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Professor Doerthe Tetzlaff has been appointed a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Young Academy of Scotland.

The University of Aberdeen has successfully retained a nationally recognised award for excellence in supporting researcher career development. The HR Excellence in Research badge is awarded by the European Commission in association with Vitae - the UK's overarching body for researcher development.

From busking scientists to topical debates about why our trees are dying - the National Science & Engineering Week 2013 programme launched today boasting something for everyone.

Scientists at the University of Aberdeen hope to find out when and where dogs first became man's best friend by examining DNA and bones from ancient remains of wolves and dogs.

Two Geography and Environment-led projects have been awarded funding from the EU INTERACT (International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic) programme, and will commence their investigations into Arctic palaeoclimate and glacier dynamics in summer 2013.

Dr. Brice Rea and Dr. Matteo Spagnolo from Geography and Environment's Cryosphere and Climate Change group have been awarded a Leverhulme Trust International Network Grant funded for 3 years (£120k)

Newly arrive PhD student Craig Frew has just won the Quaternary Research Association's Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for his project entitled A Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Craigie Gully, St Michaels Wood, Fife.

Students from North America who take up studies at the University of Aberdeen will have the opportunity to benefit from a scholarship programme which offers a fee discount for the final year of most undergraduate degree courses.

Professor Kevin Edwards from the Department of Geography and Environment has been elected a member of the Academia Europaea - the Academy of Europe.

Application deadline: 15 October 2012