Event Archive

Join us at the University Library for a free Summer School experience inspired by our fantastic “Gilded Beasts” exhibition.

Precious medieval ‘encyclopaedia’ on public display for the first time

In our final event in the series, come and hear about two exciting areas of space technology from Dundee: vision-based navigation systems for planetary landers and computer networks for use on board spacecraft.

Join us at the University Library to get ready for summer!

The film 'The Matrix' portrays the disquieting possibility that the world we take to be real is in fact a large-scale computer simulation. But could we really be deceived in this way, and if we were, would it be a bad thing?

Man-made chemicals are everywhere in our everyday lives. Come and discuss new research that suggests this might also be threatening our health and family.

Cafe Scientifique in the city is back, with the launch of our Autumn - Summer Season. We have a great line up, and as always, all events are free are do not require booking. Just turn up. So mark the dates in your diaries and we hope to see you...

The current weather forecast for Wednesday sunrise means that the chances of seeing anything from Aberdeen are close to zero. Reluctantly, we have therefore had to cancel the viewing event planned for Wednesday early morning at the University Library.

The hidden genome does not contain any genes but may represent the largest, though least understood, information source in the human genome. Come and discover what has recently been revealed about its critical role in health and disease.

Join us for a celebration of this great achievement of JJR Macleod, an Aberdeen alumnus and distinguished professor, in this the 90th anniversary year of the discovery of insulin.