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A fortnightly review of news, scholarship and events at the University of Melbourne Vol. 15, No. 22, 27 November - 11 December 2006 Top StoriesSeven new Schools in Arts faculty restructure
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Arts has undergone a major restructure – reshaping into seven new Schools. Recycled water would go down well – office study
A University of Melbourne study measuring office worker attitudes to using recycled water has found that 46 per cent of people surveyed were willing to drink recycled water. Scholarships for students in areas hit by drought
One hundred prospective students in drought-affected areas will benefit from the University of Melbourne’s $500 000 Drought Recovery Scholarship program. Rosa Storelli to be Uni’s new Deputy Chancellor
One of Australia’s leading educators, Ms Rosa Storelli, has been appointed Deputy Chancellor of the University of Melbourne for two years from 1 January 2007. Eye in space to help gauge deep moisture in farm soils
Australian farmers will soon be able to measure paddock soil moisture from data collected by a space satellite under a University of Melbourne, NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) experiment. Mark Rose appointed to head CIE
An outstanding Indigenous administrator and academic, Dr Mark Rose, has been appointed Director of the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Indigenous Education (CIE). Hearing impaired can have lectures ‘live’ in text online
An Australian-first system to stream transcripts of live university lecture audio to hearing impaired students has been developed and piloted at the University of Melbourne. FeaturesDVCs report on strategic moves in key portfolios – Innovation and Development, and International
Two new University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor portfolios -– Innovation and Development, and International – were created in 2005 to support and to further the University’s work in these strategic areas. At the beginning of this year, Professor Vijoleta Braach-Maksvytis joined the University as Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Innovation and Development) and Professor Frank Larkins moved across from Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) to take up the International portfolio. As these key players in the University’s strategic direction near completion of their first 12 months ‘in the job’, they talk about some of the year’s key achievements. Christina Buckridge reports. Sing away the pain
University of Melbourne music therapy researchers report on their work with the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre More NewsOnline resource complements University’s Fraser Collection
Online access to items in a collection of memorabilia donated to the University of Melbourne by former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was launched recently at the University by Mr Fraser and Federal Liberal MP Mr Petro Georgiou. PROFILE: Ali Alamein
Ali Ahmad Alamein is a Science/Engineering student at the University of Melbourne. From the Vice-Chancellor
The city of Melbourne has missed out on an opportunity to host a new centre for United States studies. Asia-Pacific research link
The University of Melbourne is collaborating in multidisciplinary research in Asia, the Pacific and other regions under a newly signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UNESCO. Researchers make art Under the Coverslip
The aesthetic sensibilities of University of Melbourne research students shone recently in a ‘science meets art’ competition and exhibition based on images from the laboratory. News from the Academic Board
Throughout the year, the Board has been considering the detail of the Melbourne Model. International forum to celebrate two notable careers in physics
Physicists working at the forefront of research into the secrets of matter will gather at the University of Melbourne this week in an international tribute to two eminent physicists whose work at Melbourne has helped shape modern theoretical particle physics. Primary school pupils star in science drama challenge
Doncaster Primary School students starred recently in a performance of a science drama script developed for them by classroom teacher Margaret Kentler and University of Melbourne Education lecturer Ann Smith. Law expert makes impact in broadcasting and basketball
Federal Parliament has passed tough regulatory powers for the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) proposed by University of Melbourne law expert Professor Ian Ramsay to the ABA’s predecessor, the Australian Communications and Media Authority. Asialink takes ceramic and landscape artworks to Asia
Tasmania’s diverse and contradictory landscape and the ‘secret history’ of blue and white ceramics – from the willow patterns of Europe to the fine porcelains of China – feature in touring exhibitions launched in Vietnam and Pakistan recently by the University of Melbourne Asialink Centre. VCA lecturer’s lifestyle program shows on SBS
A new two-part documentary series written, directed and co-produced by VCA Film and Television lecturer Nicolette Freeman, The Lifestyle Experts, went to air on SBS television last week. Part two screens this Wednesday at 8:00pm (29 November). Uni podcast examines the war on malaria Up Close
Director of the University of Melbourne’s Nossal Institute for Global Health Professor Graham Brown discusses the threatening resurgence of malaria with presenter Jacky Angus in a new episode (No 5) of the University of Melbourne podcast Up Close, which goes online this week (2 December).
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