Media Releases : Archive
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[ 29 Sep 2004 ] Diversity of contemporary society should be reflected in education: leading international educators
Leading academics from the University of Melbourne will join experts from two of the worlds most prominent institutes of education to discuss diversity in education at a three-day symposium that starts tomorrow (September 30). [ 29 Sep 2004 ] Universities need funding for skilled IP support
A University of Melbourne expert on research policy has called for targeted Commonwealth Government funding for universities to support professional staff skilled in intellectual property (IP) protection, management and commercialization. [ 29 Sep 2004 ] CBS News to speak on US election
Observers of the American political process will have a chance to hear directly from two of CBS News leading political commentators in a lunchtime seminar at the University of Melbourne tomorrow (Thursday 30 September). [ 28 Sep 2004 ] Masculinity to be explored in art and culture symposium
Ideas of the perfect male body, shifting boundaries of the physical, mens bodies and the meaning of masculinity and masculinity in the virtual community will be examined in a symposium that investigates how maleness is represented in contemporary culture at the University of Melbourne in early October. [ 24 Sep 2004 ] Students to tackle sport, politics and terrorism at UniSummit
About 100 of Australias high achieving year 11 students will discuss Sport in an Olympic Year: Terrorism Politics and the Media at the University of Melbournes annual UniSummit from September 27-29. [ 24 Sep 2004 ] Irish spaces: at home, in the diaspora & on film
The 13th Irish Australian Conference, which is to be hosted by the History Department at the University of Melbourne from 28 September to 3 October, has prompted the first ever Irish Film Festival to be held in Melbourne. [ 24 Sep 2004 ] Eat My Words literary forum launched in Faculty of Arts
A new monthly literary event presenting novelists, playwrights, poets and other literary identities has been initiated by well-known Melbourne poet and former University of Melbourne academic Chris Wallace-Crabbe in conjunction with the Universitys Faculty of Arts. [ 22 Sep 2004 ] Latrobe Valley wants more community say in managing asbestos-related disease
A new study into asbestos-related disease in the Latrobe Valley has found that many affected people feel angry and disappointed with the support they have received to date from the former State Electricity Commission (SEC), other branches of government, and the healthcare system. [ 21 Sep 2004 ] Historic Dunvegan - home to Rural Clinical School in Ballarat
The University of Melbourne has purchased Dunvagen, an historic Ballarat property, as the home for its new Rural Clinical School at Ballarat. [ 20 Sep 2004 ] Fulbright scholarship reinforces cement research
University of Melbourne research investigating the building blocks of new environmentally friendly cement, believed to be the future of Engineering, has been strengthened with a Fulbright scholarship. [ 20 Sep 2004 ] Victorias new full-time degree in forest science to be launched today
Victorias new degree in forest science will be launched today at the opening of the School of Forest and Ecosystem Science at the University of Melbournes Creswick campus. [ 16 Sep 2004 ] School of Forest and Ecosystem Science to be launched in Creswick
A major collaboration between the University of Melbourne and the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment will see the launch of Australias largest forest research and education facility on Monday, September 20. [ 15 Sep 2004 ] Rare orchid unearthed by Longerenong students
University of Melbourne Conservation and Land Management students have discovered previously unrecorded samples of one of the Wimmeras endangered native orchids. [ 15 Sep 2004 ] New report into Latrobe Valley asbestos-related illness
Researchers investigating public health issues surrounding asbestos-related disease will present their findings and recommendations to residents of the Latrobe Valley at a special community meeting in Moe next Thursday, 23 September. [ 15 Sep 2004 ] Can anti-psychotic drugs treat anorexia?
A new study to pilot the effectiveness of anti-psychotic drugs in the treatment of anorexia is about to commence at the University of Melbournes ORYGEN Research Centre. [ 15 Sep 2004 ] Public health expert gives 2004 Menzies Oration at Melbourne
Professor Stephen Leeder, who is currently establishing a group to assist in the development of health policy, will give the 2004 Robert Menzies Oration in Higher Education at the University of Melbourne. [ 13 Sep 2004 ] Mystery puzzle hunt could yield $200 of buried treasure
A $200 cash prize is hidden somewhere underneath the grounds of the University of Melbourne, and an open-to-the-public puzzle hunt to find the buried treasure starts today, with the solutions to daily puzzles providing clues to the secret location. [ 13 Sep 2004 ] Feedback sought from E-crime victims and investigators
Anyone who has ever been burned by an e-scam or been involved in investigating one will have a chance to talk about it online, for a survey about e-crime being conducted by a University of Melbourne criminologist. [ 10 Sep 2004 ] Former Irish Prime Minister to deliver free public lecture
Dr Garret FitzGerald, former Irish Prime Minister and internationally renowned scholar and journalist, will reflect on the dynamic role of Europe in an ever-globalising world at a free University of Melbourne International Public Lecture on Tuesday (September 14). [ 8 Sep 2004 ] University congratulates bionic ear pioneer on award of PMs Science Prize
Professor James Angus, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, today congratulated Professor Graeme Clark on the award of the Prime Ministers Science Prize. |
