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Pulished: 12 January 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Sufferers of smoking related lung diseases could have their debilitating symptoms reduced following the discovery of a potential new treatment.
Pulished: 15 January 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A team of Australian researchers has come a step closer to unlocking a mystery that causes epileptic seizures in babies.
Pulished: 16 January 2012 under University Activities
Elizabeth Alexander has been officially installed as the 21st Chancellor of the University of Melbourne, succeeding the current Victorian Governor, Alex Chernov.
Pulished: 16 January 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne has the most popular degrees offered by Victorian universities, as measured by first preference applications through the Victorian tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC).
Pulished: 17 January 2012 under
Almost one-third of adults over the age of 25 have a Vitamin D deficiency, a new study evaluating the Vitamin D status of Australian adults has found.
Pulished: 18 January 2012 under Science and the Environments
Scientists have cracked the genetic code and predicted some high priority drug targets for the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium, which is linked to bladder cancer and HIV/ AIDS and causes the insidious urogenital disease schistosomiasis haematobia in more than 112 million people in Africa.
Pulished: 18 January 2012 under
Professor Harry Minas, Director of the Centre for International Mental Health at the University of Melbourne has joined experts from the US and the UK to call for a United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on the topic.
Pulished: 27 January 2012 under University Activities
University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis has paid tribute to members of the University community named in this year’s Australia Day honours.
Pulished: 27 January 2012 under Education
PhD researcher Anne Grant is using her knowledge of gifted children in their formative educational years to help better inform and teach these bright youngsters.
Pulished: 27 January 2012 under Engineering and IT
The University of Melbourne congratulates engineering student Marita Cheng who has been named The Young Australian of the Year 2012. Marita, the daughter of Chinese parents, regularly encourages girls to pursue engineering studies and careers.
Pulished: 31 January 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Coroners are more likely to hold inquests for deaths involving younger people or people who died of fatal complications from medical care, according to a study from University of Melbourne experts and published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal.)
Pulished: 1 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
People living in poor neighbourhoods have a higher rate and risk of arthritis - one of the most common causes of disability in the developed world.
Pulished: 8 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter at New York University Stern School of Business, has found.
Pulished: 10 February 2012 under Engineering and IT
An ambitious experiment involving the use of mobile phones in a remote corner of Papua New Guinea, is about to be launched by researchers from the University of Melbourne. The project, led by Associate Professor Steven Bird of the Department of Computing and Information Systems, will travel to Papua New Guinea to investigate the preservation of indigenous languages.
Pulished: 13 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Good news for lovers on Valentine’s Day - the seven deadly sins, including Lust, are good for you.
Pulished: 14 February 2012 under Science and the Environments
New research from the University of Melbourne shows how the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum) changes into a banana shape before sexual reproduction, a finding that could provide targets for vaccine or drug development and may explain how the parasite evades the human immune system.
Pulished: 14 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
An international study led by the University of Melbourne has provided a clearer understanding of the cancer risks associated with the genetic mutation Lynch syndrome, a finding that could lead to earlier detection of a wide range of cancers in sufferers.
Pulished: 14 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Victoria will be home to one of Australia’s fastest supercomputers and the world’s greenest supercomputer, the IBM Blue Gene/Q, which will be housed at the Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative (VLSCI) hosted by the University of Melbourne, and is aimed at advancing the study of human disease.
Pulished: 15 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
University of Melbourne researchers have found Wikipedia is the most highly rated website for accessing information on mental-health related topics.
Pulished: 16 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Significant inequality exists in the mental health of Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians, and it starts from an early age, according to new analysis of data by leading youth mental health experts.
Pulished: 17 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
People who are at an increased risk of developing bowel cancer, because they have a family history of the disease, are failing to have adequate screening, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Pulished: 18 February 2012 under Music and Performing Arts
One of Australia's finest composers Carl Vine has been honored as the recipient of the 2012 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award for his outstanding contribution to music in Australia.
