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February 2004 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
27 February 2004	Coley awarded £10,000 to explore Jerusalem Syndrome	Nathan Coley - one of Scotland's leading visual artists - is travelling to Israel on a voyage of exploration into the bizarre Jerusalem Syndrome as part of a University of Dundee Exhibitions Department commissioned project.
27 February 2004	Virtual training for nurses	40 delegates from around 14 countries will gather in Edinburgh this weekend to discuss the next stage of the University of Dundee's e-learning medical training initiative IVINURS - International Virtual Nursing.
26 February 2004	Current AUT/UCEA position	The University of Dundee today comments on the current AUT/UCEA position.
25 February 2004	University fundraising week launched	The Lord Provost today pledged his support for Dundee University Charities (DUC) Week and urged those living in and around Dundee to support the fund-raising efforts by joining in the celebratory parade on March 7.
25 February 2004	Rectorial hustings	The three candidates for the University of Dundee's next Rector will gather in Dundee University Students' Association (DUSA) this afternoon for the traditional hustings where students can quiz candidates on issues affecting them.
24 February 2004	Sporting talent	Staff and students will be taking part in a range of sporting activities on Wednesday with the revival of a traditional squash match, and tournament games in hockey and rugby.
23 February 2004	Multi Cultural Evening	The international support units at the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews are organising an evening packed with fun and entertainment in the Bonar Hall.
23 February 2004	HMO Awareness Sessions	The Student Advisory Service at the University of Dundee is helping students to prepare for living in the private sector by organising awareness sessions particularly aimed at the new legislation covering houses of multiple occupation (HMO).
20 February 2004	Funding boost for TICR	The University of Dundee's TICR fund will receive a £135 boost on Monday 23 February thanks to the fund-raising efforts of Carnoustie Bowling Club.
20 February 2004	RSA Student Award Winners	University of Dundee students have scooped three prestigious awards at the Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition 2004.
20 February 2004	The Power of Geography	The third of six annual Saturday Evening Lectures will take place tomorrow at the University of Dundee with Dr Vanessa Lawrence, Director General of Ordnance Survey (OS) discussing how technology is effecting map-making and digital geographical information.
19 February 2004	Royal visit to University of Dundee	HRH The Princess Royal will visit the University of Dundee on Wednesday 25 February to open the Dundee Cancer Therapeutic Facility at Ninewells Hospital and Medical School and name the new Queen Mother building which will house the Queen Mother Research Centre developing technology for the ageing population.
19 February 2004	Healthy award for University catering	The Catering Team at the University of Dundee's Faculty of Education and Social Work are the first caterers in Tayside and one of only a handful of universities in Scotland to receive the Scottish Healthy Choice Award from the Scottish Consumer Board.
17 February 2004	University of Dundee honorary degrees	From political commentator Andrew Marr to cancer survivor and sportswoman Jane Tomlinson, the University of Dundee will be conferring honorary degrees on ten outstanding individuals at the summer graduation ceremonies.
16 February 2004	Opening a centre for forensic anthropology	The UK's first undergraduate course in forensic anthropology is being launched at the University of Dundee next week by Michael Portillo MP who will represent the International Commission on Missing Persons.
14 February 2004	Taking the romance out of Valentine's day	Why do fools fall in love? According to a professor at the University of Dundee we are all just idiots responding to our genes.
13 February 2004	One man. 35 pairs of boots	Staff at the University of Dundee have rallied round for International Officer Neil Christie who is taking enough pairs of boots to shoe a class of children to poor children in Kenya.
13 February 2004	Dundee applications up by a quarter	Applications to study at the University of Dundee have risen by 10% this year.
12 February 2004	DNA fingerprinting inventor delivers lecture	Sir Alec Jeffreys, the man who discovered a new region of human DNA and developed DNA fingerprinting, the technology that revolutionised forensic medicine, will deliver the Peter Garland Lecture in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee at 4pm on Friday.
12 February 2004	Travelling by Tuba	The University of Dundee will host a unique evening concert and exclusive brass workshop tomorrow from a tuba duet.
12 February 2004	Three in Rector race	Three candidates have been nominated for the race to become the next Rector of the University of Dundee.
11 February 2004	Tug-of-cell war	Researchers at the School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee have made an exciting new discovery on how cells regulate themselves and prevent cancer as reported in Nature tomorrow.
9 February 2004	£1/2m for REWIND project	The University of Dundee has been awarded nearly £1/2m by the AHRB - one of the biggest research grants awarded by the funding body this year - to create a unique cultural resource dedicated to the preservation of work from the first two decades of video.
9 February 2004	Botanic Gardens blooming	The University of Dundee's Botanic Gardens will host a reception on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of a facelift and the appointment of a new Education Officer.
6 February 2004	Big Number	Not Big Brother but Big Number - Mathematicians at the University of Dundee are hosting a Big Number master class tomorrow for 40 young budding mathematicians from Dundee and the surrounding area.
4 February 2004	I want to be a spaceman	A real live spaceman will greet 450 Dundee schoolchildren at the University of Dundee this Friday as he delivers a special lecture to them about his adventures in space.
3 February 2004	Wireless!	An innovative project that will see students being able to log in to their tutors' comments online from a laptop anywhere on campus will be launched tomorrow making the University of Dundee one of the leaders in student technology in Scotland.
3 February 2004	Sweating it out for TICR	Angus-based walking group the Sweaty Sloggers will tomorrow hand over a cheque for over £1000 to the University of Dundee's TICR campaign.
2 February 2004	Kebab Culture	Ink, a new animation company based in the University of Dundee's Springfield Incubator unit, has now created a cartoon devoted to the delights of the kebab shop culture.