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Her Majesty the Queen has appointed James Peter Chalmers to the Regius Chair of Law in the University of Glasgow.

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The Scottish Constitutional Futures Forum is an initiative of academics from five Scottish Law Schools- those of the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde.

With the Independence referendum just two years away, the University of Glasgow is embarking on a landmark series of lectures that will analyse Scottish opinion - elite and popular - at significant points in the nation's past.

A link-up between the University of Glasgow and a technology company has been named best Knowledge Transfer Partnership project in Scotland.

Most people have an email address these days and electronic mail has superseded letters and facsimiles as the primary method of written communication between individuals, particularly in business.

Nine months after closing for refurbishment, the Hunterian Art Gallery at the University of Glasgow has reopened with a landmark exhibition.

A project which aims to understand why adults choose to go missing has launched a call for people to volunteer their direct experience or stories of their 'missing journeys' via a new website.

Over half of the engineers featured in the newly launched Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame have connections to the University of Glasgow.

The University of Glasgow has risen five places from 59 to 54 position in the latest QS World Rankings which were released today (Tuesday 11 September 2012).

A new study is challenging stereotypes around the youth subculture whose members are often labelled as 'neds' or 'chavs'. Researchers from the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow ed more than 3,000 15-year-olds in and around Glasgow for the study, published today in the British Sociological Association's journal Sociology.

A more coordinated approach to surveillance is required if emerging diseases which can spread from animals to humans are to be tackled, say scientists.

Academics and sports history enthusiasts from all over the world are gathering at the University of Glasgow for the 30 th Annual Conference of the British Society of Sports History.

A new interactive online database, which will make thousands of the oldest documents in Scotland's history available to the public, is being launched by the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning, Michael Russell MSP, on Wednesday 5 September at an event at the University of Glasgow.

The University of Glasgow's Top-Up scheme to encourage applications from students from all backgrounds was widely praised in an article in the Herald newspaper on Monday 3 September 2012.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow are working to harness the regenerative power of stem cells to improve orthopaedic implant surgery.

Researchers have been awarded over £130K of funding from Kidney Research UK to undertake research into mutations in a protein that will help them understand how symptoms of kidney disease develop.

Glasgow is set to further establish itself as a world leading centre for the training of healthcare professionals following a landmark partnership between two of Scotland's leading medical institutions.

Researchers have found that statins, drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol, reduce the risk of pancreatitis in people with raised blood fat levels. A team from the University of Glasgow also found that fibrates, drugs often given to patients with elevated blood fat levels - hypertriglyceridema - to reduce the risk of pancreatitis may actually make them more likely to develop the painful and potentially fatal condition.

The world's first clinical safety trial of a human neural stem cell therapy for stroke patients has been given the go-ahead to progress to its next stage. The PISCES trial is being conducted by the University of Glasgow at the city's Southern General Hospital in partnership with pharmaceutical company ReNeuron.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have captured images of 'quantum entanglement' on camera for the first time. In quantum mechanics, entanglement is one of the bizarre behaviours exhibited by particles where the rules of classical physics are broken and seemingly impossible events are a reality.

A pioneering initiative to support the growth of the UK's vital creative industries and arts sector was announced today [9 August 2012].

Work has begun on new research that will shed light on a lost part of Scotland's cultural heritage.

The Centre for Robert Burns Studies at the University of Glasgow have launched a new website to connect the thousands of Burns enthusiasts around the world.

A team from the University of Glasgow has embarked on research to examine the impact that the 2014 Commonwealth Games and related regeneration will have on the east end of the city.

Supermarket ready-meals are 'nutritionally chaotic', according to a study by scientists at the University of Glasgow which calls for improvements to be made. Researchers led by Professor Mike Lean, Chair of Nutrition in the School of Medicine, looked at four different ready-meals across four different ranges at the five major UK supermarket chains of Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Morrisons and the Co-op.

A University of Glasgow scientist and an entrepreneur have teamed up to create what they claim is the world's first nutritionally-balanced pizza.

Scientists from the University of Glasgow working at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are celebrating the observation of a new particle, consistent with being the elusive Higgs boson. Thirty-five academics, researchers, technicians, and postgraduate students from the University are part of the ATLAS Experiment, one of the two teams that today (4 July 2012) announced that the search for the Higgs boson has yielded a significant signal.

Visitors to The Hunterian this July will have the unique opportunity to see London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic gold medals before the Games begin.

The University of Glasgow's groundbreaking science and engineering research was showcased today (Tuesday 3 July) during a campus visit by Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages Alasdair Allan. Allan visited the College of Science and Engineering to find out more about University scientists' work in the areas of computing, sustainable energy and sensor systems.

University of Glasgow archaeologists are asking members of the public to help record and interpret the buried history of Dumfries and Galloway, in a new archaeological project.

Research scientists from the University of Glasgow are among those to have been awarded prestigious grants by Cancer Research UK.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have acquired a world-leading electron microscope which will allow them to scrutinise individual atoms and probe their chemical, magnetic and electronic properties with unprecedented detail.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the British Geological Survey (Edinburgh) have used an advanced rock-dating technique to help residents of the remote volcanic island of Tristan da Cunha make better plans to evacuate in the event of an eruption. Tristan da Cunha, a British Overseas Territory, located in the South Atlantic Ocean more than 2,800 kilometres from its nearest city Cape Town, is the tip of an undersea volcano with a landmass of 78 square kilometres.

The event, which is being hosted by the Glasgow Human Rights Network (GHRN) is entitled 'Protecting Human Rights: The Duties and Responsibilities of States and Non-State Actors' and takes place at the university on 18 and 19 June 2012.

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have created an unusual tribute to Her Majesty the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee - the world's smallest commemorative coin, made from a tiny sliver of diamond.

This year's Glasgow Science Festival is ready for launch, featuring a packed programme of events, aimed at adults, children and families, taking place throughout June.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have been working with a team from the University of Glasgow to produce a new set of growth charts.

The Bavarian Minister for Culture and Education and senior academics from the University of Glasgow and the University of Munich will be offering their views on national identity in a major conference that will take place at the University of Glasgow on Thursday 17 May 2012.