October 2002 Press Releases

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31 October 2002 Laughter is the best medicine Fundraising theatre company Act IV will be joining in the fight against heart disease by staging a comedy in aid of the Uni of Dundee's Institute of Cardiovascular Research (TICR).
31 October 2002 University contribution to Russian democracy Key figures from Russian politics will visit Dundee as part of an exchange project aimed at developing their country's parliamentary democracy.
30 October 2002 New Scotland: New Politics How the Scottish Parliament works and its differences to Westminster will be the subject of a lecture by Lord James Douglas Hamilton MSP at the University of Dundee.
29 October 2002 English the most difficult language for dyslexics? A new collaboration between the Dyslexia Institute and scientists from the Literacy Research Group at the University of Dundee.
28 October 2002 Leading UK educator is Dundee's new Vice Principal A leading figure in the field of educational research in the UK is to join the University of Dundee as Vice Principal.
28 October 2002 Travelling architects return Twelve students and graduates of the University of Dundee's School of Architecture have just completed their first building project - on a construction site thousands of miles away.
28 October 2002 Art college visits Potential artists and designers of tomorrow will visit the University of Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design for a taster of what life at art college might be like.
25 October 2002 Checking out the arts Potential artists and designers of tomorrow will visit the University of Dundee's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design for a taster of what life at art college might be like.
24 October 2002 Pregnancy advice the University of Dundee will explore how midwives can deliver better care and advice to pregnant women with HIV and substance abuse problems at a conference.
24 October 2002 Cycle cash for cancer The pedal power of 12 cyclists from the University of Dundee has clocked up £1,117 for Cancer Research UK Scotland.
24 October 2002 TICR ticks off Work will start on The Institute for Cardiovascular Research at the University of Dundee - the first institute of its kind in Scotland bringing together experts from different fields to tackle heart disease.
24 October 2002 A European Genius A scientist from the University of Dundee has been named one of Europe's best - and is one of only 4 scientists in the UK to receive the accolade this year.
23 October 2002 Computing prizes The crème de la crème of computing students were presented with awards at the Division of Applied Computing's prize giving at the University of Dundee.
23 October 2002 Generating pedal power Staff and students at the University of Dundee will find out just how much energy it takes to keep the University ticking over when they climb on the energy bike and pedal to power their PCs.
22 October 2002 Internet whiz-kid For the fifth year in a row a student from the University of Dundee has won an award in the Young Software Engineer of the Year Awards run by ScotlandIS.
21 October 2002 the ageing internet researchers at the University of Dundee are telling businesses that older people are the internet's future.
18 October 2002 Lottery cash for music The music society at the University of Dundee has just received a lottery grant to buy specialised concert music stands.
17 October 2002 5th birthday prize giving School of Life Sciences prize giving on the fifth birthday of its home - the Wellcome Trust Biocentre at the University of Dundee.
17 October 2002 Fishy projects The first students to complete a joint degree from the Universities of Dundee and St Andrews finish their post graduate studies with some students securing PhD places to do some very fishy research.
17 October 2002 Creative writer's opening lines The University of Dundee has just welcomed its new creative writing fellow, Colette Bryce, to her post.
16 October 2002 Break the Silence: World AIDS Exhibition opens in Scotland An international art exhibition focussing on the catastrophic impact of HIV and AIDS and which aims to prompt open discussion of the issue around the world is to open at the University of Dundee.
16 October 2002 Legal eagles and financial wizards Legal eagles and financial wizards will gather for an awards ceremony at the University of Dundee as the faculty of law and accountancy presents its prizes to the cream of their students.
16 October 2002 Prime time for learning Principal of the University of Dundee Sir Alan Langlands will say at Angus College graduation ceremony tonight that now is one of the greatest times to be involved in higher education.
15 October 2002 Graduate's skills in the community An arts graduate who now runs a pioneering business which nurtures the artistic ability of children is to host an exhibition of their work at Kirkton community lounge.
15 October 2002 Ron's gift to Maggie a group of crooners from the Uni of Dundee will present a cheque for £2,000 to the Maggie Centre after sales of their CD made them a hit in the School of Life Sciences.
10 October 2002 The strongest Dundonians Having proved they are the most "gripp-it" people in the city - four very strong people will be awarded prizes in recognition of their impressive hand-grip strength.
9 October 2002 Dundee Scientists help crack the Malaria Genome Scientists from the University of Dundee have helped decode the malaria genome as part of international efforts to control this disease.
8 October 2002 Medal for talk system A new system developed at the University of Dundee to help people in intensive care communicate with relatives and friends has been selected for a British Computer Society Award medal.
7 October 2002 Unseen photos of The Beatles uncovered A hoard of 500 photographs of The Beatles during the filming of their second feature film "Help!" has been discovered amongst a collection donated to the University of Dundee by the family of photojournalist Michael Peto.
7 October 2002 Leading UK academic becomes first non-American to be awarded top international science prize Sir Philip Cohen, Uni of Dundee has been awarded the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Distinguished Achievement Award in Metabolic Research.
3 October 2002 MSPs break the ice Mary Scanlon, MSP, will welcome a bumper batch of first year politics students to the University of Dundee.
3 October 2002 Royal Gold Medals for outstanding achievement The achievements of three individuals whose work has brought about public benefits on a global scale are to receive Royal recognition.
1 October 2002 Back to the nursing books Practising nurses, midwives and social carers are heading back to education to undertake further study and training in new specialist postgraduate courses.