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[ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Hubble constant wins professor prestigious prize
Measuring the size and age of the universe has won University of Melbourne Professor Jeremy Mould and his international colleagues the prestigious 2009 Gruber Prize for Cosmology, announced by the Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation in the United States. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Research advanced by fulbright scholars
Restoring human vision, reducing carbon emissions, fitter gamers and fire regeneration for grapevines will be addressed by four University of Melbourne researchers named as winners of this year’s Australian Fulbright Scholarship. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Funding boost for University of Melbourne–led arc centres of excellence
Two University of Melbourne–led Centres of Excellence have been awarded $17 million by the Australian Research Council to continue their groundbreaking work. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Green light for ‘the spot’
The University’s new Economics and Commerce building has been awarded a five-star Green Star Education Pilot rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Liz Sonenberg named Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration)
Former Dean of Science Professor Liz Sonenberg will join Melbourne Research part-time in the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Collaboration) and will have oversight of development of the University Research Institutes and implementation of a strategy to manage research infrastructure. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Melbourne School of Land and Environment academic wins Victorian of the Year
African-Australian community leader Dr Berhan Ahmed, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Forest Ecosystem Science at the University of Melbourne’s School of Land and Environment, has been named the Victoria Australian of the Year 2009. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Melbourne scientists awarded international science links grants
Six University of Melbourne scientists have been awarded grants totalling $47,000 to undertake important international collaborative research under the International Science Linkages – Science Academies Program, funded by the Australian Government. [ 16 Aug 2009 ] Research Review : Jim McCluskey named Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships)
Professor James McCluskey joined Melbourne Research on 3 August in the role of Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships) with responsibility for fostering the relationships with affiliated medical research institutes and other external research partners. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : A leader and a healer
Inspiration and leadership are essential ingredients in medical research, but as Sir Gustav Nossal reveals, it is drive that leads to ground-breaking discoveries. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] StaffNews : Staff News No 370, 14 August 2009
News of interest to staff of the University of Melbourne [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Leadership from new thinking
A masters degree is increasingly considered a prerequisite to professional employment, a new Executive Master of Arts will help prepare the country’s future leaders. Katherine Smith reports [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Nursing leads personalised care
Complexity and diversity characterise modern nursing, and the profession is set to be at the forefront of patient care in the new $1 billion Parkville Comprehensive Cancer Centre, reports Emma O’Neill. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Land of the giants
The first humans coming to Australia some 65,000 years ago came face-to-face with giant goannas and wombats the size of motor vehicles. Katherine Smith reports on a new popular account of the rise and demise of these megafauna. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Nano-steps ahead
By studying gold nanoparticles of highly uniform size and shape, scientists now understand how they lose energy, a key step towards producing nanoscale detectors for weighing any single atom. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : From the Vice-Chancellor
Liberal look at arts education [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Unknown Genius
A 14-year-old boy arrived in goldrush Melbourne in 1852 and immediately began work on designing the Treasury Building. Genevieve Costigan reports on the story of the prodigious talent of J. J. Clark. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Celebrating Indigenous protest
Deborah Cheetham Indigenous soprano, actor, playwright, graduate of the NSW Conservatorium of Music and the Julliard School of Music was one of the speakers at the inaugural Dhungalla Kaella Oration in Shepparton recently. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : School design in a time of bushfires
In the aftermath of February’s historic bushfires, there have been many questions asked, and as David Scott discussed with Owen West, many of them have been directed at architects and designers. [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : Engaging in science
For the new Dean of Science Professor Robert Saint, science is finding the right balance of imagination and discipline. By Nerissa Hannink [ 14 Aug 2009 ] The Voice : A world of difference
In 2003 a group of Melbourne students decided their feeling they could do something to change the world might just be possible. Nina Collins – one of those students – reports. |
