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February 2006 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
24 February 2006	Student swimming success	University of Dundee student Karen Rigby has made a record-breaking start to 2006 with an astonishing series of performances in the swimming pool.
24 February 2006	University restructuring approved	Proposals to change the academic structure of the University of Dundee into four colleges have been approved by the University Court.
23 February 2006	Role Models in Academic Medicine	Two Professors at the University of Dundee Medical School have been selected as UK role models in academic medicine.
22 February 2006	University of Dundee announces new Chancellor	Lord Patel is to succeed Sir James Black as Chancellor of the University of Dundee.
22 February 2006	General Course Showcase 2006	Now a successful annual event, this year’s General Course Showcase promises to be a celebration of creativity and diversity, with evocative work that challenges both students and audience. This exhibition offers an opportunity to see the creations of over 180 1st Year students from Fine Art, Design, and Television & Imaging as they embark on their chosen specialism at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. Fresh ideas and unique approaches illustrate how artistic talent continues to be successfully developed through the General Course programme. Celebrating with a ‘Parade’, Design students will be wearing their various creations at 4:00pm on the opening.
21 February 2006	New exhibition at Centrespace, Visual Research Centre, DCA - laser/net	Laser\net will transform Centrespace, a large, adaptable studio/gallery space that spans both floors of the VRC, into a labyrinth of lasers and new technology. This complex research project, which is expected to take most of February to install, has its preview on Thursday 23rd February.
20 February 2006	SCOTLAND ALIVE! Charity Presentation	Lord Provost John Letford will be presented with a cheque for £315 for the Lord Provost's Charity Fund, the money having been raised through donations at last weekend's Scotland Alive event at the Caird Hall.
20 February 2006	CBI Chairman to supercoach students	University of Dundee students are being treated to a talk from the CBI Scotland Chairman, Melfort Campbell as part of the successful Enterprise Gym initiative.
17 February 2006	Britain's first great football ground designer	The work of the man who shaped most of Britain’s great football grounds will be explored in a lecture at the University of Dundee next week.
16 February 2006	Metabolic Mayhem! - Saturday Evening Lecture	The reasons behind the global rise in diabetes - now one of the major health problems facing the developed world - will be explored by Professor Andrew Morris in the Saturday Evening Lecture at the University of Dundee this weekend.
16 February 2006	Dundee Charities Committee Annual Fashion Show	A dress fit for the 21st century and beyond, designed by a University of Dundee student will be just one of the highlights of a student fashion show organised by the Dundee University Charities Committee.
16 February 2006	`Scotland Alive’	TV presenter Lorraine Kelly will welcome some of Dundee’s thousands of international students and their families to the Caird Hall this week for "Scotland Alive", a two-day event designed to show them that Scotland is the place where they can make their future.
15 February 2006	Tracing the past	If you would like to trace your family tree, but don’t know how, a free course will point you in the right direction.
15 February 2006	‘MESSAGE NO MESSAGE’ - Exhibition	Five students from DJCAD explore the transmission of meaning or meaninglessness through graphic media in 'Message No Message', an exhibition in the Lower Foyer Gallery.
15 February 2006	First 'Java Online' Students Receive Awards	The first group of school pupils and teachers trained under a pioneering new course which allows distance learning and part-time study are set to complete their studies at the University of Dundee. The six-week course teaches programming in Java. Unusually, all the teaching and learning materials are delivered online, via the University's virtual learning environment, Blackboard. Students worked online with each other and with a University tutor, to learn fundamental software development skills with the popular programming language, Java.
14 February 2006	Award of Queen's Anniversary Prize	A pioneering life sciences project at the University of Dundee will be honoured with the presentation of the prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on Thursday February 16th.
13 February 2006	Piano concert at University	The first University of Dundee Evening Concerts of 2006 will take place next Thursday (16th) with a piano performance by Angela Brownridge.
9 February 2006	MP visits politics students	Dundee West MP Jim McGovern will pay a return visit to Politics students at the University of Dundee on Friday.
8 February 2006	Botanic Garden Travels Back In Time	The University of Dundee Botanic Garden has embarked on an ambitious project to create a garden that will span millions of years and allow the public to gain an insight into the evolution of the plant kingdom.
6 February 2006	A frighteningly good alternative to Valentines Day	Dundee University students are providing unromantic souls with an alternative night out for St Valentines weekend (10th - 12th February).
2 February 2006	Thousands of Scots families to help scientists improve nation's health	Generation Scotland, an ambitious and ground-breaking project looking at the ways genetic and lifestyle factors cause cancer, heart disease and mental illness is launched today, Thursday, 2 February in Edinburgh.
1 February 2006	Dundee Civic Award	A University of Dundee student, Stewart McNally, has won the Dundee Civic Award.
1 February 2006	How The Games Were Won	The highly popular free Saturday night lecture series starts this week, 4th February at 6pm, with a talk from Sir Craig Reedie, International Olympic Committee member. Sir Craig gives his explanation of "How The Games Were Won", an analysis of how the 2012 Games were secured for London, how it will impact on the UK and the opportunities the Games may bring for Scotland.
1 February 2006	Dundee Hosts Competition to Develop Legal Skills	University of Dundee Law Department was proud to host the 2006 Scottish Client Counselling Competition last week.