Cure for high blood pressure a step closer
Doctors have made a breakthrough in finding a cure for high blood pressure, it was announced yesterday. Scientists at Dundee University, meanwhile, are leading UK research into a groundbreaking technique which, by using ultrasound energy to increase the amount of a drug that can enter biological cells, could greatly increase the effectiveness of drugs in destroying tumours and curing genetic diseases
The Herald 20.06.03
Dundee scientists put new cancer research to the test
As above
Press & Journal 20.06.03
University leads research into new technique
As above
The Courier 20.06.03
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Seventy students graduated from a lifelong learning programme in languages at the University of Dundee last night
The Courier 20.06.03
Reunion for whole year's alumni
In what may be the first ever event of its type, a Dundee man is trying to bring together the entire year's alumni of Queen's College, which became Dundee University in 1967, - 45 years after they began their studies
The Courier 20.06.03
Dundee artist tempts star with creation
Dundee University rector Fred Macaulay was yesterday tempted by colourful cakes on display as part of the 2003 Dundee Degree Show
Press & Journal 19.06.03
You could say I've been around
Bonnie Dunbar talks about her experience becoming an astronaut
The Herald 19.06.03
Top prize for VIS chief
The Chief executive of a Dundee-based computer games company has won a top prize at the 2003 Scottish Entrepreneur of the Year Awards held in Glasgow
The Courier 19.06.03
Councillor hits out at course decision
A Dundee councillor has stepped into the row over a popular Dundee University textiles course that has been axed after 28 years
The Courier 19.06.03
Like no other job on Earth
Scotland is well used to the heavens opening from time to time, but last week there was a visit from a lady who has travelled in the heavens - Space shuttle astronaut Bonnie Dunbar. Bonnie Dunbar received an honorary degree from Dundee University last year
Press & Journal 18.06.03
Various degrees of risk
Art school shows could be the place to snap up work by the Next Big Thing on the cheap. "People with a good eye do amazingly well at degree shows," says Arthur Watson, artist and senior lecturer in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art in Dundee
The Scotsman 18.06.03
Dismay as textile course axed
Dundee University last night said financial pressures and constraints on space had forced the cancellation of a popular public textiles course
The Courier 18.06.03
Conference first for university
Dundee University's school of nursing and midwifery yesterday held its first conference for postgraduate students giving them the chance to present the results of their research projects
The Courier 18.06.03
University conference
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.06.03
Robots battle at university
The children's toy Lego was transformed into battling robots yesterday at Dundee University's department for applied computing
The Courier 18.06.03
Strathmore Trophy robot wars
As above
Evening Telegraph 17.06.03
Dundee team battling skin disorder
It was not quite a "Eureka" of Archimedes' proportions. but there was the odd whoop of delight when scientists at Dundee University made their discovery
Evening Telegraph 17.06.03
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Dundee writer and illustrator Natalie Russell launched her children's book Hamish the Highland Cow at Dundee Contemporary Arts yesterday. Natalie studied illustration and print-making at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and still lives and works in the city
The Courier 17.06.03
Dundee children hear writer's latest offering
As above
Press & Journal 17.06.03
Book launch
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Evening Telegraph 16.06.03
University apply for TV dish permission
Dundee University want to erect a motorised satellite dish on a historic city building to help students learn foreign languages
The Courier 17.06.03
Companies gain from grants
Three companies based in Dundee and another from Fife were among a group of businesses from across Scotland to yesterday collect cash awards designed to help small companies with the development of products and processes
The Courier 17.06.03
Deprived of facilities for want of a classroom
Letter about non-vocational classes in the textile department of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
The Courier 17.06.03
Cash boost for Gardyne's Land
A Dundee preservation project has been awarded £181,000 of lottery cash, securing the second phase of development on the city's oldest residential building
The Courier 16.06.03
Art the frame academies
Graduates of Edinburgh's and Dundee's art schools are blurring the lines between genres ad materials
The Herald 16.06.03
Dario's race against time
The Monday Interview
The Courier 16.06.03
Firms will have to pay to use tech institute
Firms will be asked to contribute up to £40,000 to benefit from Scottish Enterprise's controversial new intermediary technology institutes. The ITIs will be based in Aberdeen, Dundee and Glasgow, and will specialise in energy, life sciences and communications, technology and digital media
Scotland on Sunday 15.06.03
Of All Things - Frontiers of Knowledge No longer can men claim to be better than women at reading maps ...
Of All Things - Frontiers of Knowledge No longer can men claim to be better than women at reading maps that's if the smog that's protecting us from the sun doesn't get in our eyes and set us all off course. Meanwhile, don't bank on burning the calories by munching on celery.
Financial Times 14.06.03
Visual art
Venice Biennale exhibition
The Herald 14.06.03
Students celebrate end of college course
Seventy budding primary teachers yesterday celebrated the completion of their formal studies at Dundee University this afternoon
The Courier 14.06.03
Comedian launches diabetes partnership
Fred Macaulay, broadcaster and rector of Dundee University, was at Dundee's newest store yesterday to launch a charity fundraising partnership
The Courier 14.06.03
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The Courier 14.06.03
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Architecture students at Duncan of Jordanstone College last night unveiled their vision of how Dundee should look
The Courier 14.06.03
Artists of the future go on show
The work of more than 200 final-year students at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design is being displayed at this year's Dundee degree show
The Courier 14.06.03
Students celebrate
Seventy budding primary teachers celebrated the completion of their formal studies at Dundee University this afternoon
Evening Telegraph 13.06.03
Possible breakthrough in lung cancer detection
A chance meeting between a Dundee dentist and a former St Andrews physicist has led to a possible breakthrough in lung detection
Evening Telegraph 13.06.03
Pupils set their sights on space
Dr Bonnie Dunbar, assistant director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and a regular visitor to Dundee, launched the "Up for Enterprise" challenge at the Aberdeen Exhibition Conference Centre. She was awarded an honorary degree by Dundee University last year
Evening Telegraph 13.06.03
Crown Estate Announces Award Details
Mylnefield Research Service Ltd with project partners SCRI/Marine Harvest (Scotland), Dundee University and FRS, has been awarded a further £29,997 for research into fish farm nitrogen and its area of biological impact. Total funding for this project over two years comes to £68,497.
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/ 20.06.03
Fashion takes on new shapes
Fashion designer, Professor Helen Storey, produced the exhibition in conjunction with her sister, Doctor Kate Storey, a development biologist at Dundee University.
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/print/news/5016676.shtml 20.06.03
Musical at university
The University of Abertay Dundee is playing host to an ambitious musical retelling of one of the most gripping stories in the Bible
The Courier 17.06.03
Honorary doctorates to be awarded
Figures from the world of art, science, politics, medicine, business and literature will receive honorary doctorates from St Andrews University next week
The Courier 20.06.03
Honorary degree for Lord Steel
The University of St Andrews is to award distinguished politician and former Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament Lord David Steel an honorary degree
The Courier 17.06.03
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