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Issue 01 | April 2009

Welcome to the first issue of Melbourne Alumni e-news, your monthly bulletin that can be custom-made to suit your interests.
We hope you enjoy viewing this online version of this e-news bulletin, packed with the latest University news and information for alumni. If you would like a tailored version of this news bulletin delivered to your inbox each month, visit the online Preferences Centre via the Change Content button to register for an account before 12 June to go into the draw to win one of five Melbourne Theatre Company mini-subscriptions. You can read more about this competition in the Benefits section of this bulletin. We hope you enjoy the first edition!
Yours sincerely,

The Alumni Relations Team

News

HIV could cease to kill : University of Melbourne scientist

HIV could adapt over time so it is no longer a life-threatening virus, a leading University of Melbourne scientist says. But evolution of the virus could also enable it to get into reproductive cells, causing it to be passed on to future generations through DNA. Read More...

Alumnus' billabong oasis takes top prize at Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show

The Slap hits the spot for Melbourne author

New cost-effective way to deliver high-speed internet to rural areas

Historian brings colonial Australia to life on ABC TV

Design competition launched for new Architecture building

Ambitious alumnae take Telstra Business Women's Awards by storm

Melbourne Law intern joins Rwandan Criminal Tribunal

Gambling, money woes motivate fraud: Results of joint survey

Melbourne's stars of tomorrow shine at Tropfest

Melbourne Dominates Victorian Rowing Championships

Vitamin D could prevent MS, researchers say

Events

Festival of Ideas opens climate and cultural change debate - 15 to 20 June

MORE than 50 brilliant thinkers, including many alumni, are set to come from all corners of the world to debate climate and cultural change at the University of Melbourne's inaugural Festival of Ideas. Read More...

Click here to visit the full Alumni Events Calendar

Full list of public lectures and other University of Melbourne events

16 - 19 April: Cancer patients share their stories through musical drama

Sat 18 April: Symposium to honour women in science

Thurs, 23 April: Conversation with a leading planner and heritage expert

Tues, 21 April: Trauma expert speaks on mental aftermath of bushfires

Wed 22 and 29 April: Mythologies on the menu at public lecture series

Wed, 6 and Wed, 13 May: Leading alumni share secrets to success in Asia and Melbourne

21 - 30 May: Students act like animals for art

Alumni Benefits

Win a MTC theatre subscription for tailoring your e-news

FANCY a night at the theatre on us? Here's your chance to win tickets to three Melbourne Theatre Company shows of your choice, simply for visiting the Alumni Preferences Centre. Read More...

Alumni can now access the library's online journals

Win one of 100 double passes to see Elegy.

April Alumni Benefit - Melbourne University Bookshop Discount

MUP Book of the Month - Your chance to win one of six copies of Meanjin

Get real with MTC - Win double passes to Realism

Alumni Careers- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation seeks recent PhD graduates

Architect Robin Boyd's iconic houses open for tours - Alumni discount offer

Alumni Careers - SunSmart Research and Evaluation Officer

Getting Involved

Call for mentors to tackle sustainability issues

MELBOURNE School of Graduate Research (MSGR) is calling for alumni working in sustainability or community development to share their expertise with promising young leaders. Read More...

All graduates invited to Annual Ordinary Meeting of Convocation

Share your favourite images of Melbourne

Should I stay or should I go? International alumni in Australia invited to offer tips to students

Future Study

Meet those tackling the big issues at careers event - Find out how you can too

A DIVERSE group of researchers and industry professionals who work in roles tackling climate change, public health, energy and other major issues will share how their graduate research experience helped launch their careers. Read More...

Future students across Victoria set to meet Melbourne

Arts discussion panel at research-powered careers series

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Uni Updates

Post-tsunami architecture under microscope thanks to new research grant

Professor Jeff Borland named new Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University

Melbourne Fulbright Scholars advance research

Australia's first university vet school turns 100

Faculties unite to help bushfire injured wildlife

Alumni Profiles

Dr Geoff Coyne

VOICES laced with sorrow, anger and relief crackle from radios in Liberia, painting personal pictures of the brutal conflict that ravaged the country for more than 20 years. University of Melbourne alumnus Geoff Coyne (BA 1961, B. Ed 1967), who worked in Liberia for four months last year, listened intently to the callers on the radio. Read More...

Images of Melbourne

A glimpse at the Parkville campus

Photos by Irene Jablonka

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