Media Releases : Archive
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[ 26 Oct 2004 ] Easy-to-make vaccine tackles a range of illnesses
Australian researchers have created a totally synthetic vaccine that is effective against viruses, harmful bacteria and tumours and could lead to a powerful new arsenal of vaccines for humans and animals. [ 26 Oct 2004 ] Victorian Rhodes Scholar to be announced tomorrow
The winner of Victorias Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University in 2005 will be announced tomorrow, Wednesday 27 October. [ 26 Oct 2004 ] University consultation at Longerenong campus
Senior University of Melbourne representatives have traveled to Horsham today (26 October) to meet with key rural industry stakeholders and local community leaders at the University's Longerenong campus. [ 20 Oct 2004 ] Innovation on show at Endeavour 2004
See if you can bend it like Beckham, watch a pilot-free model helicopter take flight and find out if the sound of creaking joints can help doctors treat osteoporosis at Endeavour 2004, a showcase of some of the University of Melbournes most innovative Engineering projects. [ 20 Oct 2004 ] University holds consultation meeting at Glenormiston campus
University of Melbourne representatives will meet with key stakeholders at the University's Glenormiston campus tonight (20 October 2004) to discuss long-term viable options for the delivery of vocational education and training courses and ways in which other providers or organizations might share with the University in using and sustaining the infrastructure of the campus. [ 19 Oct 2004 ] Muslims in the West - coexistence or conflict?
The University of Melbourne's Sultan of Oman Chair in Arab and Islamic Studies, Professor Abdullah Saeed, delivered his inaugural professorial lecture "Muslims in the West - Coexistence or Conflict?" at the University of Melbourne today Tuesday 19 October. [ 14 Oct 2004 ] University commits to consultation on future delivery of VET courses in agriculture
The University of Melbourne is committed to a consultation process on the future delivery of vocational education and training (VET) programs at its regional agriculture campuses. [ 13 Oct 2004 ] Seachange compromising Great Ocean Road lifestyle
A rising wave of city dwellers moving to Victorias coastal towns for a sea change may be compromising the very quality-of-life they seek, according to a University of Melbourne study. [ 13 Oct 2004 ] Rural scholarships awarded to four Melbourne Uni students
Four University of Melbourne undergraduate students were recently awarded Rural Finance Corporation of Victoria scholarships each worth $6000 a year for the duration of their courses. [ 12 Oct 2004 ] Entrepreneurship to be rewarded
The winner of a business plan competition that sees teams of budding entrepreneurs compete on how to launch an innovative idea in the marketplace will be announced tomorrow at an event at the Melbourne Town Hall, as part of Melbourne Business Week. [ 7 Oct 2004 ] Victorias top young minds awarded in maths comp
Some 100 young mathematicians from across Victoria will gather at the University of Melbourne this week to receive prizes for their winning efforts in the 2004 BHP Billiton School Mathematics Competition. [ 7 Oct 2004 ] Square bacteria grown in the lab
In a world first, Australian scientists have successfully grown an unusual square-shaped bacterium found in salt lakes that has mystified scientists for a quarter of a century. [ 5 Oct 2004 ] Teacher training launched in Shepparton
Dedicated to the development of regionally focused education, the University of Melbournes Faculty of Education will launch a new teacher training course in Shepparton for secondary teachers today. [ 5 Oct 2004 ] Researchers shed some light on dark energy
The recent discovery that a mysterious dark energy, never before seen or detected, pervades our entire universe and makes up almost three quarters of all matter, is putting physicists in a spin and generating a major rethink of quantum theory. [ 4 Oct 2004 ] Australian Jews and Palestinians strive for understanding before resolution to conflict
The contribution that diaspora communities of Jews and Palestinians can make to understanding the causes and background of conflict in their homelands is to be the subject of the final session in the Histories in Conflict: Palestinian and Jewish Voices in Dialogue discussion series. [ 4 Oct 2004 ] ACTU president to discuss corporate responsibility
ACTU president Sharan Burrow will discuss corporate social responsibility when she gives the annual Foenander lecturer in Industrial Relations at the University of Melbourne on Wednesday October 6. [ 1 Oct 2004 ] The University of Melbourne addresses changing needs for rural research and education
The University of Melbourne is updating the business plan of its Faculty of Land and Food Resources (LFR), to ensure the Faculty continues to meet the contemporary educational demands of rural and related industries. |
