University of Melbourne Magazine

A Melbourne alumna is set to be Victoria’s next head of state.

A world-first high-tech classroom launched at the University will help researchers to better understand how learning takes place in the brain and to improve teaching.

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?

Melbourne scientists are hoping to unravel the mysteries of dark matter in a new laboratory to be constructed in the depths of a Victorian gold mine. But what exactly is dark matter?

We can now access huge amounts of knowledge from the human genome – but this knowledge doesn’t come for free. Christine Kenneally explores the implications of being able to unpick our most personal data.

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.

The class of 2015 will find themselves entering a very different world of work than their predecessors of even a decade ago. Val McFarlane meets the men examining how we work now – and what the future might bring.

From boat to schoolyard to Australian future, a new research project will examine the history of our child refugees.

Top