University news archive for May 2005



Big Bang, Led Zeppelin, The Teletubbies and an electrified gherkin

University to host acclaimed science and mathematics author and TV personality Simon Singh

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Employment extravaganza

University of Glasgow to host a graduate fair for 5000 graduates

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Raising fitness and funds

Staff at the University of Glasgow tackle Scotland's Munros for cash

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Determined to Succeed: The Hunter Pack project

Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery launches new national school resources with the help of the Scottish Executive

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Uncovering the truth behind the myth

Curators at the Hunterian Art Gallery examine the Raphael's 'Entombment' and hypothesise about its origin

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Thinner than a single hair: The future of nanoscale technology

Chemists at the University of Glasgow enhance the future of small scale technology

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Revealing Britain's future engineers

SETPOINT Scotland is hosting the Junior Engineers for Britain 2005 K'NEX Challenge

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Edinburgh Glasgow Universities Boat Races 2005

The Walter Scott & Partners Limited Edinburgh Glasgow Universities Boat Races took place on Saturday 14 May at Glasgow Green

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Eight aspects of early life put UK children at risk of obesity

New British Medical Journal paper reveals definite links between early life behaviour and likelihood of obesity

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Scotland's first meteorite commemorated

A monument to celebrate the bicentenary of the High Possil meteorite is erected

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UK's first female professor of particle physics awarded top Royal Society science award

Glasgow's Professor Christine Davies presented with the Royal Society's Rosalind Franklin Award

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£11M for the next step in bioscience

Three of Scotland's top Universities awarded major funding to enhance bioscience research

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Research reveals unexpectedly high levels of physical and sexual abuse in drug addicts

The University of Glasgow's Centre for Drugs Misuse Research reveals the extent of abuse in addicts seeking treatment in Scotland

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SAM - small business saviour?

A new initiative is to challenge the huge economic losses caused by sickness absence

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Nobel Laureate Sir James Black and Chairman of the Wellcome Trust Sir Dominic Cadbury attend opening of new science building

The Henry Wellcome Building for Comparative Medical Sciences will be officially opened today by Sir Dominic Cadbury, Chairman of the Wellcome Trust, at 11.30am

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UK's most-cited scientist to speak at University of Glasgow tonight

How medical research is taking care of your heart - world leading scientist visits Glasgow to give prestigious lecture

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Europe-Japan Dialogue on Global Poverty

Shigeyuki HIROKI, Minister, Embassy of Japan in London, will give a public lecture this evening in the University

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Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture welcomes Emeritus Professor Lance Lanyon

Eminent vet professor to visit the University to present biennial lecture

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PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE TO STAFF, 11 MAY 2005

An update on the University's progress on further important progress in building a sustainably academically excellent future for the University.

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Get on your bike for the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre!

LRF Glasgow Bikeathon 2005 to take place on 21 August

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Smarter than a normal egg

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have recently built some eggs that could be described as downright 'smart'

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Glasgow helps secure the future of electronic design, with the help of £4.2 million funding

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) announce the awarding of funding to the some of the UK's leading research institutions

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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: A Healthy Mind and a Healthy Body

500 professionals from the fields of health, social care and education take part in a conference exploring childhood mental health

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From Domesday till today

Chief Executive of The National Archives, Sarah Tyacke, will today present a national prize to a university archivist

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Archbishop Conti to lead Sunday Service

The Guest Preacher at this week's Chapel Service will be Most Rev. Mario Joseph Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow

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University's lead drug researcher invited to the White House

Professor Neil McKeganey participates in a White House press conference alongside top US government officials, mental health experts and scientists

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