11 Jan 2023
Vale Emeritus Professor David Geoffrey Penington, 4/2/1930 – 6/1/2023
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Emeritus Professor David Penington AC on Friday 6 January at the age of 92.
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21 Dec 2022
Record Access Melbourne offers celebrate excellence from every background
The University of Melbourne has offered places to over 5400 students in the first Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) December offer round today, including a record number to undergraduate domestic students eligible for at least one of nine special entry categories through Access Melbourne, its Special Entry Access Scheme.
18 Dec 2022
University of Melbourne welcomes first twin PhD graduation
For the first time in its 168-year history, the University of Melbourne has awarded simultaneous PhDs to identical twins.
14 Dec 2022
Update on the future of U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital
The University of Melbourne has today confirmed changes regarding the future of the U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital (U-Vet), following a four-week consultation period with U-Vet and Melbourne Veterinary School staff.
13 Dec 2022
University of Melbourne signs sustainability and biodiversity pledge
The University of Melbourne has signed on as a founding member of the Nature Positive Universities Alliance, further reinforcing its commitment to preserving biodiversity and championing sustainability.
12 Dec 2022
Top VCE students awarded Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship
Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne, in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement in 2022.
12 Dec 2022
U-Vet announcement postponed
Today the University of Melbourne had planned to announce its decision around the future of the U-Vet Werribee Animal Hospital (U-Vet).
12 Dec 2022
University of Melbourne appoints new Chancellor
The University of Melbourne today announced the appointment of Jane Hansen AO as the 23rd Chancellor of the University commencing in the role on 1 January 2023.
7 Dec 2022
Colombo Plan Scholarships for four University of Melbourne students
Four University of Melbourne students have been named as New Colombo Plan Scholars for 2023, joining a cohort of 150 recipients from around the country.
7 Dec 2022
Biodiversity Council to spearhead solutions for our biodiversity crisis
Leading experts including Indigenous knowledge holders from 11 Australian universities have united with philanthropists to form a new council which will advocate for biodiversity.
1 Dec 2022
A gift to Australia: Professor Megan Davis and the Uluru Statement from the Heart
Professor Megan Davis delivered the keynote address at the Melbourne Town Hall when she accepted the Sydney Peace Prize for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, on behalf of Pat Anderson AO, Noel Pearson and herself.
28 Nov 2022
Virtual reading rooms make rare and special collections available to all
Two of Australia’s largest rare and special collections libraries are now available for the community to view and research online, with digital access to collection items being provided in one-on-one, real time Virtual Reading Room appointments.
25 Nov 2022
Truth-telling first step towards justice and transformation: Narrm Oration
“It is time for Victoria to acknowledge the historic and ongoing injustice experienced by First Peoples,” said Wergaia and Wamba Wamba Elder, Professor Eleanor Bourke AM, who will tonight deliver the University of Melbourne 2022 Narrm Oration, titled Truth, Understanding, Transformation: Laying the foundations for change.
24 Nov 2022
University confers honorary doctorate to Nobel Prize winner
The University of Melbourne has conferred an honorary doctorate on Professor Françoise Barré-Sinoussi.
23 Nov 2022
Record number of Pathways to Politics for Women alums running in Victorian election
A record number of alum of an innovative program advancing female participation in Australian politics are standing in this month’s Victorian state election.
7 Nov 2022
An international focus on Indigenous knowledge
The University of Melbourne is delivering on its commitment to elevating Indigenous knowledge in teaching and learning by co-hosting the inaugural workshop of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities’ (APRU) Indigenous Knowledges Working Group in Chiapas, Mexico.
4 Nov 2022
Research centre to predict how cells become a person using maths
The University of Melbourne will host a new Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence, receiving $35 million over seven years for research to help to build mathematical models that can predict and show the biological processes of cells forming into humans.
3 Nov 2022
New biotech incubator takes key step to drive translation of world-class medical research
The University of Melbourne, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), and CSL have appointed an independent operator for their new biotech incubator, launched to grow early-stage Australian biotech companies translating medical research into commercial outcomes.
3 Nov 2022
Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity welcomes 2023 cohort
Eighteen Fellows from Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand with a background in Indigenous social change have been selected for the fifth cohort of Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity (AFSE) program, based at the University of Melbourne.
2 Nov 2022
Wage Remediation Program update
The University of Melbourne is this week processing back payments arising out of its ongoing review of staff entitlements under the 2013 and 2018 enterprise agreements. Back payments for current and former casual employees are the first tranche of payments being processed, as part of this comprehensive review.