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The University of Melbourne to Open New Eye Care Clinic
The University of Melbourne’s Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences is pleased to announce that it is set to open a new eye care clinic in March 2008. The Clinic will be located on Swanston Street, facing the University of Melbourne’s main campus.

“You Looking at Me?” Fighting Aussie yabbies don’t forget a face – new research by the University of Melbourne
The fighting Australian yabby does not forget the face of its foes says new research from University of Melbourne zoologists.

Single particles of light - now for sale
The world’s first commercial product delivering individual photons of light has been developed by researchers from Quantum Communication Victoria (QCV) within the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne.

Chameleon to have ultrasound at the University of Melbourne Vet Clinic
Dr Brendan Carmel - the new exotic animal consultant at the University of Melbourne Vet Clinic and Hospital - will perform an ultrasound on one of Melbourne Museum’s chameleons.

Advances and Future Directions in Nanotechnology to feature in Melbourne next week
Australia's major forum for the advancement and discussion of nanotechnology - the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN2008) - will be hosted by the University of Melbourne and Monash University from 25th to 29th February.

Major boost for Indigenous eye health as leading researcher takes up new University of Melbourne professorship
A world leader in trachoma research, Professor Hugh Taylor, AC, has been appointed to the new Harold Mitchell Chair of Indigenous Eye Health at the University of Melbourne.

Bill to criminalise business cartels raises serious issues, according to cartel expert
The Federal Government is doing the right thing in proposing criminal penalties for serious cartel conduct, but the draft legislation raises a host of legal and policy concerns, according to University of Melbourne expert Dr Caron Beaton-Wells.

Archive of laser, sound and image artist JS Ostoja-Kotkowski inscribed on UNESCO Memory of the World register
The archives of one of the world’s earliest artists to work with laser, sound and image production - Joseph Stanislaus Ostoja- Kotkowski –– and which are partly kept in the University of Melbourne’s Special Collections, have been inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World register for Australia.

Medicine, Engineering, Life Sciences at University of Melbourne rate in top 100 in the world
The University of Melbourne is the only Victorian university - and one of only six in Australia – to appear in the recently-released, prestigious 2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) Top 100 ranking of academic fields of study.

New Melbourne JD students in court from day one
Melbourne Law School’s seventy-four new JD (Juris Doctor) students will start their graduate school experience in the Federal Court today, with a lecture from the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, the Honourable Michael Black AC.

New JD students begin Melbourne Law School graduate experience
An outstanding and diverse group of students are set to become the first to study the University of Melbourne’s newly-designed graduate law degree, the Melbourne JD (Juris Doctor).

Apology to all Indigenous Australians
To the Indigenous people of Australia from the University of Melbourne

Early detection blood test helps emphysema patients avoid hospital emergency rooms
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital have successfully trialed a blood test which aides emphysema patients to avoid sudden and severe coughing attacks and visits to hospital emergency rooms.

Seven New Prostate Cancer Genes Identified - Australian researchers contribute to Nature Genetics paper
Australian researchers have contributed to an international study led by UK scientists that has found and confirmed seven new sites in the human genome that are linked to men’s risk of developing prostate cancer. Their findings are published in Nature Genetics* today.

Kristy Edmunds to take up new post of Head, VCA Performing Arts – Melbourne, Australia
Professor Andrea Hull AO, Director and Dean of the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne today announced the appointment of Kristy Edmunds to the important new position of Head, VCA Performing Arts.

Chameleons’ remarkable ability to change colour reveals they are show-offs rather than shrinking violets
The image of the chameleon as a shy creature, using camouflage to conceal themselves has been challenged by new research showing that colour change evolved to attract the attention of other chameleons.

University of Melbourne experts to comment on latest interest rate rises
University of Melbourne economics experts Dr Sam Tsiaplias and Professor Guay Lim are available to talk on Australia’s rising interest rates and their impact on local consumers.

Attitudes on price have big impact of the purchase of organic food: report
Independent attitudes such as cost have the biggest impact on why consumers opt for organic fruit and vegetables, according to a new University of Melbourne report.

MUP announces new Editor of Meanjin
University Publishing today announced the appointment of writer and publisher, Sophie Cunningham, as the new Editor of Meanjin.