Stories in Development and Alumni Relations
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Danny is best known as the left winger of East Fife FC in Scottish League One. To the children of Crossford Primary School, however, he is Mr Denholm, and apparently fair game whenever things go awry on the football field.
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With Dundee’s greater online presence this year, we have been able to get even more of our alumni across the world involved in the many great activities happening across our University.
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At the University of Dundee, we believe that it is important for students to have an opportunity to take part in a wide range of extra-curricular activities. One such activity is the Leadership Plus Mentoring programme
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We caught up with Dundee City Council’s new Chief Executive Officer, Greg Colgan, to find out about his new role, his vision for Dundee and what excites him about this fantastic city that he is proud to call home.
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Our alumni are helping fight Covid-19 and share their stories with us.
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There can be no greater example of the transformative impact of modern science than that in the developing of a Coronavirus vaccine
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Falak Syed and Suman Shoro are the first and only female forensic odontologists in Pakistan. Together they used their expertise to shed light on one of the biggest airline disasters in their country’s recent history.
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From being one of the only photographers to have work featured on a Scottish banknote to becoming a sell-out author, Shahbaz Majeed has come a long way from his undergraduate days in the Queen Mother Building computing labs.
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Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 transformed life at the University of Dundee. But while much of the campus fell silent in March 2020 as the majority of students and staff returned home, the work of the University never ceased.
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As the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown spread throughout the world millions of people turned to television and streaming services. TV and film director, Michael Keillor, talks all things TV.
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A deep brain ultrasound treatment that can transform the quality of life for people with uncontrollable tremors has been made available in Scotland for the first time following a University of Dundee fundraising campaign.
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Lorraine Kelly has a sent a video message in support of all those taking part in the 30 Days Challenge campaign to fund life-saving research into Parkinson’s disease
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Learning lessons from the pandemic could help protect care home residents from future infection outbreaks, a University of Dundee expert has said.
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Even a global pandemic has not proven formidable enough to prevent one-woman tablet-making machine Fiona Edwards from raising thousands of pounds for research at the University of Dundee.
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Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) graduate Callum Laird has been riding high since graduating in June with a First-Class Honours in Graphic Design
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When Wiston Mukiwa graduated from the University of Dundee and returned to Malawi, he was one of only three dentists in his country. Since then, he has spent his career driving forward dental healthcare provision across Malawi.
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From exciting emerging artists to international rock bands, Dundee has seen its fair share of musical talent. Paul, Katie and Sam share what Dundee’s music scene means to them and how it’s going from strength to strength
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Wherever in the world the Alumni Relations team travel we always love to hear the tales of the people our alumni met at Dundee and the real sense of community that exists.
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The intimate connections between Dundee and the Indian sub-continent are well known in relation to the jute industry. However, Dundee’s international student connections have a similarly long and deep history.