Pulished: 20 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The recently announced price cuts to generic drugs by the Australian Government do not go far enough, according to University of Melbourne health economist, Professor Philip Clarke.
Pulished: 22 February 2012 under Science and the Environments
A new study led by the University of Melbourne has shown that weaver ants share a collective memory for the odour of ants in rival nests, and use the information to identify them and compete, similar to how sports fans know each other instantly by their unique colours.
Pulished: 23 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Researchers from the University of Melbourne say $70 million could ‘close the gap’ on Indigenous eye health, which unlike other health conditions is preventable and treatable.
Pulished: 23 February 2012 under Architecture, Design and Construction
The future of design education will be on display from next week, with designs for the new Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning on showcase for the first time.
Pulished: 24 February 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
People who take Ritalin are far more aware of their mistakes, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Pulished: 1 March 2012 under Science and the Environments
A new book by University of Melbourne scientist Professor Peter Cook calls for Australia to make the most of its advantages in clean energy technologies, especially solar, geothermal and carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Pulished: 2 March 2012 under Business and Economics
Subsidies and regulations could seriously reduce the effectiveness of Australia’s forthcoming carbon price scheme, according to a piece in the latest Australian Economic Review.
Pulished: 6 March 2012 under Engineering and IT
Clearing waterways of vegetation will have a negative effect on the environment without solving flooding problems, warns water expert Professor Andrew Western, from the School of Engineering, University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 15 March 2012 under Education
An animal behaviourist building a research career in marine animal reproduction has won a 2012 International Fulbright Science and Technology Award – the most prestigious and valuable of the US Government-supported Fulbright awards for academic exchange.
Pulished: 15 March 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne has risen to 43rd in the world and remained top in Australia in the 2012 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings.
Pulished: 19 March 2012 under Science and the Environments
Nuclear scientists using frogs in a battle against superbugs might sound like some kind of 1980s computer game – but it’s actually scientific research underway right now.
Pulished: 19 March 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A research team led by the University of Melbourne has developed a novel technique that tracks diseased proteins behaving badly by forming clusters in brain diseases such as Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s.
Pulished: 20 March 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Researchers from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne have identified a new way to accurately test for peanut allergy.It is hoped the test will be more cost effective and convenient than standard approaches and minimise over-diagnosis of peanut allergy in the community.
Pulished: 22 March 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Exposure to arsenic in soil and mine waste may have contributed to a slight increase in past cancer risk in socio-economically disadvantaged areas in the Goldfields region of Victoria, according to new research published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology.
Pulished: 22 March 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne will host a new lecture series titled Australia’s Role in the World aimed at promoting public debate on global issues and to explore Australia’s role in the issues.
Pulished: 22 March 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) will celebrate 40 years of developing Australia’s creative talent with a street party in Southbank on Friday 23 March.
Pulished: 28 March 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Global tropical disease specialist Professor Cameron Simmons will return to the Nossal Institute for Global Health at the University of Melbourne after 10 years working in Vietnam. Professor Simmons, a specialist in Dengue fever, was named one of three VESKI Innovation Fellows for 2012.
Pulished: 29 March 2012 under University Activities
The Australian Academy of Science has honoured two University of Melbourne researchers with election to the Academy for their internationally significant achievements.
Pulished: 30 March 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
An international team of researchers led by the University of Melbourne has used new technology to fast track the discovery of a breast cancer risk gene which could assist in the discovery of other cancer genes.
Pulished: 3 April 2012 under Engineering and IT
Geothermal experts from the University of Melbourne are working with Department of Primary Industries to demonstrate the efficiency of a form of renewable energy that will play an important role in the energy mix of Victoria’s Future.
Pulished: 5 April 2012 under Science and the Environments
Melbournians are being asked to consider how they can live in harmony with bats at a forum held on April 11 at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 17 April 2012 under University Activities
The Director of the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Dr Gerard Vaughan, has been appointed to a new post at the University of Melbourne, the Gerry Higgins Professorial Fellowship in Art History.
