University news

University news archive for April 2001

Record numbers saw dinosaur exhibition

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

"Walking with Dinosaurs", the most successful exhibition in the history of the Hunterian Museum, has now closed, after being seen by over 76,000 visitors.

Neil Garrod has begun his epic 1500 mile run

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Prof Neil Garrod, who is running from Rome to Glasgow to celebrate 2001, has set off and is now making good progress through Italy.

Muslim Women and the Law

Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

A one-day conference on Muslim Women and the Law was held in the University of Glasgow on Thursday 19 April.

Programming triumph for computing science team

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Members of the University's department of Computing Science are celebrating their win in the National Finals of the British Computer Society's Programming Competition. The team's competition report follows...

GUST* breezes through student TV competitions

Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Glasgow University Student Television* has scooped several awards in this year's National Student Television Association (NaSTA) prize ceremony. The station came first in five out of 12 categories, and was highly commended in a further two.

Weipers Lecture Postponed

Tue, 10 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Because of the Foot & Mouth disease outbreak the Sir William Weipers Memorial Lecture on Friday 18 May has been postponed until Thursday 20 September, 2001.

Funding to develop promising scientific ideas

Mon, 09 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Five University projects have been awarded a total of just under ?900K under the second round of Proof of Concept funding from Scottish Enterprise.

Academics elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Thu, 05 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Eight members of the University of Glasgow have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Stroke carers anxious and depressed

Tue, 03 Apr 2001 00:00:00 BST

Research published on the eve of a Royal College of Nursing Research Conference say informal carers of stroke victims pay heavy toll.