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• Obesity target; In association with the NHS

  - 2008-10-06

  A MAJOR international study to tackle the problem of childhood obesity has been announced. More than 17,000 children from 10 different European countries will be monitored in the five-year trial, which is being led by the University of Glasgow. Scientists hope by recording the dietary and lifestyle patterns...

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• University of Glasgow purchases 200 licenses of SolidWorks software

  - 2008-07-07

  Centuries-old university standardizes on SolidWorks Education Edition software so students can learn CAD and design validation skills CONCORD, Mass. -- University of Glasgow mechanical engineering students will soon hone their 3D CAD skills designing everything from race cars to bridges using SolidWorks([R]) Education Edition software as they prepare for...

  Tags: CAD, Education, SOFTWARE, SolidWorks Corp., University of Glasgow

• In 2005, Lenn E. Goodman, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt, was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow.(While We're At It)( Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself)(Book review)

  - 2008-04-01

  In 2005, Lenn E. Goodman, professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt, was invited to give the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. This time the format was different. Four scholars--a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, and an agnostic (atheist?)--were asked to deliver two lectures each on...

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• Entrepreneurs to be awarded Honorary Degrees.

  - 2008-03-27

  M2 PRESSWIRE-27 March 2008-UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW: Entrepreneurs to be awarded Honorary DegreesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:27032008 Two top entrepreneurs are to receive honorary degrees from the University of Glasgow for their outstanding contribution to business and...

  Tags: Engineering, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, IBM Corp., University of Glasgow

• RANKIN SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY

  - 2008-02-03

  Best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin will discuss his literary career during a talk at the University of Glasgow on Tuesday. The lecture will take place in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre in the Thomson Building at 6pm.

  Tags: CAREER, University of Glasgow

• Silicon Chips to Gain 4-6 Years of Life from New Work by Semiconductor Research Corporation and University of Glasgow

  - 2007-12-12

  Global Industry's Most Comprehensive Specialized Research Aims to Scale Features Down to 8 Nanometers

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• Dispute Avoidance and European Contract Law - Dealing with Divergence

  - 2007-11-08

  DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c74033) has announced the addition of Dispute Avoidance and European Contract Law - Dealing with Divergence to their offering. Since early 2000 the European institutions have politically prioritised the need for greater coherence and uniformity in European private law. Contract law in particular...

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• Get a grip

  - 2007-09-03

  Some tree frogs can stick sideways to tree trunks and even hang upside down. Jon Barnes, a scientist at the University of Glasgow in Scotland, recently discovered what gives these frogs their ability to cling at such extreme angles. Tree frogs rely on a thin coating of sticky mucus...

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• Scholars examine the development of the international industrial gases industry

  - 2007-08-31

  Linde grants research contract to the University of Glasgow's Centre for Business History Munich/Glasgow/Frankfurt, 31 August 2007 - The Linde Group, Munich, will be working together with the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG, Society for Business History), Frankfurt, on a multiple-year research project dealing...

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• The paths of symbolic knowledge; occasional papers in Cassirer and cultural-theory studies, presented at the University of Glasgow's Centre for intercultural studies

  - 2007-08-01

  The paths of symbolic knowledge; occasional papers in Cassirer and cultural-theory studies, presented at the University of Glasgow's Centre for intercultural studies. Ed. by Paul Bishop and R.H. Stephenson. Maney Publishing 2006 121 pages $49.00 Paperback B3216 Seven papers explore features and...

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