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9 December 1999
The scale model of the solar system along the York to Selby cycle track opens officially on Saturday 11 December.
9 December 1999
Your muscles are packed with protein machines that convert the chemical energy of the food that you eat into force and movement. Biologists call these protein machines 'molecular motors' and the ones in your muscles are called actin and myosin. Eat a mouthful of chocolate cake and your body will break it down into glucose, which in turn is used to make the fuel that allows your muscles to move your arms and legs.
7 December 1999
The Joint Infrastructure Fund is to make a major award to the department of Biology at the University of York for a multi-million redevelopment of the department. New buildings, new equipment and substantial refurbishment will boost research facilities in what is one of Britain's leading Biology departments.
2 December 1999
University performance indicators are published for the first time today (3 December). York performs exceptionally well in 'progression' indicators, which show the proportion of students staying at university and achieving qualifications. Its 'value for money' indicators for both teaching and research are way above the national average.
30 November 1999
A new feminist publishing venture, Raw Nerve Books, will be launched on Monday 6 December at the King's Manor in York.
22 November 1999
The humble aspirin gets star billing in a series of four free public lectures starting this Thursday (25 November) to celebrate 100 years of its manufacture.
12 November 1999
The Physics Department at the University of York scored a perfect 24 out of 24 in the official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out this week. It is the second department at York to register the top score: Electronics achieved it in January 1998.
12 November 1999
Professor Trevor Sheldon is to be the new Head of Department of Health Studies at the University of York. He takes up his appointment on 1 December.
11 November 1999
The University will honour local people for their contributions to Yorkshire and to the University in a special Millennium Honorary Degree ceremony on 26 February 2000.
9 November 1999
The actress Janet Suzman will give this year's JB and WB Morrell Memorial Address on Toleration on Thursday 18 November. The title of her lecture will be 'The Importance of Being Earnest: Toleration in Practice'.
9 November 1999
A rare and valuable 19th Century printing press in full working order has been installed on the ground floor of the historic King's Manor in the heart of York.
9 November 1999
The use of mentoring in clinical governance will be highlighted at a major conference in York next Friday (November 12). Organised by a group of women doctors, together with the University of York, the conference's keynote speaker will be the Government's Chief Medical Officer Professor Liam Donaldson.
8 November 1999
The world's largest trial of the best way to treat leg ulcers is being undertaken across the UK by the University of York. Hundreds of patients are being treated and surveyed for up to two years in a programme run by the University's Department of Health Studies.
2 November 1999
Nortel Networks, one of the world's largest communications companies, is teaming up with the University of York's Mathematics department in research designed to revolutionise telecommunications traffic management.
27 October 1999
One of Russia's top education officials is to visit four York schools next week (November 3 and 4) in a pioneering programme arranged by the University of York, where academics are helping to change the way that design and technology are taught in Russia.
25 October 1999
Imagine having very little movement in your body - but being able to produce the sound of music with a very slight motion of your hand or even your ear.
8 October 1999
Over 600 graduates from the University of York will celebrate 35 years of the University at York Races on Saturday 9 October. This will be followed by a gala dinner at the University with guest speaker Greg Dyke.
13 September 1999
A teaching handbook for new lecturers, edited by the University of York's director of staff development Dr Stephanie Marshall, was launched at the University this week.
14 September 1999
The White Rose Consortium of Leeds, Sheffield and York Universities has won its second major Government award in six months.
9 September 1999
The Careers Service at the University of York will open a one-stop job shop for students when term starts on 11 October. Called 'UniJobs', the unit will advertise part-time jobs both on and off campus for York students and liaise with employers all over York.
13 August 1999
Fifty Year 10 pupils will visit the University of York for a 'Chemistry camp' from 16 to 20 August. The 50 (25 girls and 25 boys) were nominated by their teachers from 130 schools throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The purpose of the camps, which are sponsored by the Salters' Company, is to encourage pupils to take up careers in science.
11 August 1999
Professor Ian Wand has become the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor after four and a half years as a Pro-Vice-Chancellor. He takes over from Professor Kel Fidler, who has been Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University for the last three years.
4 August 1999
The Daily Telegraph's university league table published today (4 August) keeps York in second place after Cambridge and ahead of Oxford, Durham and all the London colleges.
- 6 July 1999
More students than ever before graduate at the University of York
The highest number of students ever to graduate at York will receive their degrees at ceremonies on 8 and 9 July. In six ceremonies over two days, 2,400 students will graduate in the University's Central Hall on its Heslington campus.
