Media Releases

Study finds parents use cough medicines on under twos despite the warnings.
More than 40 per cent of parents have used cough medicine for children younger than two – even though it is not recommended, nor proven effective for children in this age group, an Australia-first study has found.

Battle for the ages as University Blacks and Blues meet for first time since ’82.
The University of Melbourne’s two premier football squads, the University Blacks and University Blues, are set to write a new chapter in their history when they meet head to head on the field for the first time in 26 years.

VU, University of Melbourne to support western region
Victoria University Vice Chancellor Professor Elizabeth Harman and The University of Melbourne Vice Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis today signed a groundbreaking agreement at Victoria University’s St Albans Campus.

First study to link human-caused climate change with global and continental impacts in nature
A new study reveals that shrinking glaciers, plants blooming earlier across Europe and lakes declining in productivity in Africa can all be linked to human-caused climate change since 1970.

University Celebrates Centenary of Playing in the Victorian Football League
AFL players Sam Power (North Melbourne) and Daniel Jackson (Richmond), currently enrolled at the University of Melbourne, will present a framed 1908 University Football Club replica guernsey to the Provost, Professor Peter McPhee, today, Thursday May 15.

University of Melbourne experts available to comment on the release of the Federal Budget
University of Melbourne economics experts, Neville Norman and John Freebairn will be available for comment following the release of the latest Federal budget this evening.

Vet student tackles half ironman for international animal charity
A third-year veterinary science student is set to undertake a gruelling 1.9km swim, a 90km bike ride and a half marathon, in an attempt to raise much needed funds for one of India’s largest animal charities.

University Moot Court Team Continues Strong Performance
The 2007 global champion in the European Law Students’ Association WTO Moot Court Competition, Melbourne Law School, has continued its strong showing in local competition, after the latest regional round held in Adelaide.

Strategy rethink needed to boost Indigenous student numbers in health studies
Urgent action is needed to get more Indigenous students into university medical schools if Australia is to succeed in closing the Indigenous health gap by 2030, a University of Melbourne academic has warned.

New program gets parents thinking about how to share the load of a new baby
University of Melbourne researchers are urging all new parents to sit down and re-negotiate how they share household tasks early in their babies’ lives in a bid to protect the health of new mums.

Re-imagining Fitzroy: University of Melbourne students with big plans for Atherton Gardens
Eight Masters of Architecture students at the University of Melbourne will be displaying their ideas for the future of the Atherton Gardens estate and Town Hall precinct in Fitzroy in an exhibition starting from today.

University of Melbourne welcomes new independent public policy ‘think tank’
The University of Melbourne has welcomed the announcement of a new national public policy institute to be established in Melbourne.

'Let Sleeping Bats Lie' says academic
A University of Melbourne academic is seeking help from farmers and the community to help the threatened Southern bent-wing bat survive through winter.

Oxford Wordlist for Australian children to be launched at University of Melbourne
A report revealing the 307 words most relevant to children’s writing in their first three years of schooling will be launched by Victorian Minister for Children and Early Childhood Development Maxine Morand MP at the University of Melbourne this Wednesday 30 April at 11:15am.

“Sheilas, wogs and metrosexuals: masculinity, ethnicity and Australian soccer in the postmodern marketplace” - Dr Jessica Carniel Australian Centre Seminar Wednesday 30 April
Dr Carniel will use the phenomenon of metrosexuality and its relationship to soccer to demonstrate how new forms of consumption have changed the way ethnicity and masculinity are understood.

Australia’s relationship with the nation’s dry heart: The Water Dreamers of Australia lecture
The ways Australians live and think have been shaped by water - or rather by the lack of it - according to the University of Melbourne’s Michael Cathcart, who is to give a public lecture this Wednesday 30 April at 6.30pm on ‘The Water Dreamers of Australia’.

Thirty years on for University of Melbourne’s Veterinary Science class of ‘77
A thirty-year reunion of the University of Melbourne’s veterinary science class of 1977 was held over the weekend of the 26 and 27 April at Werribee.

Wine in a Warmer World - Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
Professor Greg Jones, eminent atmospheric scientist from the Southern Oregon University, is currently visiting the University of Melbourne on a Miegunyah Fellowship to discuss potential projects assessing impacts and possible adaptation strategies of the global wine industry to climate change with Professor Snow Barlow’s research group.

Ethiopian State Minister for Justice to hold free public seminar
Dr Hashim Tewfik, the State Minister for Justice and Deputy Attorney General in Ethiopia will hold a twilight seminar at the Melbourne Law School on Thursday May 1.

Even part-time work can have a negative effect on breastfeeding rates, says new study
Part-time and casual work among new mothers has almost as big a negative impact on breastfeeding rates as returning to work full-time, says a new study led by the University of Melbourne.