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Solving design problems - from Florence to Broadmeadows Volume 8 Number 12 December 10 2012 - January 14 2013 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. Read more »	How credible is state strategic planning? Volume 8 Number 12 December 10 2012 - January 14 2013 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. Read more »	She can do it all – and have fun! Volume 8 Number 12 December 10 2012 - January 14 2013 In a bravura display of balancing study and community involvement, a University of Melbourne student-led project wrapped up last month in a beautiful big explosion of colour, creativity and song. By Kate O’Hara. Read more »
Reimagining a future for Aboriginal women’s self-determination Volume 8 Number 12 December 10 2012 - January 14 2013 In the spirit of the Narrm Oration’s mission to enrich our ideas about possible futures for Indigenous Australians in a respectful and grounded way, Professor Megan Davis outlined how efforts towards self-determination have too often been to the detriment of Aboriginal women’s wellbeing and integrity. By Gabrielle Murphy. Read more »	Student ingenuity takes centre stage at Endeavour 2012 Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 Each year, the Melbourne School of Engineering (MSE) showcases inventions and ideas that inspire final year students. Annie Rahilly reports on the amazing world of new ideas coming to reality. Read more »	New Fulbright scholars at Melbourne Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 The University of Melbourne has welcomed two new Fulbright Scholars from the United States, studying in music and engineering. Read more »
Representing Australian interests in South America Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 Christopher Strong spoke to University of Melbourne Alumnus Tim Kane (BA Hons, 1990) about his recent appointment as Ambassador to Chile and his career in foreign affairs. Read more »	India in a changing Asia Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 Following is an edited extract of the opening keynote lecture by the Governor of West Bengal, M K Narayanan to the Australia India Institute. Read more »	Six degrees of innovation Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 A new exhibition at the University’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP) is celebrating the past 20 years of architecture in the city. By Zoe Nikakis. Read more »
It’s all about the trains, again Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 Dr Chris Hale is an urban infrastructure specialist with Melbourne School of Engineering. He predicts the rise and rise of the retail-supported railway station, as transportation drives urban planning for the future. Read more »	Education at sea Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 A zoologist and a botanist from the University of Melbourne are working with partners in the Docklands to create a new marine education hub. By Kate O'Hara. Read more »	Building the future Volume 8 Number 11 November 12 - December 9 2012 For the University’s architects, designers and urban planners, the Parkville Campus is a living laboratory. It’s a hub for design research, experimentation and innovation. This month, building works begin on a new home for these design leaders, who are using the demolition of their old building and design of its replacement as an opportunity to add to the campus’ history of research through practice. Zoe Nikakis surveys the terrain. Read more »

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Voice is the newspaper of the University of Melbourne. It is published monthly and is distributed on the University’s campuses, published as a supplement to the Age on the second Monday of each month and is available on line and by free email or hard copy subscription.

Each month Voice explores a major social issue in which University academics and researchers contribute to public debate. Voice also contains research news, informed opinion and analysis, alumni news and profiles, stories on student life and activities, Arts reviews and previews, sport, previews of multimedia programs and listings of Public Lectures and other events.