December 2003 Press Releases

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24 December 2003 Musketeers to the rescue Four musketeers will be offering their bag-packing services at Sainsbury's, Claypotts, Dundee, on Saturday 27 December in aid of The Institute of Cardiovascular Research.
22 December 2003 Exercise is for life - not just for Christmas University of Dundee experts in nutrition and sports science have come up with a fool-proof guide to having your Christmas cake and eating it.
22 December 2003 NHS cash for Clinical Research Centre Tayside Health Board has today announced a major financial contribution of £500,000 to the University of Dundee Medical School's new Centre for Clinical Research at Ninewells.
18 December 2003 Principal welcomes Parliament Report Sir Alan Langlands, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Dundee, today welcomed the Scottish Parliament's Enterprise and Culture Committee's report on funding in Scottish higher education.
16 December 2003 Chemistry at Christmas Secondary school pupils will tomorrow attend The Flashing and Banging Chemistry Show at the University of Dundee, designed to educate and enthral young chemists.
16 December 2003 Spanish Inquisition School pupils will tomorrow have the chance to quiz Spanish-speaking Dundee FC players at the University of Dundee's annual Spanish day for secondary pupils.
16 December 2003 Songs for "silver surfers" A University of Dundee member of staff has written a CD of 10 tracks in order to raise funds for a cyber cafe where world class researchers will develop software for the disabled and elderly.
15 December 2003 Major new Research Centre for Medical School A major new Clinical Research Centre at the University of Dundee Medical School costing £9 million was approved today by University Court.
15 December 2003 University campaign receives major donation The 4m campaign to build a centre of excellence for research in diabetes and tropical disease at the University of Dundee - the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research - has received a significant boost from the Chief Executive Officer of Upstate Group Inc.
12 December 2003 Challenge in the archives BBC Radio Scotland visited the University of Dundee Archives Department today to issue a challenge to the public to celebrate 25 years of Radio Scotland.
11 December 2003 Traditional carols by candlelight The traditional annual service of Nine Lessons and Carols in candlelight in St Paul's Cathedral will take place this weekend on Sunday 14 December at 5pm.
11 December 2003 Just a Minute Nicholas Parsons, Chairman of BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute comedy programme will arrive at the University of Dundee early tomorrow evening before the recording of the comedy show to switch on the University's Christmas tree lights in front of an audience of over 200 in the Geddes Quadrangle.
10 December 2003 Science as Art A unique international exhibition in San Francisco presenting microscope images as art will display six exhibits created at the University of Dundee.
10 December 2003 RBS Awards for students in hardship Fifteen University of Dundee 1st year students will receive awards for £1000 - part of a £4000 package of support over four years - from The Royal Bank of Scotland at a ceremony on Friday 12 December.
10 December 2003 Discovery Days Design, oral surgery, Scots Law and photography are just some of the delicacies on the University of Dundee's first Discovery Day menu, an event aimed at introducing the most innovative and exciting new researchers to the local community.
9 December 2003 Masters Expo 2003 A diptych of two crucifixes: one man, one mummy; products to improve travel post-9/11; a Japanese kimono made of tartan; striking graphics used to communicate about illness, and a documentary on medics in war zones are all part of this year's postgraduate art exhibition at the University of Dundee.
9 December 2003 Funding to fight Third World Disease A £1.66 million award has been made to scientists at the University of Dundee to expand their research in the fight against a potentially deadly third-world disease.
9 December 2003 Top award for student teacher's autism study Andrew Foster, a first year teacher and graduate of the University of Dundee has been awarded a very prestigious national prize for his final year thesis on autism in children.
5 December 2003 College Collage Fifty years ago, in 1953, the foundation stone of the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design's Crawford Building was laid and the now internationally-renowned art school was born.
4 December 2003 Celebrate Dundee's literary lives An event at the University of Dundee on Saturday 6 December will mark the launch of the Abertay Historical Society's new publication, volume two of Dundee's Literary Lives by Andrew Murray Scott.
4 December 2003 University expert becomes President of BMS Studying fungi may not seem a glamorous occupation but it has certainly proved a winner for the internationally-renowned Professor Gadd based at the University of Dundee.
3 December 2003 Dundee launches degree in Community Regeneration A new degree in Community Regeneration - a course aimed at helping community and public service workers improve our local urban and rural communities - will be launched by the University of Dundee tomorrow.
3 December 2003 Tribute to Single Handed GPs Celebrated photographer Rosie Donovan will tomorrow (Thursday 4 December) be awarded an honorary fellowship from the University of Dundee at the opening of her exhibition Single Handed documenting the lives of GPs across rural Scotland.
2 December 2003 New invention to diagnose breast cancer Surgeons, physical scientists and computer specialists at the University of Dundee have just made a major breakthrough which will allow GPs to scan women for breast cancer in minutes in their local surgery.
2 December 2003 Scholarships for Scotland's sport champions Some of the UK's most promising sporting talents will be honoured at the University of Dundee when the Excel Sports Scholarship and Royal and Ancient (R & A) Golf Bursaries squads 2003/2004 are announced.
1 December 2003 New idea to save the Capercaillie Two students at the University of Dundee have come up with a new research method to quickly establish the threat of extinction to Scotland's already endangered Capercaillie population.
1 December 2003 Bringing Scottish health specialists together The Universities of St Andrews and Dundee will host an event this week aimed at bringing together research-active health professionals from Tayside and Fife.