By Dr Kate MacNeill
The name Hilary Crampton has been synonymous with the arts management program at the University of Melbourne for over 10 years. Her sad and premature death earlier this month deeply affected not only her colleagues and past students, but also the Australian dance community within which she was fondly referred to [...]
The University of Melbourne is the only Australian university music school that has a section specifically dedicated to historical performance practice, and this special group of musicians will be celebrating early music at the Spring Early Music Festival from October 2 – 11.
Under the direction of Professor John Griffiths, the Festival brings together current [...]
The Australia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) of which the University is a founding member is joining with the State Government of Victoria to invite all members of the University community to take some time to support Victoria’s emergency volunteers.
A website, www.volunteer.vic.gov.au , has been set up for people to post a [...]
University researchers are currently working to create an Australian-first archive of advertising materials from Australian advertising firms.
The inter-disciplinary project also involves academics from RMIT University, senior members of the country’s advertising companies and the Advertising Federation of Australia as well as international academics from Brown University in the US.
Dr Jackie Dickenson and [...]
The knowledge transfer achievements of students and staff have been recognised at the annual Vice-Chancellor’s Knowledge Transfer Awards ceremony on 23 September.
Presenting the 2009 Awards, Vice-Chancellor Professor Glyn Davis said that knowledge transfer is “crucial for our research and everything we do in the research field, crucial for our teaching, crucial for our [...]
At 12 storeys, the Redmond Barry Building is the tallest building on campus. Named for the University’s first Chancellor, it was designed by architect and staff member Rae Featherstone, and construction began in 1959.
Close to Redmond Barry stands the Baldwin Spencer Building, named after the Foundation Professor of Biology whose Department was originally located [...]
The University of Melbourne’s Green Roof Research Program will look at tackling climate change through planting vegetation on city roofs and has won State Government funding to make the green roofs a reality.
University of Melbourne lecturer Dr Nicholas Williams said the Green Roof Research Program would also develop an understanding of the attitudes [...]
What is your unit?
Office of the Chancellor
What is your job title?
Assistant to the Chancellor
How long have you been with the University of Melbourne?
Close to seven years now
How did you come to work at the University?
I began as a casual for the Office of the Vice-Chancellor
Describe you typical day
I run for coffees, meet visitors, [...]
Mark Scott – former newspaper executive and now managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation – will give the A N Smith Lecture in Journalism on ‘The Fall of Rome: Media after Empire’ at the University in October.
The free lecture is at 6.30 pm on Wednesday 14 October in the Basement Theatre, New Economics and [...]
The University’s Melbourne Theatre Company has released its program for the 2010 season, which features a new production of Shakespeare’s Richard the Third and the world premiere of Hannie Rayson’s The Swimming Club.
Other highlights include Geoffrey Rush, Shane Jacobsen and Robyn Nevin in the Australian premiere of Tony award-winning musical comedy The Drowsy [...]
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