Pulished: 19 April 2012 under Science and the Environments
Mt Buller’s Mountain Pygmy-possums have had some rare good news following the success of an emergency action to save the isolated population from extinction caused by declining genetic diversity.
Pulished: 19 April 2012 under Science and the Environments
A team of international scientists including from the University of Melbourne have discovered the unique Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine had limited genetic diversity prior to its extinction.
Pulished: 20 April 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and Austin Health have come one step closer to understanding how our bodies regulate fat and weight gain.
Pulished: 26 April 2012 under Business and Economics
Accounting manipulation occurs more often in firms that have a work culture that is centered on self-interest, according to a joint University of Melbourne and Tilburg University study.
Pulished: 4 May 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
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Experts available for comment on the Federal budget.
Pulished: 5 May 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
An Australian first and world leading study, into the overall health and wellbeing of children of same-sex attracted parents is being led by the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 9 May 2012 under
All comments to be attributed to the University of Melbourne's Dr Colin McLeod.
Pulished: 10 May 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
How well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment, may signal the likelihood that they will continue to have uncontrolled seizures according to University of Melbourne Chair of Neurology Professor Patrick Kwan.
Pulished: 11 May 2012 under Education
An 87 year-old former University of Melbourne education student has collected an award for academic excellence – 64 years after graduating.
Pulished: 16 May 2012 under
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are reporting the success of a remote monitoring device that can accurately measure decay and insect infestations in construction timber over vast distances – and could save Australia’s building and electrical distribution industries, millions of dollars.
Pulished: 17 May 2012 under Science and the Environments
Scientific study resubmitted. An issue was identified in the manuscript "Evidence of unusual late 20th century warming from an Australasian temperature reconstruction spanning the last millennium" by Joelle Gergis, Raphael Neukom, Ailie Gallant and David Karoly, published in the Journal of Climate on 17 May 2012. The manuscript was re-submitted to the Journal of Climate and reviewed again. The authors have repeated the original analysis using three additional methods to assess the influence of different statistical techniques on the original results. The revised manuscript is still under review by the Journal of Climate.
Pulished: 17 May 2012 under Science and the Environments
Efforts to reduce livestock methane emissions in Australia received a major boost with the launch of a new research cluster led by the University of Melbourne and drawing on expertise from five other Australian universities, researchers in Canada and the CSIRO’s Sustainable Agriculture Flagship.
Pulished: 22 May 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
East Timor is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and Australia has a moral and historical obligation to help, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Pulished: 24 May 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A research team led by the University of Melbourne and Monash University has discovered why people can develop life-threatening allergies after receiving treatment for conditions such as epilepsy and AIDS.
Pulished: 24 May 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Australia’s ranks of classically trained Indigenous singers will grow substantially this week, with the graduation of three Aboriginal men from the University of Melbourne’s Victorian College of the Arts.
Pulished: 25 May 2012 under Education
Professor Leo Goedegebuure has been appointed as the new head of Australia’s peak tertiary leadership body, based at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 31 May 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
A collection of Liberal Party radio advertisements from the 1949 federal election campaign, which were believed lost forever, have been found on gramophone records and digitised by the University of Melbourne Archives (UMA).
Pulished: 31 May 2012 under University Activities
A former Provost of the University of Melbourne, Professor Peter McPhee, has been appointed Chair of the Board of Melbourne University Publishing.
Pulished: 4 June 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
University of Melbourne research has found a lack of social networks - and not necessarily racism or poor qualifications - is making life tough for ethnically diverse job seekers.
Pulished: 6 June 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Assumptions that Australia is an ‘anti-dobbing’ society with a culture hostile to whistleblowing have been revealed as a myth in first results released at the Australian launch of the World Online Whistleblowing Survey.
Pulished: 6 June 2012 under Science and the Environments
More than 100 high-achieving Year 9 science students from under-represented schools will visit the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute at the University of Melbourne today to learn more about study and research at university.
