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VCAM School of Music to celebrate with new brass and percussion fanfare
One of the University of Melbourne’s most successful music graduates, Benjamin Northey, is returning to conduct the University’s Symphony Orchestra in concert at the Melbourne Town Hall tomorrow Wednesday 28 April at 7.30pm.
Australian businesses will need to be sustainable to compete, new national study reveals
Australian businesses will need to engage in sustainability reporting in the future to remain competitive, according to a new report.
Back to the future: Architecture Alumni Retrospective Series brings history & ideas to the University of Melbourne
Leading Australian architecture firm Jackson Architecture – behind such designs as the MCG’s Southern Stand and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music – will exhibit at the first Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning’s ‘Alumni Retrospective Series’ for 2010.
Office for Environmental Programs a finalist in sustainability
The teaching program of the University of Melbourne’s Office for Environmental Programs has been announced as a finalist in the Tertiary Education category of the 2010 Premier’s Sustainability Awards, and is in the running for the coveted Premier’s Recognition Award.
Melbourne dogs face fatal virus epidemic
University of Melbourne vets are warning that owners with unvaccinated dogs or dogs with uncertain vaccination histories should visit their local clinic immediately to protect their pets against the potentially deadly Canine Parvovirus. Melbourne veterinary clinics have seen a sharp rise in cases of Canine Parvovirus, a severe gastrointestinal infection which can be fatal for small and elderly dogs.
Expert calls for global protocols on international education
Leading higher education commentator Simon Marginson has called on all nations involved in exporting and importing education to establish a set of global protocols to secure the safety, human security and human rights of globally mobile students.
The challenge of governance across a rapidly changing world
The groundbreaking book ‘Worlds in Transition’, which explores democratic decision-making from local to planetary scale, will be launched at the University of Melbourne today. Co-authors Professor Jim Falk from the University of Melbourne and Professor Joseph Camilleri, from La Trobe University, have been praised for their work, providing ‘insights into the perils of our era’ and ‘issuing a clarion call for a system of multi-tiered governance to address them.’
Human fossil discovery - evidence of new Homo species
The University of Melbourne has played a key role in dating a new species of human fossil found in South Africa.
Professor Richard Sinnott appointed new eResearch Director
Leading computer scientist Professor Richard O. Sinnott has been appointed as the eResearch Director for the University of Melbourne.
New mums beat the blues and increase wellbeing with physio exercise, study reveals
Exercising in the first three months after giving birth, can reduce the risk of Postnatal Depression (PND) and increase wellbeing, a University of Melbourne study conducted at Angliss Hospital, has revealed.
