The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 13, 3 – 17 September 2007 Cover StoryAPEC: facing the region
With world leaders set to debate climate change at the Sydney APEC Summit, ROBYN ECKERSLEY explains how environmental rights can be part of an agenda which protects both people and the planet Hosting APEC promotes harmony
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit provides an opportunity for Australia to 'punch above its weight' in the region, writes DEREK MCDOUGALL. NewsWhy ‘users’ can’t say no
Research at the University of Melbourne has shed new light on why long term drug users find it hard to say no, despite dire consequences to their health. Classics program receives $1m gift
The study of Classics at the University of Melbourne has received a $1 million boost, thanks to the generosity of a major donor. Knowledge Transfer Awards winners
Ailing children, at-risk youth, Indigenous communities and irrigators are among groups benefiting from projects awarded top honours in the University of Melbourne’s 2007 inaugural Knowledge Transfer Awards. Veterinary Science in initiative to recycle water
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary Science in Werribee is helping to ease demand on drinking water supplies from a growing population and climate change. Three young research scholars win Victoria Fellowships
University of Melbourne postgraduates – Luke Connal, Bryony Coleman and Erinna Lee – have won prestigious 2007 Victoria Fellowships worth $18 000, recognising their creative, innovative approach to scientific research. Record Open Day 2007 attendance
An estimated 75 000 people – up from 50 000 last year – attended the University of Melbourne’s Open Day 2007, drawn by a major preview of the University’s New Generation Melbourne Model degrees. Assessment website launched
A national online resource for university staff involved in assessment has been launched by a University of Melbourne / University of Sydney project team. Student in print in The Lancet
The UK medical journal The Lancet will publish a prize-winning essay by University of Melbourne fourth-year Medical student Lee Yung Wong on his experience working with World Vision in Myanmar among people infected with the HIV virus. ‘Up Close’ with Barry Tuckwell
Triple Grammy nominee Professor Barry Tuckwell recalls, with host Sian Prior, his life and works as the world’s most recorded French Horn virtuoso, in the latest edition of the audio podcast Melbourne University Up Close. Visions – A sporting life
Stories on footy emotions, the University’s Rules footy teams – the Blues and the Blacks – and the successes of University of Melbourne students in the World and Australian University Games, feature in the next edition of the University’s video pod cast, Visions, hosted by David Scott. Reviews and PreviewsEmily Potter and Anna Hurlimann on Fresh Water
Australia’s high per capita consumption of water could be at the heart of our water crisis. Testimony and memory – Julie Dowling’s portraits
Julie Dowling’s work combines social realism, surrealism, 60s pop art and motifs from contemporary Aboriginal painting. Homes in the sky on the rise in Australia
Homes in the Sky, Apartment Living in Australia claims to be ‘the first history of apartment buildings in Australia’, though its authors confess it is not comprehensive, and draw on many histories of Australian apartment buildings. But the book is no less impressive for that. It is indeed very well-referenced and up-to-date, the photographs are beautiful, and the story it tells is complex and interesting. Sparseness and ‘beauty’
Victorian College of the Arts student Eugyeene Teh is designing the set and costumes for Woyzeck, by Georg Buchner, part of the VCA’s Drama and Production Director’s Season 2007 Cryin’ Out Loud. 60 seconds with ...
Hoe Bing Lo Physics of light holds cloak of ‘invisibility’
The recent invention of metamaterials promises strange new gadgets including perfect lenses and coatings that could guide light around objects – making them look like empty space. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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