Name: Margee Glover
Org. Unit: The Ian Potter Museum Of Art
Title: Communications and Outreach Officer
How long have you been with Melbourne University? Three and a half years. Originally as an advertising officer in HR and most recently at the Potter.
Prior to working at Melbourne, where did you work and what was your role? I was in [...]
The University of Melbourne is to oversee the development of the largest supercomputing facility in the world to support life sciences research.
The new supercomputer will sit as an integral part of a $100 million Life Sciences Computational Centre to be established at the University to develop the computational capabilities of our scientists, biologists and technicians.
This [...]
The University of Melbourne is expecting more than 60,000 visitors to pass through its gates on 17 August for the University’s 2008 Open Day. Open Day activities will be held at Parkville, Victorian College of the Arts (Southbank), Burnley and Dookie campuses.
The theme of this year’s event is ‘DreamLarge’. There will be international comedians, live [...]
The University of Melbourne ran a highly successful open day program – “Experience Melbourne University” – across four countries in South-East Asia during May 2008.
More than 50 academics and representatives of Trinity College, International Student Services, Careers and Employment, Alumni, Asialink and the Hawthorn Language Centre took part in the program. Core activities in all [...]
The University of Melbourne has opened a new Media Centre, in the Sidney Myer Asia Centre on Swanston Street, with a media conference to announce a major research infrastructure initiative.
The Centre has been established by Marketing and Communications. It has the capability to provide streamed video for national television and cable providers, giving access to [...]
‘Switch off’ to help reduce electricity usage
Remember to switch off your computer and monitor at the wall before you leave the building.
Ensure you (or the last person to leave), switches off:
All lights (including those in lecture theatres, meeting rooms, kitchens and toilets).
All equipment/appliances (i.e. photocopiers, faxes, printers, kettles, coffee machines).
Air conditioning How many people have [...]
The University Council has endorsed a 10-year strategy for Melbourne’s scholarly information collections, services and technologies, from the University’s Information Futures Commission.
The introduction of the Melbourne Model provided the University with a rare opportunity to re-assess and re-imagine the scholarly information environment at a time when disruptive technologies are causing transformational change in society.
The resulting [...]
The University of Melbourne with a staff and student population of around 50,000 is the equivalent of a large regional town.
Since 2000, the University has actively been trying to reduce its overall energy and water consumption and has been relatively successful. Reductions of 14 per cent have been achieved in energy consumption from 2004 to [...]
Professor Iven Mareels has been appointed as the new Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne. Recently named as one of Australia’s Top 100 most influential engineers by Engineers Australia Magazine, he has been leading the Faculty over the past year following Professor Jannie van Deventer’s resignation as Dean.
Working in the field of bio-engineering, [...]
A student-designed software program which helps drought-plagued farmers save water has won a top international prize.
Information Systems and Computer Science student Ed Hooper has beaten competition from around the globe to win the world final of the Microsoft Imagine Cup for software design in Paris.
Ed Hooper’s team was awarded the coveted prize at a ceremony [...]
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