Professor Margaret Abernethy, Dean of the Facullty of Economics and Commerce with her IBM Community and Government Award at the National Telstra Business Women’s Awards.
Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, Professor Margaret Abernethy, has won the prestigious 2008 National Telstra IBM Community and Government Business Woman of the Year.
In November, Professor Abernethy [...]
Dr Berhan Ahmed, from the University of Melbourne’s School of Land and Environment.
African-Australian community leader Dr Berhan Ahmed, a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Forest Ecosystem Science at the University of Melbourne’s School of Land and Environment, has been named the Victoria Australian of the Year 2009.
Dr Ahmed is chairman of the African [...]
By Christina Buckridge
The University’s newest faculty and one of its oldest will have new deans in 2009. From April 2009, Professor Sharman Pretty will become founding Dean of the new Faculty of the VCA and Music, and Professor Robert Saint, Dean of the Faculty of Science.
The Faculty of the VCA and Music comes into existence [...]
Celebrating their graduation from the Student Ambassador Leadership Program from left to right; Muntasir Said (Bachelor of Engineering), Maybelle Lai (Bachelor of Law/Commerce), Michael Mattvey (Bachelor of Engineering (IT)/Bachelor of Science), Simia Huda (Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and Finance) and Syed Hussein (Master of Training and Development).
By Wendy Lewis
University students and staff recently celebrated the [...]
Three University of Melbourne academics are among 19 new fellows recently elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities in recognition that they ‘have achieved the highest distinction in scholarship in the humanities’.
Professor Antonia Finnane, Professor in the School of Historical Studies, was recognised for her contribution to social history and material culture in [...]
Western Australian poet Caroline Caddy has won the 2008 Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry sponsored by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Melbourne.
The prize was awarded for Ms Caddy’s work ‘Esperance’, published by Fremantle Press in 2007.
The Wesley Michel Wright Prize in Poetry, worth close to $4,000 in 2008, is open to [...]
University of Melbourne student Renee Carr has been named a Commonwealth Bank Green Ambassador for producing an environmental handbook that will help university colleges and residential halls around Australia fight climate change.
The handbook outlines best sustainability practices to implement at colleges and outlines ways to reduce electricity, gas and water usage, and how to reduce [...]
Dr Guy Yates, Clinical Head in the Small Animal Surgery section and Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at the Veterinary Clinic and Hospital.
Dr Guy Yates has been promoted to the position of Clinical Head in the Small Animal Surgery section and Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery.
This role will combine the teaching of students [...]
The University of Melbourne provides a range of waste management and collection services for staff and students that includes recycling toner cartridges, computer and electronic equipment, mobile phones, polystyrene as well as commingle recycling (paper, cardboard, food packaging and containers). Approximately 95 per cent of items placed in the commingle recycling bins are recycled by [...]
Professor Patrick McGorry, Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health.
The Guest Column is an opportunity to look at issues from a different perspective. Opinions expressed are those of the contributor.
Professor Pat McGorry, Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health, has been responsible for the design, construction and evolution of a range of innovative youth mental health service [...]
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