Last month The Smith Family and the University of Melbourne signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support better student outcomes. Kate O’Hara discovers just how significant this collective effort can be.

Melbourne author Archie Fusillo (BA (Hons) 1983) recently received the Globo Tricolore from the Italian Government – an award honouring those of Italian descent who have made a significant cultural impact abroad through their work. He spoke to Chris Weaver about his writing and the Italian experience in Australia.

Every year Australians – city-based and rural dwellers alike – head off on their summer holidays to camp on sites far from the madding crowd or within the very midst of one. Now, for the first time a serious academic study reimagines key events in the history of Australia, analysed and structured into a narrative of camping. By Gabrielle Murphy. 

In a symposium late last year Jefa Greenaway, University researcher and Director of Greenaway Architects, explored the idea of Indigenous place-making and how to realise exemplar models of what Indigenous housing might be. By Zoe Nikakis.

The Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning’s Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL) is investigating how cities around the world can adapt to environmental challenges. By Zoe Nikakis.

Professor Richard Tomlinson is the Chair in Urban Planning in the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning and editor of Australia’s Unintended Cities: The Impact of Housing on Urban Development, released by CSIRO Publishing in November.