Media Releases : Archive
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[ 27 Feb 2009 ] Carlton public housing residents get to know their academic neighbour in community day
Residents of Carlton public housing will have a chance to get to know one of their closest neighbours, the University of Melbourne, when the University hosts its first Carlton Community Day this Sunday, 1 March, between 10am-2pm. [ 25 Feb 2009 ] Extended funding boost for University of Melbourne led ARC Centres for Excellence
More than $17 million has been awarded to two University of Melbourne led Australian Research Council Centres of Excellence, as part of an Australian Research Council Review, announced recently. [ 25 Feb 2009 ] Australian x-ray science technology gets funding boost
The Australian Research Council has awarded $7.7 million to the University of Melbourne-led, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science, to continue and extend its work until the end of 2013. [ 25 Feb 2009 ] From disease to aeronautics: Centre earns extra 9.8 million for Free Radical Research
In a recent announcement, the Australian Research Council (ARC) approved an extension to grant funding for the Free Radical Chemistry Centre that will enable it to continue its research to the end of 2013 and beyond. [ 24 Feb 2009 ] New Arts course - an innovation in equity and access for Indigenous Australian students
Thirteen Indigenous students from around Australia have been selected as part of the first intake to the innovative new Bachelor of Arts (Extended) program at the University of Melbourne. [ 20 Feb 2009 ] Online political campaigning (and Barack Obama)
The success of Barack Obama’s campaign for the White House owes much to its bold use of the internet to rally grassroots support. [ 19 Feb 2009 ] Securing Australia’s Cultural Future: Symposium to address value of Indigenous art
Australia’s Indigenous arts, cultural and heritage sectors, estimated to be worth up to $500M per annum to the arts economy, are to be the focus of a symposium at the University of Melbourne next Monday, 23 February. [ 18 Feb 2009 ] Hot or not? New model allows predictions of the potential for animals to buffer climate change with behaviour
A new model has revealed that global warming will potentially overheat most ‘cold-blooded’ animals. Many will be able to respond by using behaviour to regulate their temperature, but only as long as their habitat allows it. [ 10 Feb 2009 ] Melbourne Law School wins 2009 Australian Jessup Tournament
The Melbourne Law School Moot team has booked itself a place in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition in Washington DC, after taking all before them in the Australian finals at the weekend. [ 10 Feb 2009 ] Waste not, want not: students make affordable shelter out of waste
University of Melbourne students have built a complete shelter out of household waste as part of an investigation into two pressing national issues: waste disposal and housing affordability. [ 9 Feb 2009 ] Faculty of Veterinary Science offers free care for pets and horses injured in bushfires
The University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Veterinary Science will provide free care at the University of Melbourne Veterinary Clinic and Hospital to pets and horses injured in the recent bushfires. [ 9 Feb 2009 ] Is there a Tasmanian convict settler in your family tree? Participants sought for study into Australia’s founding population.
A new study will reconstruct the history of Australian society by following the lives of 73,000 men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania as convicts, using details of Victorian family history. [ 6 Feb 2009 ] World first initiative improves global mental health
An international observatory led by the University of Melbourne will help eradicate human rights abuses against people suffering mental illness in developing countries. [ 5 Feb 2009 ] New hope through rehab given to people with spinal cord injuries
People with spinal cord injuries (SCI) could soon enjoy a better quality of life following the announcement today of a study into minimising impairments due to SCI by promoting neural recovery through exercise. [ 4 Feb 2009 ] Overhaul called on housing taxes as affordability remains at record lows
Australia’s complex and contradictory set of government subsidies and taxes on housing needs an overhaul, according to according to Melbourne Law School Associate Professor Miranda Stewart. |
