The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 1, No. 19, 26 November - 10 December 2007 Cover StorySafe Sex: Are we getting the message
Twenty years after the Grim Reaper bowled over Australian TV audiences, Australians still have much to learn about protecting their sexual health, writes JANINE SIM-JONES. Nossal Institute’s HIV program aids India’s troubled north-east
India has some 2.5 million people infected with HIV – an incidence of epidemic proportions which mostly reflects HIV’s spread among injecting drug users. An internationally funded program led by University of Melbourne researchers is working to combat the problem. NewsTop PhDs awarded Chancellor’s Prize
Technology to make broadband communication up to 100 times faster without multi-billion dollar cabling infrastructure investment has won University of Melbourne researcher Dr John Papandriopoulos the University’s Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in the PhD. Graduate employability, peer review, is world-class – THES
University of Melbourne graduates are amongst the most employable in the world, according to a new ranking by the UK’s Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). Ski resort threat to pygmy possums
The endangered mountain pygmy possum has been found to be threatened by ski resort development at Mt Buller and not necessarily bushfires or climate change as previously suggested. Gawenda to lead journalism research centre
Three-time Walkley Award-winning Australian journalist and newspaper editor, Michael Gawenda, will be inaugural Director of the University’s Centre for the Advanced Study of Journalism, opening in 2009. From the Vice-Chancellor
Censorship has a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of speech. Acclaimed soprano to be Head of Voice
One of Australia’s most distinguished and acclaimed sopranos, Ms Rosamund Illing, has accepted an appointment as Head of Voice in the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Music. Workplace a pregnancy mental health risk?
Workplace discrimination and lack of access to maternity leave is contributing to poor mental health in pregnant women, according to a new University of Melbourne study. Campus Snapshot: Yarra Trio a winning combination of music and friendship
Bachelor of Music (Performance) students Christ Howlett (cello), Stefan Cassomenos (piano) and Australian National Academy of Music student Holly Piccoli (violin) recently won the Melbourne University Alumni Chamber Music Competition. The future of Brunswick
University of Melbourne Architecture students are calling for community feedback on the planning future of Brunswick – one of inner-Melbourne’s most iconic suburbs. 3Rs award
Finding that an X-ray technique can reduce the use of animals in biomedical and agricultural research has won University of Melbourne scientists Professor Frank Dunshea and Dr Brian Leury the Victorian Minister for Agriculture’s 2008 Prize for Application of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) in Teaching and Research. A psychiatric ethics first
An Anthology of Psychiatric Ethics, co-authored by University of Melbourne Professor of Psychiatry Sidney Bloch and US colleague Professor Stephen Green (Georgetown University), has won a commendation prize at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2007. Mindful leaders
Professor Amanda Sinclair of the University of Melbourne’s Melbourne Business School talks with host Sian Prior about how mindfulness contributes to effective leadership in the latest edition of the University’s audio podcast Up Close Reviews and PreviewsWaleed Aly on Islam, rebellion and terrorism
Terrorism reflects not so much a clash of civilisations as a clash of the neo-cons. A new generation of Australian artists
The spotlight is on the next generation of Australia’s artists at the Victorian College of the Arts’ 2007 Art Graduate Exhibition, now on show at the VCA (to Saturday 1 December). The long arm of the law
The law touches all and when its long arms are not touching it is meant to defend and promote justice. That’s the theory. From the source
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Helen Slaney Foundation stone is buried in mystery
On Monday 3 July 1854, the newly arrived Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Victoria, Sir Charles Hotham, conducted his first public duty in the Colony by laying two foundation stones – the first in the foundations of the University of Melbourne’s Quadrangle Building, the second at the Melbourne Public Library. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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