Pulished: 6 June 2012 under Science and the Environments
A unique secondary school outreach program by the University of Melbourne is helping students, teachers and parents to watch the Transit of Venus today and learn more about the universe.
Pulished: 21 June 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Individual rights may be coming second to a notion of ‘collective security’ as agencies ramp up their use of information obtained through coercive means, a University of Melbourne study has warned.
Pulished: 22 June 2012 under Science and the Environments
The University of Melbourne has been awarded more than $900,000 in Federal funding to develop Australia’s first open source renewable energy model, Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson announced this week.
Pulished: 22 June 2012 under Education
Former Federal MP and celebrated journalist, Maxine McKew, has been appointed a Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 26 June 2012 under Science and the Environments
Aircraft turbulence guidelines should be completely rewritten after new research revealed thunderstorms could produce unexpected turbulence more than 100km away from storm cells.
Pulished: 27 June 2012 under Engineering and IT
An interactive internet radio service, a remote area power system and a streamlined booking system for venues, are just some of the projects that are being translated from ideas to reality through a new entrepreneurial program at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 27 June 2012 under Architecture, Design and Construction
An exhibition which sees local architects turn their offices into art opens this week at the University’s Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (ABP).
Pulished: 27 June 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The University of Melbourne has a range of experts available to discuss the incoming carbon tax, household impacts and pollution abatement.
Pulished: 29 June 2012 under Architecture, Design and Construction
University of Melbourne students and members of the Pilbara region’s Indigenous community will celebrate the opening of the community hall they designed and built together today.
Pulished: 29 June 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A team of researchers from the University of Melbourne has developed a YouTube clip inviting families in Victoria to take part in research to help parents better respond to teenagers in the event that they develop a mental illness or physical injury during adolescence. The study is being led by Professor Tony Jorm from the Melbourne School of Population Health.
Pulished: 30 June 2012 under
The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Advanced Journalism has received a $200,000 Commonwealth grant to investigate the history and significance of press photography in Australia.
Pulished: 30 June 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne has been named Australia’s top-ranked university in 14 disciplines in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Pulished: 3 July 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
In The Complete Angler, writer, ironmonger, farmer and amateur fisherman Izaak Walton wrote that, after a good conscience, health is the second blessing, ‘a blessing that money cannot buy’. That was in 1653, but the wisdom remains as valid as ever.
Pulished: 4 July 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
A group of 10 young Indigenous singers will celebrate NAIDOC Week by taking part in an intensive training program for classical vocal music at the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 5 July 2012 under Science and the Environments
University of Melbourne physicists have contributed to the discovery of a particle consistent with the elusive Higgs boson, which could explain the origin of mass.
Pulished: 9 July 2012 under Science and the Environments
A husband and wife vet science team has developed a guide to help parents introduce their new baby to the family pet.
Pulished: 10 July 2012 under Science and the Environments
Internationally recognised chemist Professor Andrew Holmes has been awarded the 2012 Royal Medal – the only Australian in 10 years to receive the award.
Pulished: 10 July 2012 under Business and Economics
A detailed picture of how Australia coped during the global financial crisis has been provided by the latest report from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, produced by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 12 July 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
A study by the University of Melbourne has raised concerns about Hollywood’s treatment of menstruation, and whether it’s frightening girls into believing it is worse than the reality.
Pulished: 12 July 2012 under Engineering and IT
A select group of teachers from across Victoria will converge at the University of Melbourneto create a new secondary school curriculum; computer science for the ‘iGeneration.’
Pulished: 13 July 2012 under Science and the Environments
Research from the University of Melbourne has shown that two different vaccine viruses- used simultaneously to control the same condition in chickens- have combined to produce new infectious viruses, prompting early response from Australia’s veterinary medicines regulator.
Pulished: 16 July 2012 under
A rising number of University of Melbourne students are going on to graduate studies following the introduction of a new degree structure in 2008, a review has found.
Pulished: 17 July 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Australia’s reputation in India is improving, but swift action is needed to protect and build on the gains, according to a report to be launched in Sydney today.
