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Life on Land
Our work and activity in relation to 'Life on Land', one of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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Weekend of events to reconnect people with nature
A new crop of nature lovers will be cultivated as part of a weekend of events hosted by V&A Dundee and the University of Dundee.
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Deities in Dundee: major new Jeremy Deller commission for National Gallery bicentenary
A major new UK wide project by Jeremy Deller to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the National Gallery will have its Scottish chapter in Dundee this month.
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Professor Lady Sue Black to give Margaret Harris Lecture - ‘A Life In Death’
Professor Lady Sue Black, Baroness of Strome, is making a return to the University of Dundee to deliver this year’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Friday 29 November
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Nature connects with AI, sound design and virtual reality for new exhibition
‘Rhizoma’ installation explores interactions between humans, technology and the environment
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Refugee camp design research wins prestigious award
International research led by the University of Dundee into how those living in refugee camps engage with their environment and shape it over time is to be awarded a medal of excellence from a leading engineering body.
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OBE for Emeritus Professor Geoff Gadd
Emeritus Professor Geoff Gadd, Boyd Baxter Chair of Biology at the University of Dundee, has been awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List
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It was meant to bee – 3D-printed log hive proves popular with local bees
A colony of honeybees is generating a buzz at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden after the installation of a 3D-printed wooden log hive
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Environmental project gains UNESCO recognition
University of Dundee expertise has contributed to a Scottish project being identified by UNESCO as a global exemplar of environmental management
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‘Trees of Hope’ symbolises Dundee’s Africa commitment
The planting of two ‘Trees of Hope’ symbolises the University of Dundee’s commitment to equitable working with partners in Africa.
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Horticultural half-century of service celebrated
A University of Dundee gardener who played a key role in developing one of the city’s best loved beauty spots has retired after five decades of green-fingered graft.
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Summer events launch Dundee’s new edible garden
Partners in the nationwide Dandelion project have thrown open the garden gate to a summer programme at the Fair Growing Green in Dundee, signalling the start of its new role as a community garden
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Wee Forests to make a big impact on Dundee community
Big transformations to two small patches of Dundee are underway as local communities came together to plant hundreds of trees as part of a citizen science initiative
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Dundee researchers aim to unlock the physics of life
Researchers at the University of Dundee have been awarded £2.1 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to determine how thousands of cells self-organise to form the embryonic body plan
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Sustainable transport success for local universities
Dundee’s two universities have been named in the top tier of UK higher education institutions for their commitment to sustainable transportation and electric vehicle infrastructure.
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Dundee Botanic Garden spreads fairy dust this Christmas
Local families are invited on a magical winter journey when a fairy door trail at the University of Dundee Botanic Garden launches this week.
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Anthology celebrates 50 years of the Dundee Botanic Garden
A collection of picture and word reflections celebrates decades of the Dundee Botanic Garden through the eyes and thoughts of its regular visitors.
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New research demonstrates reforestation benefits
Actively restored tropical forests recover above ground biomass faster than areas left to regenerate naturally after being logged, according to new research led by the Universities of Dundee and Aberdeen and ETH Zürich.
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Graduand thinks ‘Outside the Box’ to deliver outdoor learning
At a time when parents, carers and teachers are wrestling with how to best provide education during lockdown and the classroom restrictions to follow, a University of Dundee student has devised ways of delivering learning for young people outdoors.
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Brexit and the Environment
Professor Colin Reid has been heavily involved in work on the big impact that Brexit will have on the environment, and environmental law
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New Curator appointed to Botanic Garden
Kevin Frediani has been appointed as the new Curator of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden
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Sky’s the limit for soil expert
An expert in soil mechanics at the University of Dundee is ploughing a furrow of success after receiving a major international honour
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‘Disturbing’ scale of plastic pollution revealed
Research carried out at the University of Dundee has shown the scale of plastic pollution in the Firth of Forth to be much worse than previously thought
