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Making human rights real

Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011

Dr Kiran Martin recounts her life journey, work with NGO Asha on behalf of Delhi slum-dwellers, and what others can learn from Asha’s model of human rights in action, in conversation with the Nossal Institute for Global Health’s Elizabeth Morrow.

2010 year in review

Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011

With a phenomenal $223.7 million in competitive funding won to support both basic science and groundbreaking research applicable to some of the most pressing global health and societal concerns, 2010 has arguably been the University of Melbourne’s best research year.

Population overload?

Volume 6 Number 12 December 13 2010 - January 9 2011

How will Australia cope with a population expected to hit 35 million by 2056? University of Melbourne academics were canvassed for their views on the pros or cons of population growth in the key areas of the environment, the health system, the economy, urban planning and natural resources. By Rebecca Scott and Sally Sherwen with David Scott.

Meeting expectations

Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010

Dr Penny Webster followed the family tradition into academia, but by a very different path. By Shane Cahill.

Student appeal 2010

Volume 6 Number 11 November 8 - December 12 2010

The University’s Student Appeal which began in 2006 with a hundred percent of the record $20,350 dollars raised going to student rental assistance bonds. Lieu Pham reports.

Hold the front page

Volume 6 Number 10 October 11 - November 7 2010

The newsroom at the United Nations Department of Public Information/Non-Government Organisation Global Health Conference could only be described as a flurry of voices, screaming phones, coffees, furious typing and frantic people. Mietta Kyrios reports.

Preserving our heritage

Volume 6 Number 10 October 11 - November 7 2010

Australia’s Largest non-government paper archive turns 50. Kate Hannah and Stephanie Jaehrling report.

Art and science of conservation

Volume 6 Number 9 September 6 - October 10 2010

The Asia Pacific Twentieth Century Conservation Art Research Network has triggered a series of important initiatives since its establishment in 2008. Gabrielle Murphy reports on the most recent projects of this highly successful international collaboration.

Shelter, space and a community place

Volume 6 Number 8 August 9 - September 12 2010

A group of Master of Architecture students recently spent 10 days in the Northern Territory outfitting two new Indigenous community centres constructed out of recycled shipping containers writes David Scott.

Vale Alan Gilbert

Volume 6 Number 8 August 9 - September 12 2010

The University of Melbourne’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert, has passed away in England after a long illness.

A living history

Volume 6 Number 8 August 9 - September 12 2010

Outstanding scientists commonly make their mark in their field through ground-breaking discoveries. However, eminent forest scientists from the University of Melbourne have gone one step further, leaving a living legacy behind in a desk drawer. Sally Sherwen reports.