25 June 1999
Greg Dyke, Chairman and Chief Executive of Pearson Television, is to be the new Director General of the BBC.
25 June 1999
The Department of Archaeology at the University of York and the York Archaeological Trust are to sign a 'Memorandum of Association' on Monday 28 June.
24 June 1999
The 'Quiet Place' at the University of York will be opened on 24 June by University Chancellor Dame Janet Baker. A highly unusual venture, the Quiet Place will form a place for contemplation, meditation and reflection in a busy, sometimes stressful and highly-charged academic atmosphere.
16 June 1999
Year 9 pupils from Huntingdon and Lowfield schools will visit the University of York on 17 June to find out what its like at University.
12 June 1999
Professor Tony Culyer, head of the Department of Economics and Related Studies and Director of Health Development at the University of York, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours announced today (12 June).
10 June 1999
Greg Dyke is one of eight distinguished people to be honoured by the University of York this summer. The honorary degree of Doctor of the University will be conferred on each of them by the Chancellor Dame Janet Baker at ceremonies on 8 and 9 July.
24 May 1999
Three staff members of the University of York have scooped a prestigious Millennium Award from the Royal Society and the British Association for the Advancement of Science for their proposal of a scale model of the solar system along the York to Selby cycle path.
10 May 1999
New research grants worth £3,736,497 were announced at the University of York's recent meeting of Council. This continues York's successful record in attracting research grants and contracts from industry, government, the EU, research councils, and charitable bodies.
30 April 1999
That is the aim of a new initiative from a consortium of business leaders and public sector organisations across the city.
26 April 1999
Three hundred years of Castle Howard will be celebrated by the University of York in a series of six evening lectures which are open to the public. They will be given by Dr Christopher Ridgway, curator at Castle Howard.
15 April 1999
The Ukrainian Ambassador will be present at the signing of an agreement tomorrow (16 April) between the University of York and the Ukrainian State University of Forestry and Wood Technology.
6 April 1999
A course looking at the history and future of a crucial part of York's heritage is offered by the University of York this spring. 'The precinct of St Mary's Abbey, York: past, present and future' will examine some of York's finest buildings and historic collections in nine talks which are open to the public.
10 March 1999
The White Rose Consortium, comprising the University of Leeds, Sheffield and York, has today won £4.5m from the Government's £45m University Challenge Fund.
2 March 1999
The Regional Final of 'Paperclip Physics', a national Science Week competition for sixth formers, takes place at 2.00pm on Wednesday 3 March at the University of York.
1 March 1999
New research grants worth £2,778,273 were announced at the University of York's meeting of Council on 19 February. This continues York's successful record in attracting research grants and contracts from industry, government the EU, research councils, and charitable bodies.
25 February 1999
John Holman is to take up the Chair in Chemical Education co-sponsored by the Salters' Institute of Industrial Chemistry and the University of York. As professor in the Chemistry department, he will lead the 26 strong team of science education specialists of the world-renowned University of York Science Education Group.
19 February 1999
His Excellency Louis Wen-hua Tzen, Representative of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, will talk about the fundamental challenges of national development in Asia to an invited audience at the University of York on 22 February.
16 February 1999
The University of York's strategy to improve graduate skills and employability took another step forward when its first mentor induction session took place.
15 February 1999
The machinery which drives a seed to a fully-grown plant is described by Professor Dianna Bowles as "an industrial process more efficient than any devised by human activity".
11 February 1999
Community nurses will be playing a vital role in the new Primary Care Groups being established all over the country in April, with locally based integrated services for each local community.
3 February 1999
Elizabeth Heaps has been appointed University Librarian at the University of York. Her appointment comes at a time when the University has announced plans for a new Humanities Research Library, following a benefaction if £1m from the Raymond Burton Charitable Trust.
1 February 1999
Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's most successful, versatile and prolific dramatist, will give a premiere performance at the University of York on 15 February. Write Directions is an exploration of the crafts of playwriting and directing.
29 January 1999
Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's most successful, versatile and prolific dramatist, will give a premiere performance at the University of York on 15 February. Write Directions is an exploration of the crafts of playwriting and directing.
26 January 1999
Seamus Heaney, announced winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award on 25 January, will give a special poetry reading at the University of York today.
18 January 1999
A benefaction of £1m to the University of York from the Raymond Burton Charitable Trust will enable the University to begin work on a Humanities Research Library for the benefit of arts and humanities scholars worldwide.
