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1 Nov 2016
A joint research program between the University of Melbourne and Sharif University of Technology in Iran will focus on finding practical solutions to the urgent issues facing the Lake Urmia basin, a national priority for Iran.
11 Oct 2016
The University of Melbourne has recorded a significant achievement, moving up one place to 31 in the 2016 Performance of Scientific Papers for World Universities released today by National Taiwan University (NTU).
4 Oct 2016
Fermilab, the USA’s major high energy physics laboratory, CoEPP, Australia’s primary centre for particle physics research and the University of Melbourne have forged a new research partnership.
28 Sep 2016
A new series published in The Lancet, led by the University of Melbourne and featuring authors from leading global academic institutions, quantifies for the first time the health outcomes that could be gained through changes to urban design and the transport system
22 Sep 2016
The University of Melbourne has retained its place as the number one university in the country in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
22 Sep 2016
The University of Melbourne has been announced as one of the foundation partners in a new Translational Research Centre in Nanjing that will enable researchers and clinicians in Australia and China to fast-track discoveries in basic scientific research and translate these into improved care for patients around the world.
5 Sep 2016
An online contest in association with online platform Kaggle, the Mayo Clinic and University of Pennsylvania will let the globe’s keenest data scientists loose on the holy grail of epilepsy research — an algorithm that can predict seizures — using data from patients that has never before been available to researchers.
29 Aug 2016
An international conference examining inclusive energy solutions, being held at the University of Melbourne, will look at how access to energy can help reduce poverty, improve social inclusion, including balancing gender equity.
15 Aug 2016
The University of Melbourne has climbed four places in the prestigious Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities, further strengthening its place as Australia’s number one university.
15 Jul 2016
The University of Melbourne can confirm that four of its current students were in Nice during the Bastille Day truck attack.
14 Jun 2016
The University of Melbourne and the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) announced today that they have jointly acquired the Chromium™ System from US company10x Genomics®, providing Australia with one of the first opportunities outside the United States to utilise this powerful new genomic technology towards research that can significantly improve patient outcomes.
3 Jun 2016
Astronomers have produced the most detailed radio map yet of the atmosphere of Jupiter, revealing the massive movement of ammonia gas that underlies the planet’s colourful bands, spots and whirling clouds.
1 Jun 2016
Eminent scientists Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty and Professor Sharon Lewin have called for an increased level of collaboration and more funding for research to fight infectious diseases across the globe.
30 May 2016
Health Minister Jill Hennessy today announced Professor Kelsey Hegarty has been appointed as Australia’s first chair of Family Violence Prevention.
26 May 2016
By analysing the language of 65 000 Facebook users, researchers have found that females used language that was characteristic of compassion and politeness, while masculine language was more hostile and impersonal.
6 May 2016
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
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.
29 Apr 2016
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.
10 Mar 2016
Negative attitudes among Australian voters towards asylum seekers are driven by religious bigotry more than by racism or economic anxieties, according to a University of Melbourne report released today.
1 Mar 2016
The University of Birmingham and the University of Melbourne have signed an expansive new agreement to formally collaborate on research, education and cultural engagement.