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September 2013 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 September 2013	Death of Professor Charles McKean	Charles McKean, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee, has died at the age of 67.
30 September 2013	Anthology celebrates collaboration between scientists, writers and artists	What effect will global warming have on Dundee? Can recycling be taken too far? What price a Tesco apple? These are just some of the questions asked in a new anthology of short stories and poems from a University of Dundee creative writing group.
27 September 2013	Dundee's quest for new treatments for neglected diseases to be explored at Café Science event	The University of Dundee's efforts to combat neglected tropical diseases in the developing world will be discussed at the next Café Science event to take place.
26 September 2013	Scientists challenge meaning of biodiversity	The first ever study to go beyond counting species in a given area has revealed new hotspots of marine diversity. The new research challenges conventional wisdom about what biodiversity means.
26 September 2013	Social media in the spotlight at conference	The implications of the information revolution brought about by social media will come under scrutiny at a conference at the University of Dundee next month.
26 September 2013	New study highlights growing number of people living with multiple sclerosis in the UK	The number of people being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the UK is falling but the population of those living with the disease is growing as patients are living longer, a new study at the University of Dundee has found.
25 September 2013	'The Art of Film Adaptation' - Dundee Arts Cafe on Tuesday, 1st October	The key to successfully adapting much loved and critically acclaimed novels and plays for the silver screen will be examined at the next Dundee Arts Cafe.
25 September 2013	'Mandela to McCartney' - rare Peto photographs go on display	Fifty iconic photographs from the great Hungarian photographer Michael Peto will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery in London and the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center thanks to a unique collaboration between the two institutions and the University of Dundee.
25 September 2013	New study to make heart disease treatments safer	Thousands of people with heart disease suffer severe adverse reactions to some of the main drugs - statins and ACE inhibitors - that are used to treat it.
24 September 2013	Dragon's performance switched to Sunday October 27th	'Dragon's Den' star Duncan Bannatyne will now make his appearance at the Dundee Literary Festival on Sunday October 27th.
24 September 2013	'Made in America 1983 - 2013' - new exhibition at University	Marge Loudon Moody, a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD), will open her first show in the UK for 30 years at the University of Dundee this weekend.
24 September 2013	Dentists take their place on world's first Oral Cancer research degree	The inaugural cohort of dentists have taken their places on the University of Dundee's MRes Oral Cancer programme, the world's first postgraduate research degree to focus exclusively on the disease.
23 September 2013	A calculated appeal! - Malawi mission seeks old calculators	The University of Dundee Chaplaincy Centre and the Rotary Club of Dundee have launched an appeal for unwanted calculators - particularly solar-powered ones - to boost a mission to Malawi.
20 September 2013	Deputy Dean to lead classmates on reunion tour	The Deputy Dean of the University of Dundee's Medical School will give his old classmates a tour of their old stamping ground this weekend.
20 September 2013	Literary Salons return for new season	The popular Dundee Literary Salons series returns next week with a new venue and a new line up of inspiring figures from the world of words.
19 September 2013	Interior Environmental Design students participate in Dundee's First PARK(ing) Day event	Parking spaces in Dundee's West End will tomorrow be temporarily transformed into public spaces by students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD), one of more than 100 such events taking place across the globe simultaneously.
18 September 2013	Rep community actors help lay down the law	Law students at the University of Dundee are set for a little more drama to be added to their course thanks to a unique partnership with Dundee Rep theatre.
17 September 2013	Cam Kennedy Comics Studio pays tribute to Scottish comics great	Cam Kennedy, one of Scotland's greatest ever comics artists, will tomorrow talk about a career that has seen him draw for the Judge Dredd and Star Wars franchises, when he appears at the University of Dundee to open a new studio named in his honour.
17 September 2013	Former IKEA chief to explore creativity in design and leadership	Former Chief Executive of IKEA and internationally respected business consultant Josephine Rydberg-Dumont will discuss the links between creativity and leadership at a public lecture at the University of Dundee next week.
16 September 2013	Charity sports day to take University athletes out of comfort zone	Dundee University Sports Union will this week hold a charity sports day when staff and students come together to raise money for good causes and promote sport at the University.
16 September 2013	Curator to give 'Modern Masters' talk	The curator of the V&A's 'Modern Masters in Print' exhibition, currently on display in Dundee, will give a public talk later this month giving visitors a unique insight into the works of four of the 20th century's greatest artists - Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Warhol.
16 September 2013	Makar appointment for the city of Dundee	Dundee has appointed its first Makar. Dundonian poet W.N Herbert will take up the position as poet for the city at the end of this month.
