November 2002 Press Releases

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29 November 2002 Double jointed graduates The first graduates from the newly forged partnership between the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews will graduate this week with a post graduate research degree in environmental biology.
28 November 2002 New Scotland: New Politics Sir David Steel will address staff and students at the University of Dundee to outline the benefits it has brought to politics in Scotland and the various ways in which the Parliament has become a model for Westminster.
28 November 2002 Students' drug plan wins top prize A team of students from the University of Dundee has drawn up a plan to identify targets for drugs that could lead to relief for sufferers of Crohn disease and Ulcerative colitis winning them top prize in a national competition for young entrepreneurs.
27 November 2002 Raking in the cash The Institute for Cardiovascular Research is raking in the cash this week with two fundraising events donating all their proceeds to Dundee's institute to tackle heart disease.
27 November 2002 Legal eagle flies back to Dundee A rising star at the London criminal bar and one of three sisters to graduate from the University of Dundee will give budding lawyers in her alma mater an insight into life at the bar and advice on their law careers when she returns to her old faculty this week.
27 November 2002 Working lunch Students from the Universities of Dundee and Abertay will mingle at a CV opportunities fair at lunchtime tomorrow, November 28.
26 November 2002 Painted farewell Ronnie Forbes of the University of Dundee's School of Fine Art will present the University with one of his paintings as a parting gift when he comes to the end of nearly 20 years of teaching tomorrow.
21 November 2002 Dundee in art & photography Step back in time at University of Dundee and view the city as depicted in paintings and photographs spanning the last 300 years.
20 November 2002 Diabetes research award A Dundee University diabetes researcher has won an award at a national conference into the disease.
20 November 2002 Rallying a successful career University of Dundee computing graduate Nicoll Hunt is now working for a top computer games company simulating the rallying skills of Colin McRae - Scotland's number one rally driver.
20 November 2002 Making memories A photography company will contribute to the fight against heart disease and hope the cash they give will save lives and let more people keep their memories for longer.
20 November 2002 Truth and Beauty A stunning, highly magnified image of human brain tumour cells has won a University of Dundee researcher recognition in the Wellcome Trust's "Truth and Beauty" exhibition.
19 November 2002 Rabies Expert in tropical diseases from the University of Dundee Professor Alan Fairlamb explains rabies: "Human rabies causes an estimated 40-70,000 deaths each year worldwide. The disease is caused by an RNA virus and is endemic in many countries, but not in the UK.
18 November 2002 Solutions for drug kids An expert at the University of Dundee will present findings on the effectiveness of family therapy and other approaches that aim to reduce drug use in young people with developing or existing drug problems.
15 November 2002 e-learning explosion E-learning at the University has experienced exponential growth since the start of this term. The virtual learning environment Blackboard has just recorded 2 million hits from University students - meaning that on average each student has logged into their course material on Blackboard 17 times since the start of term.
15 November 2002 Charity Row Eight members of the University of Dundee Boat Club (DUBC) are in training for a gruelling 24- hour non-stop row to raise to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research Scotland (BCRS)
15 November 2002 Headstart for engineers Next July, thirty to forty bright young men and women who are planning careers in technology-based industries will spend a week at the University of Dundee in the faculty of engineering to find out what it is like to study science and engineering at university.
15 November 2002 Club Culture Dundee club-goers will enjoy a new visual dimension to their night out tomorrow thanks to students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design.
14 November 2002 Garden Tour The importance of conserving the world's rarest plants will be one of the subjects covered in a lecture given by curator of the University of Dundee's Botanic Garden, Alisdair Hood.
14 November 2002 Scottish-flavoured Thanksgiving dinner Traditional roast turkey, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie will be on the menu at a special Thanksgiving dinner held for members of a new University of Dundee club, Transatlantic Student Exchange (TSE) Dundee.
14 November 2002 Ocean's Dance University of Dundee's Museum Services has teamed up with the Scottish Fisheries Museum in Anstruther for "Ocean's Dance".
14 November 2002 Have a Heart The TICR campaign is issuing a heart-felt plea for volunteers to help in the fight against Scotland's number one killer - cardiovascular disease.
13 November 2002 Open for Business Animation and Springfield probably brings Bart Simpson to mind, but all that could be about to change following the launch of a new business at the University of Dundee.
13 November 2002 Poisoned Flamingos The deaths of tens of thousands of flamingos at Lakes Bogoria and Nukuru in Kenya, are being investigated by Geoff Codd in the school of life sciences and colleagues at the Leibniz Institute in Berlin.
13 November 2002 Students union set for £4m transformation Plans for a major £3.8m expansion to Dundee University Students Association received the unanimous backing of the University Court this week.
13 November 2002 Sixth boost for cancer and diabetes Dario Alessi has just won the sixth high profile award of his young career and the fourth this year for his double pronged research aiding the fight against cancer and diabetes.
12 November 2002 Deputy Principals appointed The University of Dundee has appointed two new Deputy Principals, Professors Geoff Ward and Malcolm Horner.
8 November 2002 Spending all my cash! An eighty year old grandmother will tell business people that if they want to target a market where there is plenty of liquid cash - they'd better sell to her.
8 November 2002 Solving the future Just how does Lara Croft's pigtail swing so perfectly and who determines her kicks and turns in Tomb Raider? Sequences like these are all cleverly calculated by mathematical dynamical equations to make Lara's movements look realistic.
8 November 2002 Painted Space The first exhibition of new paintings by two of Duncan of Jordanstone's promising Fine Art students opens to the public.
7 November 2002 Small World The tiniest cell has just won a researcher at the University of Dundee a top international prize in the international Nikon Microscopy Competition.
7 November 2002 The Concorde healing chamber Dr Philip James at the University of Dundee has realised his dream of creating a Hyperbaric Medicine Unit in Ninewells Hospital to treat patients with high concentrations of the most natural healer - oxygen.
6 November 2002 University careers fair More than 1000 students and 50 organisations will be looking to the future when they attend the University of Dundee's annual careers fair.
5 November 2002 New research supports SATs New research carried out at the University of Dundee supports the theory that American-style university entrance testing has significant value in assessing disadvantaged students, whose school grades often do not reflect their academic ability.
4 November 2002 Cancer Prevention Pill placed on the Horizon POPPING PILLS made from natural plant toxins could become an effective way of preventing cancer, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist claimed.
4 November 2002 Indian science A scientist from the University of Dundee has been selected by the British Council to visit India to share their areas of research and spark ideas for new science projects between the India and the UK.
1 November 2002 Community Development HQ opens in Dundee The headquarters of an international organisation directed at promoting community development across the world will open its doors at the University of Dundee.
1 November 2002 Historical Dundee music Music composed in Dundee in the 17th century will once again ring out in the city when Scottish historical music expert Rob MacKillop performs at the University of Dundee.