The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 18, 12 – 26 November 2007 Cover StoryTackling Depression
Research provides new insights into a complex condition Poverty a mental health risk factor for young mothers
A ground-breaking collaboration between University of Melbourne and Vietnamese researchers aims to tackle the hidden suffering of new mothers in developing countries. NewsRecord new course preferences
The University of Melbourne’s three most popular courses – including two New Generation courses – account for nearly nine per cent of first preferences for 960 university courses offered through VTAC for 2008. Diabetes research centre launched
The University of Melbourne has launched the first Australian Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE) focused on diabetes. Islamic Studies centre has role to help ‘to bridge the gap’
World-class, multi-disciplinary teach- ing and research in Islamic Studies will be offered at regional, national and international levels by the National Centre of Excellence for Islamic Studies recently launched at the University of Melbourne. Student insights at graduate schools launch
Current university of Melbourne JD student Michelle Freeman spoke about her experience as a graduate student at the official launch of the University’s first graduate schools. From the Vice-Chancellor
Now highly-respected institutions such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are putting whole subjects online, free to everyone. GP teaching clinic funded
The University’s School of Rural Health (SRH) will receive $3.55 million in funding to create an innovative on-campus GP teaching clinic in Shepparton to train a new generation of doctors and help meet the shortage of GPs in rural Victoria. Honorary role for Bracks
Former Victorian Premier Steve Bracks will join the University of Melbourne as an honorary Professorial Fellow in the Faculty of Arts, participating in the public life of the University in a number of ways. Victorian Rhodes Scholar
University of Melbourne Commerce / Science student John Feddersen has been awarded the 2008 Victorian Rhodes Scholarship for postgraduate study at Oxford University. Bioengineering Gold
University of Melbourne students won a team Gold Medal and shared a category prize at iGEM 2007, an international Genetically Engineered Machine competition held in Boston last week. VCA alumni scoop ATOMs
Films by Victorian College of the Arts graduates have scooped the ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media) 2007EnhanceTV Awards announced in Melbourne recently. Koori health unit patrons
Three leading Indigenous Victorians have been inducted as patrons of the University of Melbourne’s Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit. 2007 Ernest Scott Prize
The University of Melbourne’s Ernest Scott Prize for a book judged to have made the most distinguished contribution to the History of Australia or New Zealand in the previous year has been awarded to Associate Professor Regina Ganter of Griffith University for her book Mixed Relations: Asian–Aboriginal Contact in North Australia. Impact of post-Soviet crime
University of Melbourne Professor of Political Science Leslie Holmes examines the wide-ranging impact of organised crime in post-Communist Russia and Eastern Europe in the latest edition of the University of Melbourne audio podcast Up Close, hosted by Sian Prior. Reviews and PreviewsPeter Doherty on hot air
Climate change presents a real danger but there are a lot of good ideas with which science can help us deal with global warming. Facing Percy Grainger
The first major exhibition to explore the life, artistic world and achievements of brilliant Australian pianist, composer and music scholar Percy Grainger opened recently at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art. From the source
Settling disputes Humanity’s Mirror
Professors are not what they used to be. We are a timid bunch compared with the polymaths who have professed all over the place and on all manner of things. The University of Melbourne has had some pearlers, and some of the most memorable ‘public intellectuals’ have come from Medicine, in particular from the core discipline of 19th century medicine – Anatomy. 60 seconds with ...
Danelle Lee Treasury of youth a state heritage
In the early 1850s talented Liverpudlian schoolboy John James Clark drew an exquisite map of his home town for a school project. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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