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14 December 2000
The completion of the first plant genome is published in four articles in this week's Nature. Laboratories in France, the UK, Germany, the US and Japan collaborated for over five years to sequence the DNA blueprint of Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) a small relative of mustard. Arabidopsis joins yeast, the nematode worm, the fruitfly, over thirty bacteria and (almost) a person in the genome hall of fame.
14 December 2000
Teenagers from three York schools will find out more about universities at a day conference at the University of York on Monday 18 December. The conference will give them information on career choices, applying to university, study skills and what university life is like.
13 December 2000
The University of York, the College of Ripon and York, and York College are to collaborate on a range of projects. A ‘Statement of Collaboration' will be signed by Professor Ron Cooke, Vice-Chancellor of the University of York, Professor Dianne Willcocks, Principal of the College of Ripon and York, and Mike Galloway, Principal of York College at the University this evening (13 December).
7 December 2000
The Department of Philosophy at the University of York has scored 24 out of 24 in its official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out this week. The score continues the University's superb marks for Subject Review, which have led to its dominating the university teaching 'league tables' in recent years.
28 November 2000
One of the world's leading research teams in cervical and prostate cancer is to get a new state-of-the art laboratory at the University of York. The first turf on the site of the building to house the laboratory will be cut today (Tuesday 28 November).
20 November 2000
A new pavilion providing facilities for the University's sports teams and those of Norwich Union will be declared open on Wednesday 22 November at 1pm.
9 November 2000
The Department of Politics at the University of York has scored 24 out of 24 in its official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out this week. The score is York's fifth 'perfect' score and continues the University's superb marks for Subject Review, which have led to its dominating the university teaching 'league tables' in recent years.
8 November 2000
Conservators who normally work preserving medieval documents at the University's Borthwick Institute of Historical Research have stepped in to rescue archives and other files damaged by floods in York's riverside business properties. Files are currently being dried out in St Antony's Hall - home to the Borthwick Institute.
7 November 2000
The flood crisis in York means that the University currently has had a major problem with the disposal of effluent.
25 October 2000
The communications company Nortel has funded the refurbishment of a new software teaching laboratory in the department of Computer Science at the University of York.
24 October 2000
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is funding four Fellowships at the University of York as part of its centenary celebrations for 2004. The Fellows will research the impact of the Trust's support for initiatives in various fields over the course of its history.
17 October 2000
Before Hitler: Jewish Life in the Weimar Republic' is the title of a public lecture to be given on Tuesday 31 October by Professor Michael Brenner, Germany's first Professor of Jewish History.
12 October 2000
A new bus service with routes designed to help staff and students reach the University is launched today (12 October) by the Lord Mayor of York, Councillor Shan Braund. Operated by Top Line Travel and subsidised by the University, the 'Circle Line' will leave the University every 30 minutes on routes around the eastern part of the city.
10 October 2000
The Universities of York and Hull are working together to prepare a bid for a new Medical School based in both cities which will provide medical training facilities for the Yorkshire and Humber region.
6 October 2000
The University of York continues to perform exceptionally well, according to new performance indicators published by the Higher Education Funding Council today (6 October).
- 19 September 2000
AuroraWatch website predicts spectacular Northern Lights displays
The majestic northern lights, or aurora borealis, are a spectacular dancing and flickering multi-coloured light show in the night sky. They are a common feature of the Arctic and far north, but viewers in Britain must be looking at exactly the right time to be lucky enough to see them. To help out, scientists in the Physics Department at the University of York have created AuroraWatch UK (http://www.aurorawatch.york.ac.uk), a web site which will tell you exactly when to look.
11 August 2000
Fifty students from schools all over the UK have been selected to participate in a resdiential Chemistry Camp for 15-year-olds at the University of York. The aim of the camp is to encourage them to continue their study of chemistry through to university and beyond.
8 August 2000
A prestigious national award has been presented to the Green Chemistry Network at the University of York for its work to promote environmental best practice in the chemical community.
- 3 July 2000
Eight honoured by University of York
The honorary degree of Doctor of the University will be conferred on eight distringuished people by the University of York's Chancellor, Dame Janet Baker CH DBE, at degree ceremonies on 13 and 14 July.
28 April 2000
Mark Tully, former BBC India correspondent, will be giving this year's JB and WB Morrell Memorial Address on Toleration held at the University of York.
28 April 2000
The unique University of York spin-off company York EMC Services (YES Ltd) opens its newly-purchased test laboratory in Scotland next week. (Tuesday 2 May).
20 April 2000
The philosopher, Onora O'Neill, will give this year's Heslington Lecture on Wednesday 10 May. The lecture, which is open to the public and free of charge, will be entitled 'Individual agents and shared responsibilities'.
10 April 2000
The Princess Royal will visit leading researchers in the University of York's Biology department on Wednesday 12 April. She will hear about work in cancer research, using plants as factories and the encouragement of spin-off companies from the University via its 'bioincubator'.
3 April 2000
The accents of the people in the northern city of York are coming under the microscope in a unique academic study which aims to see why English dialects differ, how they change over time, and why.
23 March 2000
The University of York has appointed the New Music Players as its Ensemble in Residence from October 2000.
15 March 2000
Scientists have long been interested in designing machines to produce artificial speech. Phoneticians and linguists are now making this possible and a public lecture by Professor John Local will explore the techniques which have been employed over the last 200 years in trying to produce machines that would speak.
8 March 2000
The biggest fish in the world, the charismatic, docile, but little-known whale shark is at the centre of a project which breaks new ground in marine conservation.
2 March 2000
The Department of Biology at the University of York has scored 24 out of 24 in the official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out this week. The score is York's fourth 'perfect' score and continues the University's superb marks for Subject Review, which have led to its dominating the university teaching 'league tables' in recent years.
22 February 2000
The mobile phone masts that now disfigure much of the landscape could become a thing of the past. Thanks to a leap forward in scientific thinking, they may be replaced by airships, or small pilot-less light aircraft, beaming down a new generation of radio communications.
17 February 2000
A cancer research team at the University of York has achieved a dramatic breakthrough which scientists believe will lead to the development of new drugs to target and destroy the cause of cervical cancer, which affects overs half a million women worldwide.
15 February 2000
Four leading British universities have announced their intention to form a partnership with four American universities in order to take advantage of the growing global markets in teaching and research.
10 February 2000
A team of archaeologists has recently completed one of the most unusual rescue operations ever attempted. Instead of neat trenches or sharpened trowels, this expedition was mounted entirely at the click of a mouse and the hum of a computer terminal.
15 February 2000
The Department of Psychology at the University of York has scored a perfect 24 out of 24 in the official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out this week. The score continues York's high marks for Subject Review, which have led to its dominating the university teaching 'league tables' in recent years.
31 January 2000
The Department of Health Studies at the University of York has scored 21 out of 24 in the official Subject Review (formerly known as Teaching Quality Assessment), which was carried out last week.
26 January 2000
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. The reading, his second at the University in the last four years, will be in aid of the newly launched 'Friends of the University of York Library'.
24 January 2000
Electronics experts at the University of York hope their knowledge can help African countries to get access to the modern world's fastest-growing communications tool, the Internet.
