This year’s winner of the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Project of the Year award was the MRC PPU in the School of Life Sciences for their work on improving the experiences of those living with Parkinson’s. The project team introduce the project below. Interactions between people with Parkinson’s, carers and researchers are often limited to…Continue Reading Exchanges: Inspiring Parkinson’s Conversations
The Market and Innovation Society successfully hosted its first market event, drawing in more than 10 enthusiastic stall owners on 29/3/2024 inside DJCAD Canteen. The event was not only a financial success, generating over £700 in profit for the students, but also received a 100% satisfaction rate from stall owners who are eager to return….Continue Reading Market and Innovation Society – First Market Event
The ideas and collections of D’Arcy Thompson, the University’s first Professor of Biology, have profoundly influenced many artists and writers who re-interpret natural history. The University of Dundee Museums’ latest exhibition featuring a unique artistic response to D’Arcy’s collection by New York-based artist Ellen K Levy. Levy is a multimedia artist and writer whose work explores…Continue Reading Ellen K Levy: Seeing Through
Last week saw the launch of a two year Royal Society of Edinburgh project ‘Curating the Digital Attic Archive: A Case Study For Open-Source Approaches To Artists’ Archives’. Led by Dr Judit Bodor (DJCAD) and Dr Roddy Hunter (The Glasgow School of Art) the project has established an international research network to develop an open-source…Continue Reading Curating the Digital Attic Archive
This year’s Preview night of the DJCAD Research Expo included VR demonstrations, performances, and works of innumerable varieties demonstrating the breadth and depth of art thinking that drives creativity in the School of Art & Design. This post by Calum J Rennie attempts to bottle-up some of the events that transpired (and that you can…Continue Reading Five Works from the DJCAD Research Expo 2024 You Can No Longer See
As human beings we are all dependent on the land and the resources it provides. Yet we are increasingly becoming disconnected from the natural world around us and our overexploitation of the land is causing an environmental crisis. The latest exhibition in the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee looks at ways in which…Continue Reading Un-Earthed
It may sound barking mad, but the pooches of Dundee are just one of the sources of inspiration for an artistic celebration of the city’s history. Students at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) will deserve a round of a-paws from visitors to this year’s Archive Exhibition project,…Continue Reading History in the Making!
3rd March 2024 sees a special service at the University Chaplaincy Centre to mark the fiftieth anniversary of its opening. While the building dates to 1974, the role of religion and faith at the University has a much longer history. There was no chaplaincy facility at University College. This almost certainly was a direct consequence…Continue Reading Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Chaplaincy
What is Pentimento? Manu Budhathoki DUSA Vice President Community shares a creative project she has been doing to support students’ wellbeing. “Pentimento is a yearlong campaign I started this academic year (2023-2024). The main purpose of the campaign is to promote emotional expression through creative expression. I wanted to tap into people’s interest and potential…Continue Reading Pentimento: promoting art and creativity as an outlet for trauma
Ranya Al Ghazi, CreateSpace Student Helper, introduces us to this fantastic facility in the Library. Welcome to CreateSpace, the pulsating core of creativity nestled within our university campus! Here, innovation intertwines with tranquillity, inviting all university staff and students to unleash their limitless creative potential. Beyond being a mere maker space, CreateSpace embodies a lively…Continue Reading Discover CreateSpace!
A collaboration between Illustration students and the English Department is on show in the Dundee Central Library. This special exhibition is a follow up to last year’s ‘Blazing Worlds! Science Fiction by Women’. It features artwork from the Michael Kirkham’s Level 2 Illustration students from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and is…Continue Reading Ustopias: Utopias, Dystopias And Margaret Atwood
In 2021 the University commissioned a report to investigate early founders and their links with colonialism and slavery. The report focused on the Baxter family who supported the establishment of what was then University College Dundee and made some recommendations for future actions and research. To mark Race Equality week this year we have launched…Continue Reading Founders Report