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Make room in your diary for the University of Aberdeen's Diary Room
Empty space in your schedule with Big Brother set to finish? Wondering how you'll cope without Cameron and co? The thought of an empty Diary Room chair leaving you cold? Then get yourself along to the University of Aberdeen's Open Day on August 26 where you can have your very...
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New President for University of Aberdeen Development Trust USA
Dr Theodore Malloch is to take the reins of the University of Aberdeen Development Trust USA (UADT USA) at one of the most exciting periods of the University's 500 year history. Dr Malloch will lead the UADT USA in its aims to support the advancement of the ancient Scottish university...
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The Traditional Singing Weekend at Cullerlie
The Traditional Singing weekend at Cullerlie will be held this weekend (25 - 27 July) organised jointly by the University of Aberdeen's Elphinstone Institute and Anne Reid of Cullerlie Farm Park in memory of Tam Reid (1929 - 2003), known as the 'Bothy Ballad King'. The weekend, now in its...
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Silent Drums Beat at Marischal Museum
Do you think a museum is a quiet place? You may get a surprise if you visit Marischal Museum this summer! Silent Drums Beat is an exhibition of some of the spectacular drums from the museum's collection. Many are over a hundred years old. They have drummed for celebration, drummed...
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The faulty memory of a single eyewitness can have a serious negative influence on the testimony of o
If one eyewitness to a crime recalls a rogue piece of information, it can seriously distort other witnesses' accounts of what happened, according to new research being led by the University of Aberdeen and being sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).A 13-month study, led by Professor Amina...
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New student textbook published ‘General Practice Medicine’
The prestigious international publishers, Elsevier, have just launched a new student textbook, which has been written by Dr Ross Taylor, a general practitioner in Aberdeen and Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. 'General Practice Medicine' has also been written with assistance from Professor Brian McAvoy from the University of...
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12th Century Manuscript enters the 21st Century
A team from The University of Aberdeen's History of Art, Modern Languages and Historic Collections Departments have completed a major £72,000 project, funded by the AHRB (Arts and Humanities Research Board) and a grant from the Faculty of Arts and Divinity, to bring history to the present by making available...
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New Head of Communications appointment at Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen has appointed Jill Moir as Head of Communications. Jill (31) will have responsibility for media relations, corporate communications, political relations, the organisation of large-scale University events and internal communications within the newly created Office of External Affairs.Lori Manders, Director of External Affairs, said: "Higher Education institutions...
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International fertility conference to be held at the University of Aberdeen
In two weeks time Louise Brown will be 25 years old. Many of the scientists and doctors who pioneered the developments leading to her birth will be attending Fertility 2003 next week to discuss future developments over the next 25 years. The Fertility 2003 conference will bring together both medical...
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Sacred Head-dress to return to Canada
A horned head-dress with an eagle feather trailer in the collection of Marischal Museum is to be returned to the Blood Tribe in Canada. The head-dress was identified by members of the Blood Tribe during a visit to Aberdeen in November last year, after which they submitted a request for...
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50 days to cook up an A+ Open Day
Clarissa Dickson Wright, Rector, University of Aberdeen, launches the 50-day count down to the University's Open DayThe countdown begins - University Rector, Clarissa Dickson Wright has helped set the clock ticking to one of the University of Aberdeen's biggest events, the Open Day on August 26. Tomorrow (July 8) marks...
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University serves up Scottish Words for Schools
Thousands of young readers across the North East will get the chance to read up on the best of Scottish literature thanks to the University of Aberdeen.The Scottish Book Trust's Read Around Books collection will be distributed to schools across Aberdeen this week as part of the University's ongoing commitment...
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Aberdeen Academic elected Fellow of British Academy
Professor Bruce was the first convenor of the Scottish Heads of Sociology Departments and has served on a number of Economic and Social Research Council committees, including the 1997 working party on the future funding of election studies and the advisory committee for the Scottish Household Panel survey. He is...
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Biological material to come under the microscope at exhibition to be held at Marischal Museum
Bacteria, viruses and parasites. Although small, they have dramatic effects on our health. By using a Scanning Electron Microscope, medical scientists at the University of Aberdeen are able to look at detailed images of biological material that cannot be seen through a normal microscope.A forthcoming microbiology exhibition to be held...
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Summer Fun at Conoco Natural History Centre
With local school holidays approaching this week, the Conoco Natural History Centre at the University of Aberdeen announces its Summer Fun programme of environmental education classes for local primary schoolchildren.Designed to introduce, involve and enthuse young people in the environment, the Summer Fun series of classes will offer participants the...