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January 2006 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 January 2006	Students to have work displayed in gallery	Students from Dundee University are taking part in a competition with the winning designs to be displayed in a top Scottish gallery.
27 January 2006	Scouts gather to promote peace	A Dundee University student is setting off to Saudi Arabia today to promote peace through Scouts.
26 January 2006	Seasonal Affected Disorder Exhibition - S.A.D	Inspired by its seasonal slot and character of the hosting gallery, this exhibition aims to overcome the ‘winter blues’. By using art to evoke optimism, by highlighting beauty in the everyday and creating happiness through visual delight, the space will become a place where even the strongest feelings of seasonal depression can be combated. Two young emerging artists have been asked to tackle the challenges presented - Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design MFA graduate Valerie Norris and Edinburgh College of Art graduate Juliana Capes.
25 January 2006	Beatles pictures published, exhibited for first time	When photojournalist Michael Peto died in 1970 he left an extensive collection of 130,000 prints and negatives to the University of Dundee. Two years ago the university discovered over 500 photographs of the most influential band in history, of which only three had ever been published.
25 January 2006	Early form of breast cancer on the rise	The number of registered cases of an early form of breast cancer called Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)1 has increased, according to new figures released today by Cancer Research UK. These show that in 2002 nearly 3800 women in the United Kingdom (322 in Scotland) were diagnosed with DCIS compared with 2910 (207 in Scotland) five years earlier.
24 January 2006	Discovering Degrees	Almost 500 school pupils from all over Tayside and Fife are to get a taste of student life at the University of Dundee as they participate in ‘Discovering Degrees 2006’.
24 January 2006	From the Big Bang to the Tsunami - via JFK and Diana	World-leading experts are set to deliver entertaining and incisive analysis on everything from the 2012 Olympic Games and conspiracy theories to the `Big Bang' and diabetes in the University of Dundee's 2006 Saturday Evening Lecture series.
24 January 2006	NCR Employees play a key role in diabetes research	Employees at Dundee have been benefiting from health screenings while helping diabetes research.
23 January 2006	Chancellor Gordon Brown opens Drug Discovery Unit	The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, today performed the official opening of the Drug Discovery Unit at the University of Dundee, a £13 million initiative to tackle some of the world’s most neglected diseases.
20 January 2006	Photo call	More than 500 workers at Dundee’s NCR plant have been benefiting from free health screenings while they assist a research team from the Wellcome Trust at the University of Dundee discover more about diabetes.
19 January 2006	New Exhibition - Riddles of Form	‘Riddles of Form’, a new exhibition based on the University of Dundee Museum Collections and curated by Museum & Gallery postgraduate students from the University of St Andrews, opens on Friday January 20th in Dundee.
19 January 2006	Bursaries for students of new course	A new course at the University of Dundee aimed at bringing management skills and life sciences together has awarded bursaries totalling £6,000 to two outstanding students - money donated by the School of Life Sciences.
19 January 2006	Art meets science in Singapore	The University of Dundee has unveiled a stunning art exhibition in Singapore showing the secret beauty of science.
19 January 2006	Researchers to measure effects of smoking ban on pub staff	Pub and club workers will be given health checks to determine what impact the impending smoking ban in Scotland will have on their health, in a new study being conducted by researchers at the University of Dundee.
18 January 2006	Singapore and Dundee cement partnership in sciencen	Scotland and Singapore today cemented a partnership in life sciences with the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the University of Dundee and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research, (A*STAR).
18 January 2006	Rebuilding the bog men	A TV programme detailing work done at the University of Dundee to reconstruct the face of a man 2,500 years old will be shown on Friday night.
17 January 2006	Highest honour for Dundee Scientist	A lifetime’s research dedicated to the field of plant biology has been honoured by the British Phycological Society, with the presentation of Honorary Life Membership to University of Dundee Professor, John Raven.
17 January 2006	Uncovering the truth of the death of Rasputin	Professor Derrick Pounder has examined bodies and studied deaths all over the world but one of the latest cases he was asked to look at involved him travelling back through time, to events in Russia 90 years ago and the famous death of the "mad monk" Rasputin.
16 January 2006	Lottery Award	PAMIS, a charity which has now become a unit within the university, is celebrating the award of a lottery grant of £230,041 for a new programme of work. This award is in addition to similar funds awarded by six statutory agencies across Scotland, bringing the total grant to just under £500,000.
12 January 2006	Photography Winners	Winners of a photography competition designed to showcase research being conducted at the University of Dundee’s Medical school were presented with prizes today. (Thursday)
10 January 2006	Dundee Scientists feature in new BBC series	Two of the University of Dundee's leading scientists are to be featured in a new BBC programme, "Under Laboratory Conditions", which gives the public an insight into how science really works and what goes on behind the white coats.
10 January 2006	Breast Cancer Campaign appoints Dundee Professor as new Chair to its prestigious Scientific Advisory Board	Breast Cancer Campaign (BCC), the only charity that specialises in funding independent research into breast cancer throughout the UK, has appointed Professor Alastair Thompson as the new Chair of its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Professor Thompson succeeds Dr Stephen Johnston who led the Board for three years.
9 January 2006	100 women paint the sea - Moira Scott Payne	In the 100 women paint the sea project Moira Scott Payne has brought together 100 women living on the east coast of Scotland to make a statement about the sea. Initially this project set out to record the changing lives of women in the face of the declining fishing industries, however it became clear quite early on that many seized it as an opportunity to express deeply held feelings about their own lives.
9 January 2006	Get fit for 2006!	Fighting the after-effects of festive over-indulgence tops many a New Year’s resolution list at this time of year but sticking with an exercise plan can be notoriously difficult.
9 January 2006	University welcomes 200 new nurses	Lord Provost John Letford welcomes 200 new student nurses to the University of Dundee today.
6 January 2006	Discovery Days 2006	The University of Dundee plays host to two of the most exciting and stimulating days in the academic calendar next week - Discovery Days 2006.
6 January 2006	Digital television - opening up possibilities for the non-`MTV generation'	Television is changing - and for many the arrival of new technology will be met with something akin to dread as they have to adapt to more complex and technical systems just to access their favourite programmes.