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[ 9 Oct 2009 ] StaffNews : No 378, 9 October 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne [ 25 Sep 2009 ] StaffNews : No 376, 25 September 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne [ 23 Sep 2009 ] Research Review : Emerging Institutes
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Peter Rathjen believes the removal of barriers to new ideas and a ten-year outlook for emerging institutes will give us the tools to cope with a challenging future. [ 21 Sep 2009 ] Melbourne Update : August 2009
Supporting the finest visual and performing arts education [ 21 Sep 2009 ] StaffNews : StaffNews No 375, 18 September 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne [ 14 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Walking the regulatory tightrope
No country has escaped the effects of the Global Financial Crisis, but Australia’s regulatory system has lessened pain here compared with that experienced in the US and the UK. David Scott asks whether now that the smoke is clearing, is it time to reform the system all over again? [ 14 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Way out Westwood
Studying under Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the holocaust, Professor Saul Friedlander, was just one of the highlights of Arts student Natasha McNamara's exchange year at UCLA where she picked up the university’s Teague-Melville-Elliott Essay Prize for superior achievement in undergraduate writing in the humanities. [ 11 Sep 2009 ] StaffNews : No 374, 11 September 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Piecing it together
We see models everywhere in everyday life – model trains, model houses, art models – that are used as the basis for something bigger – a new home, an amazing painting or even a new transport network. Zoe Nikakis reports on University of Melbourne modelling projects across a range of disciplines. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Caucasus treasures uncovered
Gold jewellery, glass, remnants of a temple and ritually buried human remains – all more than 2000 years old – have been unearthed by archaeologists, including 14 University of Melbourne students and staff, in the Georgian Caucasus. Katherine Smith reports. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Engaging adaptation
There is more to adapting to climate change than just understanding how the climate will change. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : From the Vice-Chancellor
The rankings puzzle [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : The psychology of dehumanisation
Why do people perceive others as less than fully human? Professor Nick Haslam found plenty of evidence but little research or theory to guide his curiosity. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : PM Editor shock!
Melbourne Commerce alumnus, author and senior journalist at The Australian, George Megalogenis, wonders how PMs Hawke, Keating, Howard and Rudd might have rated had they taken the plunge into journalism. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Melbourne’s a better place
The University in partnership with Better Place Australia will pioneer electric car technology. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : New Provost’s Model view
Melbourne’s second Provost brings a commitment to curriculum reform, a love of teaching and research with leadership experience in academia and legal practice. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Over the moon with India
Much still remains to be done to both widen and deepen the research linkages and engagement between India and Australia says Professor John Webb OAM, Deputy Director of the Australia India Institute at The University of Melbourne [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Alumni talent at work
What do Robert Menzies, Judith Brett and Robert Manne have in common? Answer – they all edited Melbourne University Magazine during their time at Parkville. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : Getting under your skin
For Asialink’s resident artists the experience continues to resonate. [ 10 Sep 2009 ] The Voice : The truth about Mother
The conflict of a mother and daughter unresolved in life finds resolution only in death. |
