The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 20, 10 December - 4 February 2008 Cover StoryThe economics of Christmas
Low pay leaves many to survive at the margin Goodwill to all ... and planet Earth
Mulling over a Christmas wish list? Thinking perhaps of the latest labour-saving home appliance, a new set of toys for the kids, or even a big plasma TV? You’re not alone. It’s once again the season of family celebration and good will. But what about good will to planet Earth? Is the environmental cost of some gifts also factored into your list? Card to diggers sends a coo-ee at Christmas
During Christmas 1915 the troops of the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces fighting in Gallipoli were sent a Christmas card by their Commander General Sir William R Birdwood. Some of the cards sent to the troops survived and one of them (right) is now held in Special Collections in the University of Melbourne’s Baillieu Library. NewsKwong Lee Dow Young Scholars welcomed
The University of Melbourne welcomed 700 of the newly selected 2008 Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars in a ceremony at Parkville campus recently. Awards, magazine, launched to aid knowledge transfer
Knowledge Transfer ‘Connecting Melbourne’, a new University of Melbourne magazine showcasing successful knowledge transfer projects, was launched at the University’s recent inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Knowledge Transfer Awards and Symposium. Climate change has new FACE
The University of Melbourne is a partner in a new $3.7m research facility which uses state-of-the-art technology to simulate elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) levels to help predict the impact of climate change on crops. Two win Woodward Medal for research
Advances in applying quantum mechanics to computing and information processing, and an award winning book on the history of late imperial China, have won two University of Melbourne academics the University’s prestigious Woodward Medal. From the Vice-Chancellor
Higher education proved a small blip on the radar of a long election campaign. Welcome offers of additional support for students featured most strongly, but robust discussions about improving the funding of our universities did not eventuate. Melbourne hosts VIP Latin American seminar
Ambassadors and heads from seven Latin American countries discussed opportunities for future development and collaboration between Australia and Latin America in areas of mining, agriculture and foreign affairs at a key seminar hosted recently by the University of Melbourne. Melbourne Graduate School of Management/Faculty Advisory Board named
The Melbourne Graduate School of Management and Faculty of Economics and Commerce has appointed its inaugural Board of Directors. Campus Snapshot: Take a seat
University of Melbourne final year Architecture students showed their innovation with wood recently in an exhibition of furniture produced in a single semester subject that challenged them to design and make a more than normally useful seat for up to three people. Engineering Research Institute launched
The University of Melbourne has established a dedicated institute for engineering research – the Melbourne Engineering Research Institute (MERIT). ER triage training
Low levels of agreement have been found among nurses on how to assess risk in pregnant women, children and people with mental illness, according to the authors of a new triage training program for Australian hospital emergency departments. Reviews and PreviewsDoreen Rosenthal on adolescent sexuality
Australians manage sexual health well compared to the USA where there is a ‘head in the sand’ attitude to young people’s sexual well-being. Earthly reflections of heavenly things
Earthly Reflections of Heavenly Things, an exceptionally beautiful exhibition celebrating the transcendent and ineffable in art, opened at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art recently for a season to 17 February 2008. Graffiti achieves coffee table status
Graffiti has arrived. Christine Dew’s Uncommissioned Art: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti is the most recent of several books on graffiti and street art in the glossy coffee-table format more commonly associated with the ‘high art’ of gallery spaces. From the source
Paper City Architects 60 seconds with ...
John Feddersen Left-right inadvertent ballot bias?
Groups of candidates who drew a left-hand position on the Senate ballot paper in the recent Federal election may have gained an unintended advantage, says University of Melbourne researcher Associate Professor Mike Nicholls. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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