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December 2005 Press Releases

 

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31 December 2005

CBE for Professor Alan Fairlamb

Professor Alan Fairlamb, Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences, has been awarded the CBE for his services to medical science.

20 December 2005

University sports clubs end 2005 on a high

The University of Dundee’s sports teams will be celebrating more than Christmas over the festive season as they reach the end of 2005 on an unprecedented high.

19 December 2005

MP to visit university scientists

Dundee West MP Jim McGovern will visit the University of Dundee’s medical school on Wednesday as part of a pairing scheme aimed at building bridges between politicians and some of the UK’s top scientists.

19 December 2005

Pupils face future in computing

School pupils from Tayside and Fife will be invited to journey into space, feel what it is like to have a disability, and confront artificial intelligence at the University of Dundee on Tuesday December 20th.

16 December 2005

Landslide research wins award for Dundee student

Research into the causes of a dramatic landslide which trapped 20 vehicles on the A85 in Glen Ogle in 2004 has won a Dundee University postgraduate student top prize in a national competition.

16 December 2005

How to impress the boss this Christmas!

Christmas revellers faced with a return to work after enjoying a festive lunch are being offered some timely advice in how to stay in the boss's good books by a researcher at the University of Dundee.

14 December 2005

Learning from the Life Sciences.

Life in the world’s deepest oceans, the genetics of sex, and the history and current research of diabetes will all be explored by over 250 secondary school pupils at the University of Dundee this week.

14 December 2005

The chemistry of Christmas.

Local school children will be shown the fun side of working in chemistry at the Royal Society of Chemistry Schools’ Christmas Lecture at the universities of Dundee and St Andrews over the next two days.

8 December 2005

Researchers seek artists' "Holy Grail".

Researchers at the University of Dundee have embarked on a project to find a "Holy Grail" for artists.

7 December 2005

Carols by Candlelight.

The University of Dundee will hold its traditional Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols in St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday 11 December at 5pm.

5 December 2005

Design students win awards.

Two textile design students at the University of Dundee have won awards in a prestigious international design competition.

2 December 2005

Young engineers go to Parliament.

Two postgraduate students from the University of Dundee will show off their innovative research work at a reception for some of the UK's brightest young engineers at the House of Commons in London next week.