve a problem like policing	A PhD student from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), who has previously worked with Interpol to help identify victims of mass disasters by their jewellery, has won a prestigious six-month placement to be spent with the College of Policing.
28 November 2013	'Proving Your Identity: The Passports of the Future' - Dundee Arts Cafe on 3rd December	Do aspects of modern life, like having a multitude of passwords and pin codes you can't remember and the variety of ways you need to prove your identity when travelling, shopping or doing business, grind you down?
28 November 2013	Students attempt to wow industry professionals with games	Addictive puzzles for the iPad and games aimed at helping to teach autistic children are among the exhibits awaiting representatives of leading computer games companies when they visit the University of Dundee tomorrow.
28 November 2013	Professor Charles McKean memorial service	A memorial service to celebrate the life and work of Professor Charles McKean FRSE, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee, will be held on Saturday.
27 November 2013	IN CONVERSATION WITH NICOLA STURGEON - 5 Million Questions public event	Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take part in the first of a series of 5 Million Questions "public conversation" events in Dundee next week, only days after the launch of the Government's White Paper on independence.
27 November 2013	A gene mutation for excessive alcohol drinking found	UK researchers have discovered a gene that regulates alcohol consumption and when faulty can cause excessive drinking. They have also identified the mechanism underlying this phenomenon.
27 November 2013	High salt levels in common medicines put patients at increased risk of cardiovascular events	Millions of patients taking effervescent, dispersible and soluble medicines containing sodium are at greater risk of cardiovascular events compared with patients taking non-effervescent, dispersible and soluble versions of the same drugs, finds a study published on bmj.com
26 November 2013	Staff, students and friends of the University among the book-lovers to read their favourites 'Loud and Clear'	Staff, students and friends of the University of Dundee will explore prose, poetry, philosophy, history and other subjects on Saturday when they read from contemporary and classic texts as part of the Book Week Scotland celebrations.
26 November 2013	Sleeping sickness parasite's pores act as efficient drug uptake mechanism	Scientists at the Universities of Dundee and Glasgow have discovered how drugs that have been used for 60 years to kill the parasite that causes sleeping sickness actually work.
26 November 2013	GoSHARE with Dundee FC	Dundee FC players are signing up to support world-leading research taking place in the city into diseases such as cancer, diabetes and asthma and calling on fans attending this weekend's Scottish Cup match against Raith Rovers to do the same.
25 November 2013	4million Euros to help interdisciplinary scientists understand disease processes	The University of Dundee has been awarded funding of almost 4million Euros to bridge the gap between the life and physical sciences in order to better understand cardiovascular pathology and diseases such as cancer.
25 November 2013	Storystorm building an 'Autobiography of Dundee'	Dundee's submission to be UK City of Culture 2017 included a commitment to create an 'autobiography of the city'. Now the Storystorm project led by the University of Dundee is to start telling Dundee's story.
22 November 2013	CAHID Awarded Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education	The University of Dundee's Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education.
21 November 2013	Medical School Prizegiving	High achieving students from across all years of the undergraduate medical programme at the University of Dundee will be honoured today.
21 November 2013	Inspirational hospice leader lands second award	An 'inspirational leader', who last month received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to the hospice movement, will graduate from the University of Dundee today.
20 November 2013	Outstanding demand for 2013 Dundee Christmas Lecture	All 800 tickets for this year's Dundee Christmas Lecture 2013, featuring Kate Adie, have already been snapped up more than a week ahead of the event.
20 November 2013	Research suggests healthcare professionals should engage media in a crisis	Healthcare professionals should understand and engage with the media around healthcare-related risk issues to best get their messages across to the public, an academic analysis of media coverage of the Vale of Leven Hospital Clostridium difficile outbreak has concluded.
19 November 2013	'Healthy Body, Healthy Mind' - Cafe Science event on 25th November	A University of Dundee researcher, whose study into the links between exercise and educational attainment amongst teenagers has attracted international attention, will discuss her work at the next Cafe Science event.
19 November 2013	Winter Graduation 2013	The University of Dundee's Winter Graduation takes place on Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd November, when more than 1600 students will be joined by family and friends to celebrate their achievements.
18 November 2013	'Anglo-Scottish (mis)understandings and the Future of the Union' - AHRI public lecture, Wednesday November 20th	The growing political importance of how the Scots and the English perceive each other's national identity will be explored at a public lecture at the University of Dundee this week.
15 November 2013	'Welfare in the New Scotland' - 5 Million Questions public event	What will, and should, become of welfare provision in Scotland in the event of a 'Yes' vote in the independence referendum? And, just as importantly, what will happen if the referendum result is a 'No'?
