University news archive for May 2005

University news archive for May 2005

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

Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Employment extravaganza

Fri, 27 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

University of Glasgow to host a graduate fair for 5000 graduates

Raising fitness and funds

Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Determined to Succeed: The Hunter Pack project

Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Uncovering the truth behind the myth

Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Thinner than a single hair: The future of nanoscale technology

Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Revealing Britain's future engineers

Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Walter Scott & Partners Limited
Edinburgh Glasgow Universities Boat Races 2005

Fri, 20 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Scotland's first meteorite commemorated

Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Thu, 19 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

£11M for the next step in bioscience

Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Mon, 16 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

SAM - small business saviour?

Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Europe-Japan Dialogue on Global Poverty

Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture welcomes Emeritus Professor Lance Lanyon

Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

Eminent vet professor to visit the University to present biennial lecture

PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE TO STAFF, 11 MAY 2005

Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Get on your bike for the Leukaemia Research Fund Centre!

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

LRF Glasgow Bikeathon 2005 to take place on 21 August

Smarter than a normal egg

Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

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

Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

From Domesday till today

Mon, 09 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

Archbishop Conti to lead Sunday Service

Fri, 06 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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

University's lead drug researcher invited to the White House

Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 BST

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