3 Mar 2022
University appoints first Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Community)
The University of Melbourne has appointed Professor Pip Nicholson to the role of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (People and Community) and Deputy Provost.
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28 Feb 2022
Former Speaker Tony Smith and Mayor of Ipswich Teresa Harding awarded the 2021 McKinnon Prize
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Tony Smith and the Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, have been awarded the 2021 McKinnon Prize in Political Leadership.
28 Feb 2022
Response to conflict in Ukraine
University of Melbourne Deputy Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Michael Wesley has made a statement in response to the Russian attacks in Ukraine.
28 Feb 2022
University of Melbourne confers six honorary doctorates
A leader in the genomics revolution, a virologist who has driven public health reform in several countries and a miner who went on to oversee an iconic Australian airline are among six honorary doctorates conferred by the University of Melbourne this evenings.
22 Feb 2022
Campuses come alive as students return
Students are returning to the University of Melbourne campuses today for Melbourne Orientation after almost two years of remote learning, teaching and working.
18 Feb 2022
Dr Geoff Raby: Malcolm Fraser’s legacy of Australian foreign policy leadership
Australia’s former ambassador to China, Dr Geoff Raby AO, has called for Australia to demonstrate “strong, unsentimental leadership” in foreign policy to achieve its national interests in a rapidly changing multi-polar global order.
11 Feb 2022
Australia India Institute hosts India's External Affairs Minister
The Australia India Institute was honoured to host India’s External Affairs Minister, the Hon. Dr. S. Jaishankar as the keynote speaker for the official India Matters launch at the University of Melbourne.
10 Feb 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits University of Melbourne
United States Secretary of State, Mr Antony Blinken, today visited the University of Melbourne to meet with Biomedical Precinct partners, major research organisations and US biotech companies to highlight US-Australian public-private partnerships that supported the COVID-19 pandemic response.
8 Feb 2022
University welcomes students and staff back to campus
The University of Melbourne will warmly welcome students and staff back to campus for the start of Semester 1, after more than two years of remote learning, teaching and working.
14 Jan 2022
Determination and resilience pays off as 2022 student offers are released
Five courses at the University of Melbourne – the Bachelors of Arts, Science, Commerce, Biomedicine and Design – are ranked in the top 10 most popular courses for domestic students in Victoria, according to Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) first preference applications for 2022.
14 Jan 2022
New $23.3M Melbourne hub a significant boost to diabetes research
The University of Melbourne will lead one of two new national research centres – the Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovations (ACADI) – with funding of $23.3 million over the next four years, aimed at improving the lives of people living with diabetes.
23 Dec 2021
Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial
An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the University of Melbourne and Monash University receive $4.2 million to establish a six-month clinical trial lead by Northern Hospital in collaboration with Oxford University.
21 Dec 2021
University joins world-first consortium to fight global blindness
Australian leaders in corneal bioengineering have collaborated to form BIENCO, a consortium to develop bioengineered eye tissue to treat corneal blindness.
19 Dec 2021
Retinal immune cells may hold key to preventing diabetes-related vision loss
New research could form the basis for developing life-changing therapies that limit the impact of diabetic eye disease – a condition that could potentially affect some 1.7 million Australians, suffering from type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
16 Dec 2021
Minister updated on research into Omicron variant, AIID Foundation Partners Agreement signed
Victoria’s Minister for Innovation, Medical Research and the Digital Economy Jaala Pulford today visited the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity - one of the Foundation Partners of the new Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) along with the Burnet Institute and the University of Melbourne - to be briefed on the latest public health and research activities underway to better understand the COVID-19 Omicron variant.
16 Dec 2021
“Resilience and grit”: Top VCE students awarded scholarship
After a challenging final two years of school spent mostly learning from home, the highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne.
9 Dec 2021
Martine Letts to lead Asialink as new CEO
The University of Melbourne and Asialink – Australia’s leading centre for creative engagement in Asia — have appointed a new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Martine Letts.
1 Dec 2021
Eight University of Melbourne students receive New Colombo Plan Scholarships
Eight University of Melbourne students have been named as New Colombo Plan (NCP) Scholars for 2022, joining peers from around the country in this prestigious program.
1 Dec 2021
Victoria makes Australia’s First mRNA vaccine candidate
Victorian scientists and manufacturers have created Australia’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate – Australia’s first ever mRNA drug product – in just five months, enabling clinical trials to begin in the new year.
16 Nov 2021
Forging women’s pathways into politics honoured with top award
An innovative program to advance female participation in Australian politics has been recognised with a top philanthropy award.