Pulished: 17 July 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
An international team of researchers led by renowned stem cell scientist Professor Martin Pera has discovered a novel marker that plays an important role in our understanding of how cancer develops in the liver, pancreas and oesophagus.
Pulished: 18 July 2012 under Science and the Environments
In order to pass on their genes, southern dumpling squid engage in up to three hours of mating with each partner, but University of Melbourne researchers have found that this results in a reduced ability to swim for up to 30 minutes afterwards.
Pulished: 25 July 2012 under
Novel research projects across fields such as health, science and engineering have received 18 Australian Research Council Future Fellowships, awarded to the University of Melbourne from the Australian Government today.
Pulished: 25 July 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne will open its varied collections this weekend for the biennial Cultural Treasures Festival, featuring rarely displayed treasures in a series of free exhibitions, indoor and outdoor guided tours, and seminars.
Pulished: 27 July 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Internationally renowned music theatre expert, Oscar Hammerstein III, will headline a major Music Theatre Symposium at the Victorian College of the Arts, on August 13th.
Pulished: 31 July 2012 under Law
Leading constitutional law expert Professor Cheryl Saunders AO has been honoured with France’s highest accolade, the Légion d'honneur.
Pulished: 1 August 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The Australia India Institute, based at the University of Melbourne has launched a report to consider urgent issues relating to tobacco control in one of the world’s most populous nations. At the centre of the policy, is the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products to mitigate the tobacco epidemic in India.
Pulished: 6 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Researchers have found that a strain of dysentery-causing bacterium that originated from Europe centuries ago is spreading rapidly to Australia and some developing countries
Pulished: 7 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Fainting has complex causes involving both genetic predisposition and environmental triggers, a new study of twins led by the University of Melbourne and Austin Health has shown.
Pulished: 8 August 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Political leaders need to “get serious” quickly in their push for nuclear disarmament if they really want an Asian region – and world – free of the threat of nuclear war.
Pulished: 8 August 2012 under Business and Economics
City doctors would need a salary increase of up to $200,000 to entice them work in some country areas, a University of Melbourne study has determined.
Pulished: 8 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Australian doctors sometimes fail to warn patients of risks that could affect the patient’s quality of life before providing treatment or surgery, a new study led by University of Melbourne researchers has shown.
Pulished: 8 August 2012 under Science and the Environments
Research has revealed that the extremely hot, dry and windy conditions on Black Saturday combined with structures in the atmosphere called 'horizontal convective rolls' -similar to streamers of wind flowing through the air - which likely affected fire behaviour.
Pulished: 10 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The University of Melbourne has received $2.5m to set up a new Centre for Research Excellence to reduce bowel cancer by improving screening based on personal risk.
Pulished: 10 August 2012 under Engineering and IT
A review prepared by the University of Melbourne looks at new methods of water conservation and the need to transform policies and attitudes. The paper describes three emerging methods of addressing shortages: substituting high-quality water with lower-quality water where appropriate, creating drinking water from wastewater and reducing leaks and the volume needed for basic services.
Pulished: 12 August 2012 under Education
Children should be taught coping skills the same way they are taught to hold a pen or ride a bike, according to experts from Melbourne University’s Graduate School of Education.
Pulished: 14 August 2012 under
The University of Melbourne Council has offered Professor Glyn Davis an extension to his contract as Vice-Chancellor.
Pulished: 16 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Dinosaurs-like creatures may have injured themselves during leisurely deep-sea diving trips and not from resurfacing too quickly, as previously thought.
Pulished: 20 August 2012 under Science and the Environments
The start of the Universe should be modeled not as a Big Bang but more like water freezing into ice, according to a team of theoretical physicists at the University of Melbourne and RMIT University.
Pulished: 20 August 2012 under Education
The Gonski recommendations need to be implemented now, or Australia risks perpetuating educational disadvantage, according to a University of Melbourne expert.