13 September 2013	'The Big Education Debate' to take place in Dundee on September 18th	Education Secretary Michael Russell and a panel drawn from across the political spectrum will debate the implications of next year's referendum for education in Scotland at the University of Dundee next week.
13 September 2013	Dundee trainee surgeon in line for major entrepreneurship prize for medical bra design	A medical bra, designed by a University of Dundee trainee surgeon, which claims to speed up recovery for women following breast surgery, has been short-listed in the final of a national academic business competition which offers £60k cash and in-kind support first prize to the winner.
13 September 2013	Young Scientist Award for Dundee medical student	A final year medical student from the University of Dundee has received a Young Scientist Award at a prestigious medical conference in recognition of her outstanding work on the impact of antibiotic resistance worldwide and its implications for pneumonia patients.
12 September 2013	New lecture series explores the city of Dundee through academic eyes	The co-dependent nature of the relationship between Mary Lily Walker and the city she dedicated her life to improving will be explored at the first instalment of a new series of public lectures at the University of Dundee.
12 September 2013	University to host prestigious craft conference	The University of Dundee will next month host Scotland's largest annual celebration of craft, a sector that generates in excess of £70million for the economy each year.
12 September 2013	Research discoveries uncover secrets of immune system	A series of discoveries made by scientists at the University of Dundee is helping to uncover the secrets of how chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as Lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are caused and could lead to new treatments being developed.
10 September 2013	Dundee's excellence in medicine and life sciences recognised in world rankings	The University of Dundee's excellence in Medicine and Life Sciences has been recognised in the QS World University Rankings 2013/14.
10 September 2013	Launch of new Financial Research Centre	One of the world's leading experts in behavioural finance will help launch a new centre for research at the University of Dundee tomorrow (Wednesday Sept 11th).
10 September 2013	Go off-grid at Doors Open Days 2013	Members of the public will have the chance to see the UK's first 'off-grid' building powered entirely by renewable energy when Doors Open Days 2013 take place in Dundee this weekend.
10 September 2013	New strategy could reduce inappropriate use of antibiotics	Researchers from the University of Dundee have developed a new strategy for prescribing antibiotics that could reduce patient harm and help combat the rise in antibiotic resistance.
6 September 2013	Future 40 accolade for DJCAD lecturer	A researcher and media artist from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) has been named as one of Scotland's top storytellers working today.
6 September 2013	'The Scientific Imagination: Science Fiction and Innovation' - Café Science Extra on 11th September	Is the truth really often stranger than (science) fiction? That's a question set to be asked at the first Café Science Extra event of the new season in Dundee next week.
5 September 2013	Healthy mind, healthy body - students get food for thought	University of Dundee athletes will next week get on their bikes to promote the physical and mental benefits that exercise and a healthy diet bring.
5 September 2013	Professor's 'Big Music' takes top book prize in New Zealand	Kirsty Gunn, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Dundee, has been awarded the Top Book prize in the 2013 New Zealand Post Book Awards for her novel 'The Big Music'.
5 September 2013	Event planned to honour Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase	The huge contribution made to modern economics by Nobel Laureate Ronald Coase, who died this week, will be marked later this year with an event at the University of Dundee.
4 September 2013	National exhibition for textiles inspired by patterns of the countryside	Beautiful hand-printed textiles inspired by the Fife countryside and designed by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) lecturer Jane Keith, will next week go on display at a new solo show at the Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh.
4 September 2013	Famous murder case re-examined after 261 years	One of Scotland's greatest remaining murder mysteries - made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson in his book 'Kidnapped' - is being revisited by some of Scotland's greatest legal and forensic minds in an event organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
4 September 2013	Dundee jewellers take their place in hot 100	The rise of Dundee's jewellery stars has been marked with the appearance of two of the city's designers in Professional Jeweller's prestigious 'Hot 100' list for 2013.
4 September 2013	Dundee shares in £8m design funding boost	A University of Dundee-led initiative which aims to change the design of care homes to enhance the lives of older people is among seven projects sharing £8million of funding from three of the UK's research councils.
2 September 2013	New book advocates independent learning in science education	A new book by a University of Dundee academic aimed at enabling pupils to progress away from dependency on classroom teachers and develop independent learning skills will be released this week.
1 September 2013	Dundee students get state-of-the-art study space	Students arriving at the University of Dundee next week will have access to one of the best study spaces in the country following a major refurbishment of the Main Library at the heart of the City campus.