2 Oct 2018 2018 McKinnon Prize nominations open Nominations open today for the 2018 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership, an annual national prize recognising courageous, visionary and collaborative political leadership across all tiers of Australian government.
2 Oct 2018 Thermal imaging improves diabetes related foot ulcer assessment Thermal imaging can better predict a diabetes related foot ulcer’s size and the healing trajectory than conventional methods, Melbourne-led research has found.
1 Oct 2018 Australia’s leading university welcomes new Vice-Chancellor Professor Duncan Maskell today commenced his term as the 20th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, Australia’s leading university and the largest research university in Australia.
1 Oct 2018 Melbourne joins forces with Jülich Research Centre The University of Melbourne and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Jülich Research Centre) in Germany have formed an international research training group which provides a cohort of graduate researchers with the opportunity to undertake a joint PhD project at Melbourne and at Jülich.
27 Sep 2018 University of Melbourne heads Australian universities in rankings The latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has placed the University of Melbourne as 32nd globally, again heading Australian universities in the list.
25 Sep 2018 Australia's longest-serving VC bids farewell University of Melbourne’s Glyn Davis today reflected on his tenure as the nation’s longest-serving Vice-Chancellor, as he prepares to step down from the role.
25 Sep 2018 Program unites veterinarians and domestic violence support workers to support at-risk families Veterinarians and family violence specialists are working together to help families escape violent situations.
24 Sep 2018 International award for helping connect care leavers with their past A University of Melbourne website that helps connect people who grew up in institutional care in Australia between 1920 and 1989 with their archival records has won a major international award.
19 Sep 2018 Anti-cancer drugs may hold key to overcoming antimalarial drug resistance Scientists have found a way to boost the efficacy of the world’s most powerful antimalarial drug with the help of chemotherapy medicines, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications.
19 Sep 2018 Concern about climate change unites Gens X and Y: Report Two generations of Australians, Generations X and Y, say climate change is their number one cause for concern, according to the latest Life Patterns report from University of Melbourne researchers.