20 Feb 2023 Record number of students set to flock to Melbourne Orientation Students from Victoria, around Australia and across the world returned to University of Melbourne campuses today for Melbourne Orientation Week.
17 Feb 2023 Fourth – and largest – cohort of Hansen Scholars join the University of Melbourne Twenty-three students from across Australia have been awarded the 2023 Hansen Scholarship, the University of Melbourne’s most generous and broad-based undergraduate scholarship.
16 Feb 2023 Ending discrimination of disabled workers key to improving screen industry diversity, future success: report Disabled people working in Australia’s screen industry face prejudice and systemic discrimination, including lower pay, greater casualisation and stigma and stereotyping, a new report finds.
14 Feb 2023 Greencross Vet Hospital officially opens at the University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is pleased to announce the official opening of the Greencross Vet Hospital at its Werribee campus.
7 Feb 2023 Developing nations face 'devastating cost' of future coastal flooding, new study says New global modelling predicts the devastating socioeconomic impacts of future extreme coastal flooding for developing nations caused by climate change, with Asia, West Africa and Egypt facing severe costs in the coming decades.
6 Feb 2023 New research reveals lessons from Black Summer bushfires to avoid future biodiversity devastation The Australian Black Summer bushfires caused extraordinary losses of Australian biodiversity. Comparable losses can be avoided in future fire events with enhanced funding, planning and management, a new book reveals.
1 Feb 2023 McKinnon Prize selection panel revealed A former Premier, a former Federal Government Minister and the CEO of one of Australia’s leading children’s charities are some of the leaders who will select the 2022 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.
31 Jan 2023 Tin Alley Ventures Fund undertakes first close at A$100m Tin Alley Ventures announced the first close of Australia’s first University-specific large scale venture capital fund, the Tin Alley Venture Fund No 1, at A$100m.
25 Jan 2023 No link between IVF-assisted conception and school-age childhood development outcomes, study says A comprehensive study of more than 400,000 children - with over 11,000 conceived via in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) - has found no link between IVF conception and adverse developmental outcomes for school-age children.
24 Jan 2023 The University of Melbourne releases anti-racism commitment The University of Melbourne has today released a four-part anti-racism commitment. As a diverse, multi-cultural and multi-faith community, the University of Melbourne condemns racism and actively stands against it. We recognise its destructive impact on individuals and the damage it causes our community and our institution.