University news

Glasgow's Centre for Virus Research receives £4.8 million from Wellcome-Wolfson

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:07:00 BST

The award is part of a £30m investment package in international biomedical research projects throughout the UK.

Housing policy plays vital role in protecting the poor

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:36:00 BST

Government policy can play a crucial role in weakening the links between poverty and poor housing, according to new research.

Scientists secure funding to advance stem cell research at Glasgow

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:17:00 BST

Andy Baker and Jo Mountford receive more than £500,000 to help develop the university’s collaborative cardiovascular stem cell programme.

Rare Scottish sailor’s logbook charting life on one of Nelson’s ships goes online

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:54:00 BST

A Greenock sailor’s view of life on one of Horatio Nelson’s ships during the Napoleonic Wars has been made available online – 200 years to the day after it was completed.

Small Animal Hospital officially opened by John Swinney MSP

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:57:00 BST

The Small Animal Hospital (SAH) at the University of Glasgow has been officially opened by John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth within the Scottish Government.

World Cup prediction game scores with fans

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:30:00 BST

Thousands of football fans around the world are using an iPhone application developed by University researchers to share their FIFA World Cup match predictions.

Historian appointed to document the life and times of the nation's favourite children's hospital

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:03:00 BST

New book will celebrate the work of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill in Glasgow. It will also look at childhood diseases - past and present.

Halcrow Group funds new Transportation professorship

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:36:00 BST

The international civil engineering company Halcrow Group has funded a new professorship in transportation.

Can animals foretell the environmental impact of climate change?

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:17:00 BST

A Glasgow researcher has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society of Edinburgh fellowship to examine new environmental monitoring methods.

UK comes top in global ‘quality of death’ report

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:54:00 BST

The UK has come top in a report ranking the quality of end-of-life care provision around the world that draws heavily from the research of a Glasgow professor.

Glasgow grid computing hub gets £400,000 expansion funding boost

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:05:00 BST

A hi-tech computing facility at the heart of the UK’s particle physics research is to expand thanks to a £400,000 grant from the Science & Technologies Facilities Council (STFC).

Glasgow archaeologists attend dedication ceremony at Fromelles

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:08:00 BST

Drs Tony Pollard and Iain Banks of the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, whose work proved the existence of a mass grave from World War I, have attended a moving dedication ceremony in France.

Glasgow students host visit from Malawi

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:23:00 BST

Glasgow students hosted a visit recently from the director of the Kamuzu College of Nursing in Malawi.

Most pet dogs are overweight, say researchers

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:00:00 BST

Six out of ten pet dogs are overweight or obese, according to a study by veterinary researchers at the University of Glasgow.

Glasgow appoints leading economist

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:07:00 BST

Leading UK economist, Professor Charles Nolan is to take up the Bonar Macfie Chair in Economics at the University of Glasgow.

Conservators restore valuable maritime logbook

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:25:00 BST

Experts have painstakingly restored the logbook from a celebrated warship from the era of the Napoleonic Wars which Nelson himself sailed upon.

Glasgow academics invited to join British Academy

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:43:00 BST

Two academics from the University were last week elected as Fellows of the British Academy