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A charity fashion show featuring medical staff from Ninewells Hospital was held at the Bonar Hall last night to raise money for The Institute of Cardiovascular Research. The models were showing off the Debenhams winter collection
The Courier 27.09.02
Improving communication for patients
A system developed at Dundee University to help people in intensive care communicate with relatives and friends is being showcased this afternoon at Kings Cross Hospital
The Courier 27.09.02
Support network for workers
When University fire safety officers Larry Fortune, from Dundee, and Ron Adams, from St Andrews, swapped posts, little did they think they would continue to visit their former workplaces in the line of duty
The Courier 27.09.02
Arius 3D takes Alva to another dimension
Arius 3D Europe, the digital scanning company which is setting up a £7m imaging centre at Dundee University, said yesterday it would create 30 jobs at its new commercial operation in Alva, Clackmannanshire
The Herald 27.09.02
Tour at University
Prospective students for 2003 were given an access all areas tour of Dundee University yesterday.
The Courier 26.09.02
Access Tour
As above
Evening Telegraph 25.09.02
Academic goes East
A Dundee University professor will be helping the elderly in Hiroshima when he visits Japan this week
Press & Journal 25.09.02
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Prof Alan Newell from the University of Dundee is to give the keynote address on Information Technology this week in one of the top computing countries in the world - Japan
Evening Telegraph 24.09.02
Slime trail may be key to cancer data
The movement of primitive amoeba cells known as slime moulds could give scientists valuable information about how cancer develops, it was disclosed yesterday. Dr Inke Nathke and colleagues at Dundee University have found that the genes which control mobility in human cells have similar function in slime moulds
The Courier 25.09.02
Dundee Device may help Alzheimer's sufferers converse
A Communication system to prompt conversation between Alzheimer's sufferers and their relatives and carers has been shown to patients and relatives at Dundee University
Press & Journal 24.09.02
Ninewells medics aim to cash in on catwalk
Doctors and nurses from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee will be swapping the wards for the catwalk this week at a charity fashion show being held to raise funds for the Institute of Cardiovascular Research (TICR)
Press & Journal 24.09.02
Medicated followers of fashion
As above
The Courier 24.09.02
Students get insight into early television
Students on a Masters course were given a taste of the way it was at an open lecture in the University of Dundee last night
The Courier 24.09.02
Winning Walkers receive their prizes
Winning walkers who took part in last weekend's trek to raise funds for the University of Dundee's Institute of Cardiovascular Research were at Ninewells Hospital today for a special prize-giving
Evening Telegraph 20.09.02
Hospital charity walkers rewarded for efforts
As above
Press & Journal 21.09.02
Prizes for walkers who helped to raise £7000
As above
The Courier 21.09.02
Special prize-giving
As above
Press & Journal 23.09.02
Burns' bible on display
A leather-bound bible once owned by Robert Burns and containing his detailed hand-written record of the Burns' family history is being painstakingly conserved at the University of Dundee's Conservation Unit
Evening Telegraph 20.09.02
Rabbie Burns Bible on show
As above
The Courier 21.09.02
Dundee opens its doors this weekend
Some of Dundee's finest buildings will be opening their doors to the public this weekend
Evening Telegraph 20.09.02
1600 flock to visit city's oldest house
As above
The Courier 23.09.02
Conference examines pros and cons of GM crops
Genetically modified crops could be the solution to finding sustainable food sources, was one of the viewpoints expressed at a conference addressing globalisation and the challenge of sustainability at the West Park Centre in Dundee on Friday and Saturday
The Courier 23.09.02
Genetic engineering under spotlight at Dundee forum
As above
Press & Journal 21.09.02
Alzheimer's event
A prototype of a new communication system to prompt conversation between Alzheimer's sufferers and their carers is to be unveiled to patients at Dundee University today
Press & Journal 21.09.02
TV's early days
An expert on the early development of TV is to give an open lecture at Dundee University next week
Press & Journal 21.09.02
TV history expert to give lecture
As above
Press & Journal 23.09.02
Radioactive materials stored at Scots varsities
Dundee University is among several educational establishments throughout Scotland stockpiling radioactive materials because it cannot afford the cost of disposal, it has been reported
Press & Journal 23.09.02
Scottish universities stockpile radioactive waste
As above
The Sunday Times 22.09.02
The ancient art of bodging is showcased at Dundee
The mysteries of ancient wood-turning techniques will be unveiled this weekend at Dundee's Botanic Gardens
Press & Journal 21.09.02
Smiles all round in concert of light music
Three well-known local musicians joined forces in a lunch-time concert of light music in Dundee University Chaplaincy yesterday
The Courier 21.09.02
Students save companies over £165,000
The Tayside Environmental Placement Programme put four students into local businesses to carry out environmentally related projects this summer, and saved the employers over £165,000. Three of the undergraduates are studying environmental management at Dundee University and another marine biology at Stirling University
The Courier 21.09.02
Cells but no sales
Dolly the sheep and piglets that grow organs for humans may be at the cutting edge of scientific research but, biotechnology firms are struggling to find a way to make money. The Roslin Institute is still evolving, working with Dundee University on creating transgenic chickens capable of producing human antibodies in their egg white
Sunday Herald 22.09.02
GM Conference
Talking about the conference in Dundee debating the GM issue
Wave 102, Radio Tay 21.09.02
Hi-tech memories for Alzheimer's
Patients with Alzheimer's disease and dementia are to be helped to talk to their family and friends using a hi-tech device to trigger memories
BBC online 20.09.02
Scots nurses smoking study
Scottish nurses are still smoking significantly more than other women in the same social class, according to new study by a St Andrews University graduate
Evening Telegraph 24.09.02
More nurses than teachers smoke
As above
The Courier 25.09.02
More staff earn £50K-plus
More and more University staff are earning big bucks, according to the first survey of highly paid staff
The Times Higher 27.09.02
The art equivalent of Emperor's New Clothes
Faith Liddell has no need to defend the cafe-bar and what she calls the "other elements" of Dundee Contemporary Arts, especially the print studio and the Visual Research Centre (news columns, September 21).
The Courier 26.09.02
£200,000 boost to help battle against cancer
A public appeal to provide a state of the art cancer treatment tool for Dundee's Ninewells Hospital was given a massive boost today
Evening Telegraph 24.09.02
£200,000 Ninewells boost
same as above
Evening Telegraph 24.09.02
£200,000 boost to Ninewells campaign
As above
The Courier 25.09.02
DCA chief responds to recent criticism
The Director of Dundee's Contemporary Arts yesterday mounted a strong defence to public criticism of the centre's activities, claiming it was operated on a policy of "open doors and minds" and enjoyed both commercials success and widespread public approval
The Courier 21.09.02
DCA director mounts defence against critics
As above
Evening Telegraph 20.09.02
Cancer Research chief quits post
Professor Gordon McVie, who shared the joint role of running Cancer Research UK, has left after failing to secure the chief executive's position
The Scotsman 21.09.02
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