University news archive for May 2002

University news archive for May 2002

University hosts international real estate conference

Fri, 31 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow will host an international real estate conference from Tuesday to Friday of next week. Delegates will debate controversies in housing, regeneration, land markets and property management.

Smart laser light gives insight to photosynthesis

Thu, 30 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

In this week's issue of Nature (30 May 2002) researchers from Glasgow, Amsterdam and Munich show how specially tailored ultrashort laser pulses can be used to control how light is used in photosynthesis.

MAJOR SPONSORSHIP FOR WHISTLER CENTENARY

Wed, 29 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Lloyds TSB Scotland will be title sponsor of the Hunterian Art Gallery's 'Whistler 2003' programme.

Munro challengers battle weather

Wed, 29 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

University walkers were on the hills at the weekend on a belated celebration of the 550th anniversary.

Colin McArthur Postgraduate Scholarship

Tue, 28 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

A lasting tribute to enable a student who lost a parent in the events of September 11 to attend the University of Glasgow

'A Magus of the North? - Professor John Ferguson and His Library'.

Mon, 27 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

David Weston, Keeper of Special Collections since 1996, will take up Ferguson's life, his illustrated manuscripts, and his relation to occult revivals in this week's magic seminar.

WELCOME HOME CLEO!

Fri, 24 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

A coin bearing the portrait of Cleopatra has returned to the University's Hunterian Museum after being on loan to the British Museum's major exhibition "Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth", where it was a star item in both London and Chicago.

Move to halt fossil theft and damage in Scotland

Thu, 23 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

An event to promote the protection of one of Scotland's oldest and rarest resources.

Glasgow team win student entrepreneur competition

Thu, 23 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

A student team from the University of Glasgow have won a national competition to find the most promising technology student entrepreneurs.

Black Death book launch

Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

A new book by Professor Sam Cohn on the epidemiology of bubonic plague and the Black Death is launched at the University tomorrow, 23 May.

Colloquium postponed

Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The 3rd Glasgow Rankine Colloquium scheduled for tomorrow 23 May has been postponed.

Enlightenment, Law and Lawyers - Thursday 23 and Friday 24 May 2002

Wed, 22 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The University will host a conference looking at Scottish Enlightenment thought and its impact on the development of Human Rights and International Law

Early Christianity and Magic: Consumption and Competition

Tue, 21 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Early Christianity and magic will be the subject of this Friday's (May 24) Humanities Institute magic seminar.

Partnership marks new era for Halls of Residence

Tue, 21 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The University has signed an agreement which marks a new direction in the management of the majority of its Halls of Residence.

PhD Summer School, 2nd - 5th September 2002

Tue, 21 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The University of Glasgow will be holding a PhD Summer School in September, focusing on Computational, Statistical and Mathematical Modelling in Biology

University co-ordinates airborne environmental radioactivity survey

Fri, 17 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), based at the University of Glasgow, is co-ordinating an international airborne environmental radioactivity survey exercise involving aircraft teams from ten European countries.

BBC online highlights SCOTS project

Wed, 15 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

The Scottish Corpus of Texts and Speech (SCOTS) project is today's top story on the BBC's online website.

Next magic seminar, Friday 17 May

Wed, 15 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Nicholas Hammond, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, will speak on "All the Devils: Port-Royal and Pedagogy in Seventeenth- Century France", Friday, 17 May, 12 noon, in 7 University Gardens, followed by lunch.

Researchers focus on link between virus and cancer

Tue, 14 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Leukaemia Research Fund award to the University of Glasgow

Diet and Cancer: A One Day Conference tomorrow

Mon, 13 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Tomorrow, Tuesday 14 May 2002, a conference organised by the Department of Human Nutrition, University of Glasgow will take place at The Holiday Inn, Glasgow on 'Diet and Cancer'.

Creative Writing Weekend 11-12 May

Thu, 09 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Gilmorehill G12 will be the venue for a creative writing weekend on 11 and 12 May. Edwin Morgan, Liz Lochhead and Philip Hosbaum will give readings on Saturday and Theatre Babel will stage Tom Leonard's adaptation of Chekov's 'Uncle Vanya' on Sunday.

New World "Savage" - magic seminar on Friday 10 May

Wed, 08 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Sara Melzer, Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at UCLA will be speaking at the fourth seminar in the Humanities Institute series on magic this friday.

Glasgow five in science think tank

Fri, 03 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Five members of the University of Glasgow have been appointed to the newly announced 18-strong Scottish Science Advisory Committee

British Academy Centenary Lecture in Politics

Thu, 02 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Only a limited number of tickets is left for the British Academy Centenary Lecture in Politics on Thursday 16th May at 6.30pm.

Forensic experts head for Kosovo

Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 BST

Foreign Office Minister Denis MacShane today announced ?200,000 to help forensic experts identify human remains in Kosovo.