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University Principal to meet Negroponte via technology link
The Principal of the University of Aberdeen will share the platform with one of the most celebrated figures of the information age at a conference in Aberdeen tomorrow.But Professor C Duncan Rice will be hundreds of miles away at Lews Castle in Stornoway when he joins Professor Nicholas Negroponte in...
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Aberdeen University tribute to IAIN CRICHTON SMITH
The news of the death of one of Scotland’s most distinguished poets and novelists, Iain Crichton Smith, has left the University of Aberdeen community deeply saddened.A graduate of the University, Mr Crichton Smith was an immensely prolific writer of prose, poetry, plays and novels who wrote in both his native...
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HRH The Prince of Wales opens Britain's first university research centre dedicated to organic agricu
HRH The Prince of Wales today (Tuesday, October 13) officially opened the new Aberdeen University Centre for Organic Agriculture (AUCOA) - the first of its kind in Britain. The Centre has been developed with major financial support from Tesco plc.The Prince said that he hoped that the establishment of the...
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Talking about Greek art and civilisation
A leading classical scholar is set to explore the work of academics from Northern Europe, including Aberdeen and the North-east, in uncovering the fascinating world of ancient Greece in a University public lecture series.Dr G Patrick Edwards, this year’s Geddes-Harrower Professor, will give six talks on the theme Exploring the...
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Aberdeen University launches autumn concert series
Music lovers throughout the North-east are promised a “great line-up of artists” at this year’s University of Aberdeen concert series.Outstanding young tenor Mark Wilde, the New York concert pianist Walter Hautzig, internationally-acclaimed Renaissance musicians Mhairi Lawson, Catherine King and Jacob Heringman will take centre stage throughout October, November and December....