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June 2004 Press Releases

Date	Title	Details
30 June 2004	Working students graduate today	Two students are graduating from the University of Dundee today after completing their degrees on a part-time basis.
30 June 2004	Dundee's promising artists pick up their degrees	The parents who have inspired two of Dundee's most promising artists will join their children tomorrow as they graduate from the University of Dundee.
30 June 2004	A familiar graduation	When Abi Davies' name is called tomorrow at her graduation ceremony she will know the voice calling her very well indeed. Abi is married to the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering who will announce the graduands at the engineering graduation ceremony.
30 June 2004	Sisters doing it for themselves	One Dundee family will never have to look far for health care advice again after next week when two sisters will graduate together from the University of Dundee, one as a Doctor and one as a Dentist.
29 June 2004	White gloves	For the third year out of four, all the final year Dental students at the University of Dundee have passed with flying colours and have presented the Dean with the traditional pair of white gloves.
29 June 2004	Cheap trainers are just as good as expensive ones - evidence	Expensive trainers are no better for your feet than the cheaper ones within the same brand according to a researcher at the University of Dundee who has just concluded a study and has evidence that cheaper brand trainers are just as good for your feet.
28 June 2004	Graduation 2004	Five graduation ceremonies will take place in the Caird Hall this week when 3,200 students will graduate from the University of Dundee with degrees (2,600), post graduate certificates and diplomas.
25 June 2004	Principal's public report	A summary of the year's activities at the University of Dundee, including a surge in student applications, research successes in all faculties and plans for a £160m campus redevelopment, will be delivered to the public tomorrow when University of Dundee Principal and Vice Chancellor Sir Alan Langlands gives his annual report.
25 June 2004	Award winning design	A collaborative design project involving students at the University of Dundee and school pupils at St Mary's Primary in Lochee, is being given a national award by the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport today.
24 June 2004	First class honours for exchange student	A student who came to study at the University of Dundee on an exchange from Copenhagen will graduate tomorrow with a first class degree.
24 June 2004	VisPong tournament climaxes engineering summer school	Twenty-four senior school pupils from across Scotland anticipate an exciting climax to their Engineering summer school at the University of Dundee on Saturday 25 June.
23 June 2004	Discovery lecture	Professor Richard Demarco, the artist, exhibitor and esteemed promoter of arts in Scotland will refer to his renowned painting of Dundee as he presents the University of Dundee 2004 Discovery lecture.
23 June 2004	Cultural Nightmares' opens its doors	'Cultural Nightmares', a special two day conference at the University of Dundee will bring together postgraduates and leading academics from across the UK.
23 June 2004	Chancellor dubs nephew with his degree	On his Great Uncle he explained: "I'm looking forward to being awarded my degree by my Uncle James.
23 June 2004	Children discovering Parkinson's	Researchers at the University of Dundee are aiming to introduce Parkinson's Disease to children so they can better understand their grandparents or neighbours who suffer from the condition at a Parkinson's Awareness Day.
22 June 2004	Graduating couple	Graduation will be extra special for a husband and wife who have studied at the University of Dundee.
20 June 2004	Postgraduate conference 2004	Postgraduates from the University of Dundee's School of Nursing and Midwifery will present their research at the 2004 Postgraduate Conference.
18 June 2004	Wimberley Winner 2004	A Polish student who graduates from the University of Dundee this summer with an upper second-class honours degree has won the Wimberley Award, made annually to a student who has made an extraordinary contribution to the University.
17 June 2004	COUNTER-PHOTOGRAPHY: Japan's Artists Today	An exhibition featuring photographic works from Japan will be displayed in the University of Dundee, the only showing in Scotland from Friday 25 June.
17 June 2004	New research on Parkinson's	A team of psychologists at the Universities of Dundee and Abertay are embarking on an exciting new study to discover how Parkinson's disease affects the brain and people's language abilities.
17 June 2004	New option for teacher training	The University of Dundee is launching a revolutionary new course for teacher training that will allow prospective secondary teachers to study for their post grad qualification at a distance.
16 June 2004	Seamus Heaney book launch	A limited edition book celebrating a lecture given by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney at the University of Dundee will be launched later this week.
16 June 2004	Walking to "Work Out"	The Institute of Sport and Exercise at the University of Dundee has taken a positive step towards supporting university staff to lead healthier, more active lives, with the launch of a "Walk in to Work Out" initiative.
16 June 2004	First Discovery Day on water	With more than one billion people across the world drinking unsafe water and 3.4 million people, mostly children dying every year from water related diseases it appears 'water' is in crisis.
16 June 2004	Seamus Heaney book launch	A limited edition book celebrating a lecture given by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney at the University of Dundee will be launched later this week.
16 June 2004	Marr announces lecture	Andrew Marr, who will receive an honorary degree from the University of Dundee on Friday 2nd July has confirmed the topic for his Greatest Minds public lecture which he will deliver at the University the same day.
15 June 2004	New Chairman for University Court	The governing body of the University of Dundee, the University Court has elected a new Chairman.
14 June 2004	Seamus Heaney book to be published	A unique new limited edition book is to be published commemorating a lecture given by Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney at the University of Dundee.
10 June 2004	Civic prize winner announcement	Three University of Dundee Town and Regional Planning students will make their final presentations to officials from Dundee Council's Planning and Transportation Department in the hope of winning the Dundee Civic Prize.
10 June 2004	School children target airport security	Pupils from Tayside, Fife and Central regions will design a novel piece of security equipment for airports as part of the Dundee University Technology and Engineering Challenge event (DUTECH) taking place tomorrow.
9 June 2004	Dundee's forgotten war poet remembered	Author, Bob Burrows, will visit the University of Dundee for the launch of his new book 'Fighter Writer' that tells the life of Dundee born artist, poet, journalist, Black Watch soldier and prisoner of war, Sergeant Joseph Lee.
9 June 2004	Returning home	A Professor of Cardiology who graduated from the University of Dundee in 1985 has returned to take up a key appointment in the University and the City that he always planned to return to.
8 June 2004	2004 Strathmore Trophy winner announced	With their Lego robot, a team from Lochgelly High School, Fife has scooped the 2004 Strathmore Trophy at the University of Dundee's Division for Applied Computing. Now in its ninth year, a space theme dominated the annual event this year.
7 June 2004	University and High School co-operation	The Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Dundee and the High School of Dundee will cement an important partnership agreement this week.
7 June 2004	Health professions embark on new solutions	Six PhD students are embarking on studies this month in a new unique initiative to cross traditional health care boundaries.
4 June 2004	Lord Lieutenant presents Queen's Award	Lord Lieutenant, John Letford will present the highly prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise to the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) of the University of Dundee.
2 June 2004	Fulbright scholar set for University of Dundee	University of Dundee's Institute for Transatlantic, European and American Studies (ITEAS) has made a short-term appointment of Fulbright scholar, Dr Charles Gannon.
1 June 2004	Artificial sight	An engineering team at the University of Dundee has just secured funding to work with European colleagues on the construction of artificial corneas which will allow all cornea replacements to go ahead without the patient having to wait for a donor.