Pulished: 22 August 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Melbourne scientists studying the impact obesity has on pregnancy, are urging men to get ‘match fit’ before conceiving to assist with fetal development.
Pulished: 24 August 2012 under Business and Economics
A University of Melbourne study has backed tough government measures to “coerce” early school leavers back in to education.
Pulished: 29 August 2012 under University Activities
Some of Australia and Latin America’s highest profile business leaders, diplomats, and academics will convene at the University of Melbourne today and tomorrow to discuss the health of, and future prospects for the relationship between Australia and Latin America.
Pulished: 30 August 2012 under Engineering and IT
In a major development, Bionic Vision Australia researchers have successfully performed the first implantation of an early prototype bionic eye with 24 electrodes.
Pulished: 4 September 2012 under Music and Performing Arts
The Victorian College of the Arts and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music will have a rich international flavour over the coming weeks, with four renowned foreign artists visiting to teach students.
Pulished: 5 September 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A University of Melbourne researcher has started a trial of acupuncture for menopausal women after finding many of her patients did not want hormone replacement therapy, the only treatment proven to help hot flushes.
Pulished: 5 September 2012 under
Australian women who take paid maternity leave after having a baby aren’t suffering any long term salary loss, a new University of Melbourne study has found.
Pulished: 6 September 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Women who undergo screening halve their risk of dying from breast cancer, a new study from the University of Melbourne has found.
Pulished: 12 September 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A team of Australian researchers, led by University of Melbourne has developed a genetic test that is able to predict the risk of developing Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD.
Pulished: 12 September 2012 under
A simple blood test for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Mad Cow disease is a step closer, following a breakthrough by medical researchers at the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 13 September 2012 under Science and the Environments
Explosions caused by boiling liquid could be reduced by suppressing the liquid from bubbling, according to a new University of Melbourne study.
Pulished: 14 September 2012 under
A ‘can do’ attitude is the key to a healthy lifestyle, University of Melbourne economists have determined.
Pulished: 17 September 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Up to 75 children from Ballarat will take part in a new teddy bear hospital at Yuille Park Community College. From today, Monday, the program, conducted by medical students from the The University of Melbourne, is a concept used to help young children ‘de-mystify’ the hospital experience.
Pulished: 17 September 2012 under Music and Performing Arts
Seven talented young Aboriginal dancers from around the country will take part in the Wilin Spring Intensive for Indigenous contemporary dance at the Victorian College of Arts this week (17-21 September).
Pulished: 17 September 2012 under Science and the Environments
A study led by the University of Melbourne has shown that even though Albert Park’s iconic black swans have ringside seats to the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, they don’t appear to be fans of the event.
Pulished: 18 September 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Melbourne researchers now have access to one of world’s most advanced imaging PET/CT scanners which will fast track treatments for brain disorders such as dementia, epilepsy, mental illness, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
Pulished: 26 September 2012 under
A group of Indigenous language researchers from the University of Melbourne is calling on the Federal Government to implement a proposal to introduce bilingual teaching programs in some schools.
Pulished: 26 September 2012 under
The University of Melbourne has refocused its research priorities to better address the major challenges facing the world and to increase its global research competitiveness.
Pulished: 1 October 2012 under Science and the Environments
Hay fever sufferers are being put on alert as Melbourne’s official pollen count starts today.
Pulished: 3 October 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The leaders of three prominent Australian research organisations have urged the federal government to adopt the recommendations of an independent review of the nation’s health and medical research sector.
Pulished: 4 October 2012 under University Activities
The University of Melbourne has jumped nine places to be ranked in the top 30 universities in the world and number one in Australia in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings.
Pulished: 5 October 2012 under Education
Uniform, responsibility and discipline can help young people develop important skills, new research has found.
Pulished: 8 October 2012 under
Australia can't afford to ignore international 'human security' issues — like hunger, disease and violence — if it secures a spot on the UN Security Council, according to a leading University of Melbourne analyst.
