News
Beijing Bound - Meet the alumni and students representing Australia at the Games
University set to house world's most powerful supercomputer for life sciences
Audio and photos now online - Professor Peter Singer speaks to alumni on "The Many Demands of Living Ethically"
Alumni Preferences Survey launched - Complete by 14 July to win great prizes
A stroke of good fortune - Alumnus wins Australia's richest young art prize
and more
Events
Marking 150 Years of Australian Football
Australia's first travel writing festival comes to Melbourne
University Golf Day - register now to win prizes
Reconnecting - Reunions and other special alumni events
and more...
Lifelong Learning
MUP Book of the Month - The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction - Special Giveaway Offer
Public Lectures
Employment
Exciting Career Opportunity - Work for the University of Melbourne in China
Job of the Month - Heidrick and Struggles research associate
NEWS
Beijing Bound!
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Pictured: The Australian women's eight with their gold medal from the 2008 World Cup in Munich |
With the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games rapidly approaching, Australian athletes are gearing up to confirm their selection and represent their country on the world's largest sporting stage. GradNet wishes all the University of Melbourne alumni, students and Sports Association club members among them the very best of luck.
University to host world's most powerful supercomputer for life science research
The University of Melbourne is set to house the world's most powerful supercomputer for life sciences research, under a $100 million plan to find cures for cancer and other life threatening diseases.
The Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, launched by the State Government
on 18 June, is expected to accelerate ground breaking medical research. The government has pledged $50 million to the project. The University of Melbourne will host the Life Sciences Computation Centre, which will undertake peak computing operations and provide computational biology expertise to other research institutions. More>>
Now online - Alumnus Professor Peter Singer speaks on "The Many Demands of Living Ethically"
The man The New Yorker once said “may be the most controversial philosopher alive” drew a crowd of more than 350 people to the first 2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Oration. Alumni and guests showed up in full-force to the Sidney Myer Asia Centre on Thursday, 12 June to hear Professor Peter Singer (BA (Hons) 1968, MA 1969) speak on “The Many Demands of Living Ethically”. The influential bio-ethicist and author explored the demands and difficulties of living an ethical life, sharing his views on third world poverty, climate change and the ethical treatment of animals.
Listen to Professor Singer's oration or View event photos
Alumni Preferences Survey launched - Complete by 14 July to win prizes worth $300
In a move that will shape the future of its alumni program, the University of Melbourne has launched the Alumni Preferences Survey. Take the survey by 14 July to let us know which services, benefits and opportunities most interest you, and you will go into the draw to win Melbourne Theatre Club tickets, University book shop vouchers or University sports centre membership valued at $300. The Alumni Preferences Survey will enable us to design future communications and programs to suit your interests. Take the survey now via our online tool at www.unimelb.edu.au/alumni/preferences.
A stroke of good fortune - Alumnus wins Australia's richest young art prize
It was the moment VCA alumnus Fergus Binns was waiting for. But when it came, he very nearly missed it. Shortly before the 28-year-old Fine Arts alum was announced the winner of Australia's richest art prize for young artists, the $40,000 Metro 5 Judges' Award, gallery staff realised he had forgotten to turn up. More>>
Research staff in the Faculty of Architecture are interested in getting in touch with JUDY EATHORNE, who studied architecture at the University of Melbourne in 1949. She took some photos of Melbourne Baby Health Centres for her thesis, which are of great value to their project "Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds: Designing Everyday Modernism for Australian Communities 1920-1970". The staff would like to contact Judy or her family for permission to use them. Please contact Dr Caroline Jordan on 8344 8684 or email cwj@unimelb.edu.au.
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EVENTS
Marking 150 Years of Australian Football
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Roy Boy (2007) by Nick Howson |
To mark the 150th birthday of Australian Football, the University of Melbourne will kick off an event to retrace the footsteps of Australia's favourite game. The School of Historical Studies will join forces with Victoria University and the Australian Society for Sports History to present historical conference "150 Years of Australian Football" on Tuesday 15 July. The conference is free, but bookings are essential. Contact jmcbeth@unimelb.edu.au to book by Tuesday July 8. More>>
 Australia's first travel writing festival comes to Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is set to host Australia's first travel writing festival. With Australians internationally renowed as keen travellers, the inaugural Melbourne Festival of Travel Writing will share expert tips on how to turn travel adventures - from the culturally enriching to the downright disastrous - into an exciting literary career. The festival runs from 19 - 20 July and will include informative sessions with experienced travel writers, editors and publishers. More>>
Register now for University Golf Day to win prizes
Registrations are now open for the 2008 Vice-Chancellor’s Cup – the University of Melbourne Golf Day. This year's event will be held at Woodlands Golf Club on Friday 21 November. For more information and to register, visit www.sports.unimelb.edu.au under the Sport and Recreation/Community Events webpage.
Giveaway - The first six people to register for the 2008 Vice-Chancellor's Cup will win a copy of The Ties That Bind: A History of Sport at the University of Melbourne.
 New series - Director's Tours of the Potter for Alumni
Alumni are warmly invited to a series of exclusive Director’s Tours of upcoming exhibitions at the Ian Potter Museum of Art. Choose from afternoon and evening tours, each followed by light refreshments. Places are limited and bookings essential.
Reconnecting - Reunions and other special alumni events
The range of events for alumni is rapidly growing. If you are an alumni interested in the activities of the following groups, click here to find out more about the upcoming events relevant to you. We currently have events listed for:
• Commerce alumni
• Garden lovers and green thumbs
• Melbourne University and Alumni Bushwalking Group
• Actuarial alumni
• Engineering alumni (who graduated 50 years ago or more)
• Medical alumni
For more alumni events in Australia and around the world, see the Alumni Events Calendar.
LIFELONG LEARNING
Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) Book of the Month
 The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
Edited by Rachael Weaver and Ken Gelder RRP: $32.95
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction
Ex-convicts, bushrangers, ruthless gold prospectors, forgers and imposters, thieves and murderers: they all flow through the stories that make up this collection, challenging colonial law and order. The landscape itself can seem to stimulate criminal activity, where identities change at will and people suddenly disappear without a trace. More>>
Visit the MUP web site for more information on other new titles. Visit the Melbourne University Bookshop to get your alumni discount on this and many other books.
Your chance to win
MUP has three copies of "The Anthology of Colonial Australian Crime Fiction" to give away to Alumni Web Community members.
To be in the draw to win, email alumni-office@unimelb.edu.au with your '@alumni.unimelb.edu.au' email address in the body of the message.
Please note: To be eligible for this offer, you must be a member of the Alumni Web Community who has not won a prize in the previous three editions. Please register here to become a member.
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EMPLOYMENT
Work for the University of Melbourne in China
The University of Melbourne is set to open an office in Shanghai, and is looking for someone to fill the exciting position of Country Manager (China). This is a newly-created position that will be responsible for developing, building and maintaining a strong presence in the People's Republic of China for the University of Melbourne. Alumni are encouraged to apply.
More information (PDF) or Download full Position Description (PDF 158 KB)
Job of the Month:
Heidrick & Struggles, one of the largest executive search firms in the world, requires a research associate to join the industrial practice of its highly successful global team. Ideally, you will have worked in a role where multiple projects and competing demands are the norm, and you will have previous search, knowledge management, market research or related experience. Attention to detail is critical, as is the ability to be organised and process orientated. To find out more about this position (Vacancy ID #42814) current students, recent graduates and alumni should log on to Careers Online with your student number and family name.
Careers@Melbourne
Positions available at the University of Melbourne.
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