Media Releases : Archive
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[ 31 May 2004 ] Melbourne University awards Educations leading lights
The imagination, innovation, and dedication of four University of Melbourne academics was recognised at the Faculty of Educations annual Research and Teaching Excellence Awards recently. [ 27 May 2004 ] Felton Bequest funds child welfare chair at University of Melbourne
The Alfred Felton Chair of Child and Family Welfare has been established at the University of Melbourne with a major grant from the Felton Bequest. [ 27 May 2004 ] Land management course to be offered in Gippsland region
For the first time, the University of Melbourne will offer its Diploma of Conservation and Land Management course flexibly-delivered from the McMillan Campus in Leongatha. [ 26 May 2004 ] Shopping addicts needed for University of Melbourne study
University of Melbourne researchers are seeking volunteers for a comprehensive study into compulsive shopping and binge buying. [ 26 May 2004 ] Diamond in the Rough: improving treatment of depression
A University of Melbourne research project called DIAMOND will share in Victorian Government funding worth $1 million for depression-related research. [ 25 May 2004 ] IT Does Matter! : Comment on Nicholas Carr
Professor Marianne Broadbent, Associate Dean of Melbourne Business School and international IT expert, challenges the views of Nicholas Carr in his book Does IT Matter?, due for release in Australia this month. [ 24 May 2004 ] Peace, war and the Olympic spirit
While the modern Olympic Games promote peace between nations, the games of ancient Greece had a lot more to do with war than peace and were used to teach men the value of the battlefield, according to a leading scholar on the ancient world. [ 21 May 2004 ] Intellectual Property and the Free Trade Agreement
The group of negotiators involved in signing off on the Intellectual Property provision in the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement will speak at a seminar at the University of Melbourne on June 18. [ 21 May 2004 ] Infant Obesity: Time to take action
A University of Melbourne academic says it is time for Australians to take action and put a stop the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. [ 19 May 2004 ] Should Australia compensate Indigenous people for stolen wages?
A leading commentator on Australian Indigenous Affairs will address the controversial topic of wages that have been stolen from Indigenous people, and the resulting poverty that continues to affect many families, in a public lecture at the University of Melbourne this week. [ 18 May 2004 ] New sports course offers young Aboriginal Australians relevant education and training
Home to Victorias largest Indigenous Australian population outside Melbourne, the City of Shepparton will welcome the launch of an innovative sports course though the Academy of Sport Health and Education (ASHE) to help address dropout rates among Indigenous teens. [ 18 May 2004 ] Regional Victorian students awarded scholarships
Two bursaries valued at $5000 each have been awarded to two University of Melbourne students. [ 17 May 2004 ] Secrets of the didjeridu revealed
The connection between the didjeridu and dinosaurs, MRI machines and throat singing will be revealed at a free public lecture at the University of Melbourne on Thursday May 20. [ 13 May 2004 ] Does international law matter in the war on Iraq?
Issues of abuse of Iraqi prisoners and the illegality of the Iraq war will be discussed by a top international military law expert at a free public lecture at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday May 18. [ 13 May 2004 ] Shearers compete at Longerenong
The success of an inaugural shearing competition at the Longerenong campus of the University of Melbourne has encouraged organisers to make it a regular event. [ 11 May 2004 ] Contacts for comment on the Federal Budget 2004
The Melbourne Business School (MBS) has identified two experts who can provide informed comment directly related to the issues surrounding the 2004 Australian Federal Budget. [ 10 May 2004 ] University of Melbourne student election results
University of Melbourne students have been elected to student representative positions on the Board of Directors of MU Student Union Limited (MUSUL) and to the Student Representation Working Group which will develop a structure for student representation on campus. [ 10 May 2004 ] Olympian launches history of University sport
Olympic gold medallist Ralph Doubell will launch a new book documenting the 150 years of sporting history at the University of Melbourne on Tuesday May 11. [ 10 May 2004 ] Technology pioneer brings team to University of Melbourne
One of the brightest lights in international polymer chemistry, Professor Andrew Holmes, is relocating his Cambridge University research team to the University of Melbourne's $100 million Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute. [ 6 May 2004 ] Scientific exploration in cultural conservation
Why did 17th century Arabic writers use the urine of cows to make their ink? How do Western paintings escape degradation in tropical conditions against all the odds? Deputy Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Ms Robyn Sloggett, provides an insight at a seminar on May 7. |