13 November 2013	Seminar pays tribute to Nobel Laureate	A seminar at the University of Dundee next week will pay tribute to the recently deceased Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase, whose illustrious career in economics began in the city.
11 November 2013	South Georgia whaling industry to be digitally brought back to life	A University of Dundee PhD student will this week embark on a two-month research trip to South Georgia in order to digitally reconstruct the whaling industry of the sub-Antarctic island
11 November 2013	'Dundee and the Great War: perspectives on a city at war' - Engage Dundee lecture on 14th November	New perspectives on how Dundonians viewed World War I during the time of the conflict will be shared by historians from the University of Dundee this week.
11 November 2013	Dundee University Students' Association Confirmed as Polling Station	Dundee University Student's Association (DUSA) and the Student Executive are pleased to officially confirm that after a successful campaign Dundee City Council has approved their premises as an official polling station for local residents.
11 November 2013	'An Evening with Kate Adie' - 2013 Dundee Christmas Lecture	Kate Adie, one of the world's most respected war correspondents and a trailblazer for female journalists, will deliver the Dundee Christmas Lecture 2013.
11 November 2013	Exploring Dundee's 'active laboratory'	An exploration of the biggest construction project Dundee has seen in a generation and of a pioneering super-energy-efficient building within the city's Botanic Garden will go on show in the Central Library this month.
7 November 2013	'Beached Whales: Is Human Noise Responsible?' - Cafe Science double bill next week	Whales and dolphins that have strayed from safety and beached are a regular feature of news broadcasts, but could humans be responsible for the plight of these unfortunate sea giants?
7 November 2013	'Why? Where? Who? The Origin of Some Dundee Street Names' - Armitstead Lecture on Friday, 8th November	How Dundee's streets, wynds and closes got their names will be explored at an Armitstead Lecture at the University of Dundee tomorrow.
6 November 2013	Prestigious European prize for Dundee researcher	Dr Victoria Cowling, of the University of Dundee, has been named as one of this year's winners of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organisation Young Investigator Programme (EMBO YIP) Prize.
6 November 2013	'Darkest Dreams' explored in new exhibition	A new exhibition that takes viewers into the darkest corners of artists' minds and lets their own imagination run wild opens at the University of Dundee this weekend.
6 November 2013	Scientists Discover New Genetic Mutation Linked to Eczema	International research project identifies a new genetic mutation that helps explain the development of eczema.
6 November 2013	Dundee fellows lectures	The first generation of Dundee Fellows, representing some of the brightest minds in art, science and engineering, will introduce their own areas at the University of Dundee tomorrow, Wednesday November 6th.
5 November 2013	Life Sciences students to be rewarded for excellence	Outstanding academic performance by Life Sciences students at the University of Dundee will be recognised at a prize-giving ceremony this week.
5 November 2013	Dundee iGEM team take two prizes at World Final	A team of students from the University of Dundee have taken two prizes at the World Final of a prestigious international competition designed to advance science and education.
5 November 2013	Botanic garden experts gather in Dundee	The University of Dundee's Botanic Garden will play host to experts from across the UK and Europe this week as they arrive in the city for the annual conference of the Botanic Garden Education Network (bgen).
5 November 2013	Maternity study seeks views of disabled and abused women	Recent research suggests that approximately 10% of women giving birth in the UK each year have some degree of disability, and nearly half of these women will experience domestic abuse during their pregnancy.
5 November 2013	Students and staff to raise awareness of mouth cancer	University of Dundee dental staff and students will next week work together to raise awareness of mouth cancer and demonstrate how simple steps can help reduce risk.
4 November 2013	'Time to rethink the war on drugs' - Colombian diplomat to give public lecture at University of Dundee	One of Colombia's senior diplomats in the UK will explain why it may be time to rethink the war on drugs when she gives a public lecture at the University of Dundee this week.
4 November 2013	Blood test reveals skin cancer spread	A SIMPLE blood test could be used to identify patients whose melanoma - the most serious form of skin cancer - has started to spread to other parts of the body, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool today.
1 November 2013	'Sectarianism: A Scottish Problem?' - the 2013 Margaret Harris Lecture on Religion	Is sectarianism, as former First Minister Jack McConnell once claimed, really Scotland's shame, or have media coverage, legislation and other factors distorted the situation to the level of caricature?
1 November 2013	2.6 million Euros 'ReDVA' project to combat failure of kidney dialysis vascular access	A European-wide project, co-ordinated by the University of Dundee, has received a grant of 2.6 million Euros to investigate new ways of improving kidney dialysis treatment.