University researchers awarded the Hanson Medal for their article on AI use in teaching
11 March 2024
Researchers from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology have been awarded the Hanson Medal by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)....
Professor John Hajek awarded Order of the Star of Italy by Consul-General of Italy
29 February 2024
Professor of Italian Studies John Hajek has received the Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy (Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia) in recognition...
Award recognises importance of mental health in construction sector
27 February 2024
Dr Huey Wen Lim, McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow within the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, has been awarded the CIB Keith Hampson ECR-Industry award 202...
Faculty of Education team place highly at UN Datathon
26 February 2024
A University of Melbourne-led team has achieved 2nd place on the international stage in the UN Datathon competition....
PhD candidate Sarah Horton recognised for stuttering research
19 December 2023
Sarah Horton, a third-year PhD student in Speech Pathology at the University of Melbourne and practising speech pathologist was recently awarded the Travers Reid Aw...
Research team wins national Excellence Award for improving ventilation systems for infection control
12 December 2023
A team of University of Melbourne engineers has been awarded the prestigious Australian Institute of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heating (AIRAH) ‘Excellence in H...
Dr Sophie Lamond awarded for higher education sustainability research
12 December 2023
Dr Sophie Lamond has been awarded a 2023 AASHE Sustainability Award for outstanding research in higher education sustainability, by the Association for the Advancement of Sust...
University of Melbourne students and graduates recognised for outstanding design work
11 December 2023
Current and former students from the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning were amongst the Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects prize recipien...
University of Melbourne Professor awarded Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
8 December 2023
University of Melbourne Professor Graeme Clark AC has been awarded one of the world's most prestigious prizes for applying engineering to health care....
Dr Dave McDonald awarded National Library of Australia Fellowship
30 November 2023
Dr Dave McDonald, Faculty of Arts Senior Lecturer in Criminology, has been awarded a 2024 National Library of Australia Fellowship for his research From Care to Carcerality: U...
Impactful research spotlighted in NHMRC’s '10 of the Best'
30 November 2023
Projects led by Professor Cath Chamberlain, Professor Lex Doyle and Associate Professor Linda Wakim from the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences have been featu...
Porous Lane’s recycled tyre pavement wins 2023 Premier’s Sustainability Award
27 November 2023
Porous Lane, a Melbourne-based company, has won the Waste and Recycling Solutions Community Champion award in the 2023 Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards....
University of Melbourne student wins National Rural and Remote Health award
23 November 2023
Jasmine Davis, a dedicated student, leader and community member passionate about championing rural health, has been awarded the Rural/Remote Health Advocate of the Year award...
Four University of Melbourne initiatives win Engagement Australia Excellence Awards
23 November 2023
The University of Melbourne has won four awards at this year’s Engagement Australia Excellence Awards, in recognition of its commitment to partnering for societal impact...
Andrew Devine awarded the Universitas 21 Scholarship for professional staff
21 November 2023
Andrew Devine, Manager Student Advising (Course Planning), in Student and Scholarly Services at the University of Melbourne has been awarded the Universitas 21 Scholarship for...
Dr Laura Dooley awarded the Universitas 21 Fellowship for academic staff
21 November 2023
Dr Laura Dooley from the Faculty of Science has been awarded this year's Universitas 21 (U21) Fellowship for academic staff....
VCA alumni Francis Carmody and Matthew Asling awarded the Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship
17 November 2023
Victorian College of the Arts alumni Francis Carmody and Matthew Asling are the recipients of the 2023 Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship for the arts....
University of Melbourne academics named as Highly Cited Researchers
16 November 2023
Forty-three University of Melbourne researchers have been named in the Clarivate annual global list of Highly Cited Researchers....
Professor David Bissell elected Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
13 November 2023
Professor David Bissell, urban mobility expert and geographer for the Faculty of Science has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia....
Professor Kate McGregor elected Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
10 November 2023
Professor Kate McGregor, Deputy Associate Dean International (Indonesia) for the Faculty of Arts has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australi...
University of Melbourne named Sustainability Institution of the Year at Green Gown Awards Australasia
9 November 2023
The University of Melbourne has been recognised by the Green Gown Awards for its significant and ongoing achievements in Leading the Circular Economy and as Sustainability Ins...
Professor Sally Male wins World Federation of Engineering Organisations Medal for education excellence
9 November 2023
Professor Sally Male, Director of the Teaching and Learning Laboratory in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), has been awarded the 2023 World Federat...
University of Melbourne Associate Director awarded Tracy McCabe Future Leader Fellowship
8 November 2023
University of Melbourne Associate Director, International Research (Acting), Maria Roitman, has been awarded a Tracy McCabe Future Leader Fellowship....
Big data pioneer awarded L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Fellowship
6 November 2023
University of Melbourne data science innovator Dr Renata Borovica-Gajic has been awarded a prestigious 2023 L'Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship (Australia and New Z...
Professor Sharon Lewin awarded Honorary Doctorate from La Trobe University
3 November 2023
In a celebration of scientific excellence, La Trobe University recently awarded the honorary Doctor of Science to University of Melbourne Laureate Professor Sharon Lewin AO, D...