Pulished: 9 October 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Thirty years ago in 1982, history was made when the first cochlear hearing device was implanted and ‘switched on’. Since then, close to 200,000 people worldwide and of all ages have benefited from life-changing cochlear implant technology.
Pulished: 9 October 2012 under
The world’s first live link-up hip-hop battle between Australia and Korea will take place this weekend at Federation Square, as part of a University of Melbourne research project.
Pulished: 9 October 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The first network of its kind endorsing an integrative approach to the treatment of mental health has been launched as part of World Mental Health Week.
Pulished: 11 October 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
An Australian research team has discovered how specialised immune cells recognise products of vitamin B synthesis that are unique to bacteria and yeast, triggering the body to fight infection.
Pulished: 15 October 2012 under Music and Performing Arts
The Victorian College of the Arts at the University of Melbourne is calling on Music Theatre writers to submit new works, which could be developed into a major stage hit.
Pulished: 15 October 2012 under Business and Economics
Parents from poorer backgrounds are less likely to encourage their kids to finish high school, according to a new analysis from the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 17 October 2012 under Music and Performing Arts
The University of Melbourne will establish a new scholarship in honour of renowned Indian composer and performer, Dr Ravi Shankar.
Pulished: 18 October 2012 under Science and the Environments
An international team of researchers has found that female Komodo Dragons live half as long as males on average, seemingly due to their physically demanding ‘housework’ such as building huge nests and guarding eggs for up to six months.
Pulished: 18 October 2012 under Business and Economics
The old saying “fake it until you make it” might actually be sound professional advice, with new University of Melbourne research finding self-confidence is a key determinant of workplace success.
Pulished: 19 October 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded more than $89 million to improve the lives of people suffering cancer, autism and inflammatory pain.
Pulished: 23 October 2012 under Education
Belief in the centrality of education to national prosperity - shared by both former Australian Prime Ministers Menzies and Whitlam - “resonates today with the charter of every Australian university”, according to University of Western Sydney Vice-Chancellor Janice Reid.
Pulished: 23 October 2012 under Education
Cuts to University research funding, announced this week by the Federal Government will impact on Australia’s research competitiveness and ability to help the community address major social ills and will undermine the gains made in international rankings, University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis has warned.
Pulished: 29 October 2012 under Business and Economics
The University of Melbourne's Faculty of Business and Economics and Melbourne Business School will forge closer ties to further strengthen the global competitiveness of research and teaching in business and economics in Melbourne
Pulished: 30 October 2012 under Science and the Environments
As temperatures rise, University of Melbourne vets are reminding owners to protect their pets during snake season.
Pulished: 7 November 2012 under Engineering and IT
A team of Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) researchers based at the University of Melbourne have developed a novel method of capturing carbon dioxide that will reduce the cost of separating and storing the gas.
Pulished: 8 November 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The voices of high profile Indigenous women are being aired on a national radio campaign led by the University of Melbourne to help eliminate trachoma in remote Indigenous communities.
Pulished: 9 November 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts and Cultural Development will celebrate it's 10th birthday with a free concert and exhibition at Melbourne's Federation Square this month.
Pulished: 12 November 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Experts will gather in Melbourne this week to explore the crucial role law enforcement, especially through the activities of police forces, play in the protection and promotion of public health.
Pulished: 12 November 2012 under
Researchers at the University of Melbourne’s Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society, (IBES) have found teleworking, increases productivity and wellbeing and results in many positive benefits for individuals.
Pulished: 14 November 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The head of the UK's media ethics inquiry, Lord Justice Brian Leveson, will visit the University of Melbourne's Centre for Advanced Journalism in December.
Pulished: 14 November 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Eight young scientists from the University of Melbourne have been awarded 2012 Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for Victoria. Among the recipients are major Tall Poppy winners who were awarded for their work on preventing preeclampsia in pregnant women and sustainable protection of crops from insects
Pulished: 20 November 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A large survey of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people living in Victoria reveals almost two-thirds have been targets of racism in the past year, with nearly half reporting they had experienced six or more incidents a year.
