The University of Melbourne Voice
Issues, views, debate, University news and events, fortnightly Vol. 3, No. 6, 11 August - 8 September 2008 Cover StoryThe Graduate School Experience
A common goal beckons for students at one of the University of Melbourne’s newest graduate schools – the Melbourne Graduate School of Management – according to the School’s Executive Director Brooke Young. Welcome to Open Day 2008!
Each year on Open Day, members of the University community help prospective students and their families explore all that the University has to offer. You will find a wonderful campus, the latest in educational technologies and dedicated teaching and research staff. Open Day 2008
Melbourne Model Information Sessions Get the Most Out of Open Day
The Melbourne Experience
The University of Melbourne – with a population of more than 50 000 students and staff – is like a small town. NewsGrowing a Green Roof
Research into the suitability of Australian native plants for ‘green roofs’ is under way at the University of Melbourne’s Burnley campus. Western Stars
It’s a freezing morning when I meet up with two Western Australian students who have moved on their own from Perth to study Melbourne Model degrees at the University of Melbourne. I wonder how they are coping with the weather. They admit: “We didn’t bring enough clothes”. Waves of Change
More frolic under the doona and less in front of the fire might be one of the unexpected impacts of climate change, according to leading economist Professor John Freebairn. Uniting Nations
Bachelor of Commerce student Sarah Quek Wei Ting is the newly-elected President of MUOSS – the Melbourne University Overseas Students’ Service. Realising Dreams
For more than 20 years the University of Melbourne has enrolled students from educationally, financially or socially disadvantaged backgrounds through special entry schemes. Access Melbourne, the University’s combined special entry and access scholarship scheme, is designed to increase participation of students from diverse backgrounds. Reviews and PreviewsA Man of Many Voices
Every story has its own logic and operating system, says author and University of Melbourne alumnus Nam Le – but to tell it like it is you have to do the hard yards. How White Nations Shared Racism
The world, in a sudden emotional conversion, has discovered that it is white, and by that token wonderful… But what on earth is whiteness that one should so desire it? … I am given to understand that whiteness is the ownership of the earth forever and ever, Amen! Treasures Revealed
Rare and significant plant and animal specimens, including a complete skeleton of the extinct New Zealand flightless bird, the moa, a crested porcupine and a coconut crab, will be on view in a Cultural Treasures Days festival at the University of Melbourne in September. Knowledge TransferSoaked in Success
In just six months four young students from four Australian universities devised a potentially revolutionary software system to help drought-affected farmers manage their water resources – and won the coveted Microsoft Imagine Cup for software design in Paris. Harnessing Hydrogen
A prototype hydrogen-fuelled internal combustion engine developed by engineers at the University of Melbourne has been presented to the Victorian State Government. Advance Australia Fair
Australia exists around the barbecue and the sense of a ‘fair go’, but there are those for whom ‘fair go’ is still little more than a story ... The Damage Done
A new study reveals that shrinking glaciers, plants blooming earlier across Europe and lakes declining in productivity in Africa can all be linked to human-caused climate change since 1970. ProfilesClimate Crusader
A degree in Forest Science has led to a brilliant environmental career. Big Projects All in a Day’s Work
A love of maths, problem-solving and a desire to work with people were the factors which inspired University of Melbourne alumna Stephanie Clarke to work as a civil engineer. Come Out of Your Shell!
Rijul Bhatia (“from India – a little over six months off the boat”) is in his second semester of a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) at the University of Melbourne. AlumniLaughter is Sitch Good Medicine
The University of Melbourne’s funniest medical alumnus Rob Sitch shares his prescription for success with KATHERINE SMITH. SportOlympic Talent Quest
The University of Melbourne and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) have joined forces to identify Australia’s future Olympic champions. What's Onhttp://events.unimelb.edu.au/
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