University of Melbourne Magazine

Many women are frustrated by the slow pace of change in the gender balance in corporate Australia.

When disasters strike, forensic scientist Pamela Craig is often one of the first on the scene, using her dental knowledge to identify victims.

Australia’s Rio Olympics team is eyeing a top-five finish in the 2016 medal rankings, and chef de mission Kitty Chiller is pulling out all stops to achieve it.

It’s 60 years since Australia’s greatest satirical character, Edna Everage, made a reluctant stage debut at the University. Her creator, Barry Humphries, had no clue of the triumphs that would follow. Michael Shmith reports.

Australia needs a new generation of entrepreneurs, and the University is working hard to generate them.

So much is the same, yet so much has changed. Here are some of the ways in which the University of Melbourne has been transformed over the 50 years from 1964 to 2014.

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Alumni of the Melbourne School of Design are shaping the world we live in.

A gold mine in western Victoria has become the unlikely setting for a mission to resolve one of science’s great mysteries: what holds the universe together?

A laboratory in Parkville is playing a key role in protecting Australia against the world’s deadliest infectious diseases.

A close encounter with investment banker Mark Carnegie, a provocateur with a disarming vision for transforming society.

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