Pulished: 20 November 2012 under Engineering and IT
Researchers from the University of Melbourne and partners at the University of California, San Diego are working together to design and build resilient streaming sensor networks for emergency response such as bushfires.
Pulished: 21 November 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The University of Melbourne has announced Dr Chris McAuliffe, Director of the Ian Potter Museum of Art, will resign from his position as of February.
Pulished: 21 November 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
The University of Melbourne will establish a School of Government to bolster the study of policy, public administration and governance as we enter the Asian Century.
Pulished: 22 November 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
People from China’s Uyghur minority are struggling to get higher status, higher paying jobs, which in turn is leading to a forced divide between different ethnic groups, according to a new University of Melbourne study.
Pulished: 26 November 2012 under University Activities
The Crown Prince of Belgium has overseen the signing of the University of Melbourne’s first university-wide agreement with a Belgian university.
Pulished: 27 November 2012 under Architecture, Design and Construction
Australia can forget compact, productive, equitable and fair cities until the Commonwealth fixes the major incentives given to households to divert savings into owner occupied housing, the University of Melbourne’s Chair of Urban Planning Professor Richard Tomlinson has warned.
Pulished: 29 November 2012 under Science and the Environments
Microscopic animals held algae captive and stole their genes for energy production, thereby evolving into a new and more powerful species many millions of years ago reveals a new study published today in the journal Nature.
Pulished: 4 December 2012 under Business and Economics
New research indicates the take home pay of female doctors with children is being dwarfed by the earnings of male GPs who choose to have kids, prompting calls for greater workplace flexibility.
Pulished: 5 December 2012 under History and Politics
American politicians (and their unofficial ad creators) are a nasty bunch when it comes to campaigning online, particularly when combining personal and issue attacks in advertisements posted to YouTube, University of Melbourne research has determined.
Pulished: 6 December 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
The University of Melbourne has announced an agreement with Bio Farma, a leading vaccine company, to develop an adjuvant, a vaccine delivery system, which could boost the effectiveness of vaccines for a range of infectious diseases including Hepatitis C, Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hepatitis B and Haemopilus influenza type B.
Pulished: 10 December 2012 under Engineering and IT
More than 100 water managers and scientists from across Australia are meeting in Canberra to develop a vision of how we better measure outcomes from water initiatives across Australia.
Pulished: 10 December 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
A University of Melbourne medical graduate has been awarded the prestigious 2013 Australia At Large Rhodes Scholarship, to study global health and improve clinical care.
Pulished: 10 December 2012 under Engineering and IT
More than 100 water managers and scientists from across Australia are meeting in Canberra to develop a vision of how we better measure outcomes from water initiatives across Australia.
Pulished: 13 December 2012 under Science and the Environments
Just in time to help plan the Christmas lunch menu, a University of Melbourne zoologist and a Melbourne chef have teamed up to produce a sustainable seafood website.
Pulished: 14 December 2012 under Business and Economics
Internet shoppers are more likely to buy if the first product review they encounter is a positive one even if subsequent reviews aren't as flattering, new University of Melbourne research has found
Pulished: 17 December 2012 under University Activities
Thirty-nine of Victoria’s highest achieving VCE students have accepted offers for scholarships under the Chancellor’s Scholars Program to study at the University of Melbourne next year.
Pulished: 18 December 2012 under Art, Culture and Society
Australian political leaders keep finding new and innovative ways to position themselves as ‘national defenders’ in the face of regional challenges and threats, according to new research by the University of Melbourne.
Pulished: 18 December 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
Melbourne academics are undertaking Australian first research to find out why lesbian and bisexual women are the leading ladies of risqué drinking.
Pulished: 19 December 2012 under Medicine and Health Science
University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded two prestigious Program Grants and 24 scholarships worth $16.7 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants.
Pulished: under Science and the Environments
University of Melbourne environmental scientists have welcomed the Federal Government's new plan for the Murray-Darling Basin, but warned the devil will be in the detail.