9 May 2016 Hard Yakka founder gives $1 million for Motor Neurone Disease research The University of Melbourne and its research partners have received a $1 million philanthropic grant via the Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia, the research arm of MND Australia.
6 May 2016 University congratulates new Laureate fellows and Linkage Project awardees The University of Melbourne has been successful in the latest round of Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellowships, including the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship, which was awarded to a University of Melbourne recipient for the third straight year.
6 May 2016 Melbourne appoints new Dean of Medicine Professor Shitij Kapur was today named the next Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Dentistry and Health Sciences and Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Health) at the University of Melbourne.
6 May 2016 University welcomes landmark legal education decision in Singapore The University of Melbourne has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that the Juris Doctor qualifications of 10 Australian universities, including Melbourne, will now be recognized in Singapore.
5 May 2016 Infectious diseases and chronic illnesses are becoming more alike Australia and India’s leading infectious disease and chronic illness experts are meeting in Melbourne this week to discuss emerging similarities between the two fields of medical science.
3 May 2016 Joint re-accreditation for Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Limited The collaboration between the University of Melbourne’s Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School Limited has marked another milestone, with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) granting joint re-accreditation.
1 May 2016 Survey of Australian business reveals failure of leadership The largest survey of leadership in Australia, the Study of Australian Leadership (SAL), launches today revealing significant shortfalls in business performance, innovation and leadership development in organisations across the nation.
29 Apr 2016 World-first Victorian drug trial aims to slow Alzheimer’s disease The University of Melbourne has put out a call to Victorians to join the world’s largest drug trial aiming to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
29 Apr 2016 Hear no evil: Farmed fish found to be hard of hearing New research published today in the journal Scientific Reports has revealed for the first time that half of the world’s farmed fish have hearing loss due to a deformity of the earbone.
29 Apr 2016 Extreme coral bleaching may be new normal by 2034 Large parts of the Great Barrier Reef will have died off by the mid-2030s, according to research examining the role of climate change in this year’s extreme coral bleaching event.