Climate trailblazer Dr Conrad Wasko awarded prestigious ATSE Medal
27 October 2023
Dr Conrad Wasko, an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, has been awarded the Australian Academy of Technological Sc...
University of Melbourne Director of Museums and Collections, Rose Hiscock, receives 2023 Change-maker of the Year Award
23 October 2023
The 2023 Change-maker of the Year Award was presented to Rose Hiscock, Director of Museums and Collections at the University of Melbourne, on Tuesday 10 October at the 2023 Vi...
Dr Arjuna Dibley receives Paul Bourke Award for early-career social sciences research
19 October 2023
Dr Arjuna Dibley, Melbourne Climate Futures Senior Research Fellow and head of the Sustainable Finance Hub, has been awarded the Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research by...
University of Melbourne academics named Fellows of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
11 October 2023
University of Melbourne academics have been named among the new Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)....
CEO of University of Melbourne-supported startup receives Engineers Australia award
5 October 2023
The CEO of a University of Melbourne-supported startup developing re-useable and adjustable mould frame for casting curved concrete panels in building construction has receive...
Health researchers awarded Franklin Women’s Carer’s Scholarship
3 October 2023
Dr Bao Nguyen, Research Fellow in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, and Optometry and Vision Sciences, Faculty of M...
Dr Sapna Devi receives 2023 Daniel Rechtman Research Award from The CASS Foundation
26 September 2023
Dr Sapna Devi, Research Officer in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Doherty Institute, has received the 2023 Daniel Rechtman Research Award by The CASS Fou...
Engineering champion Grant Maher awarded 2023 Kernot Medal
8 August 2023
Grant Maher, founding Director at engineering consultancy Jabin Group and inaugural Chairman of Engineers Australia’s Indigenous Engineers Group, has been awarded the 20...
PhD project on capturing 'tiny, precious' copper minerals wins Three-Minute Thesis competition
7 August 2023
University of Melbourne PhD student Regina de Medeiros has won the Australasian Colloid and Interface Society (ACIS) 3 Minute Thesis Competition (3MT®), which recognises i...
Professor Russell Thompson receives two prestigious transport awards
1 August 2023
Professor Russell Thompson from the Department of Infrastructure Engineering has received two international transport industry awards, recognising his contribution to the frei...
Concrete road barriers made from recycled tyres receives innovation award
28 July 2023
A collaborative recycling project turning waste tyres into concrete road barriers has been awarded for innovation excellence....
Dr Carolien Van de Sandt recognised for viral immunology work
6 July 2023
Dr Carolien van de Sandt, ARC-DECRA Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty...
Dr Wafa Johal receives Women in AI Award for AI in Education
28 June 2023
Dr Wafa Johal, an ARC DECRA Fellow in the School of Computing and Information Systems, has been awarded the 2023 Women in AI Award for 'AI in Education'....
Conductor Nicolette Fraillon awarded Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award
26 June 2023
Australian conductor Nicolette Fraillon AM has been awarded the 2023 Sir Bernard Heinze Memorial Award, at an Australian Ballet performance of Identity at Arts Centre Melbourn...
University's records management wins Victorian public sector awards
8 June 2023
The University of Melbourne has won two Sir Rupert Hamer Records Management Awards, for the University Records Digital Preservation Project and the delivery of a Records Manag...
Winners of the 2023 Arts Alumni Awards announced
1 June 2023
The Faculty of Arts is thrilled to announce the winners of its 2023 Arts Alumni Awards, presented by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts the Reverend Professor Russell Goulbourne...
Professor Leann Tilley awarded European Molecular Biology Laboratory Lifetime Achievement Award
1 June 2023
Professor Leann Tilley, professor of biochemistry and pharmacology at the Bio21 Institute, has been awarded a European Molecular Biology Laboratory Lifetime Achieve...
Professor Graeme Clark wins Rehabilitation International Centennial Award
31 May 2023
Professor Graeme Clark AC has received a prestigious award from global disability advocacy group Rehabilitation International, for inventing the multi-channel cochlear implant...
Associate Professor Jagannath Aryal receives Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Award for Educational Development
24 May 2023
Associate Professor Jagannath Aryal has received the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards Educational Development Award for his contributions to the transfer of skills and k...
Associate Professor Shawana Andrews and Dr. Owen Bradfield receive Premier’s Awards for health research
24 May 2023
Associate Professor Shawana Andrews and Dr. Owen Bradfield have received 2022 Premier's Awards for Health and Medical Research, which recognise the exceptional cont...
Professor Sharon Lewin awarded BioMelbourne Network Distinguished Leadership Award
15 May 2023
Professor Sharon Lewin, Director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, has received the 2023 Distinguished Leadership Award from BioMelbourne Network in r...
Professor Laura Mackay receives LEO Foundation Award for T cells research
11 May 2023
Professor Laura Mackay has won the LEO Foundation Award for the Asia-Pacific Region for her field redefining work in immunological memory....
Associate Professor Toby Murray joint-winner of 2022 ACM Software System Award
9 May 2023
Associate Professor Toby Murray, from the School of Computing and Information Systems, is a joint winner of the 2022 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Software System...
Associate Professor Colin Scholes awarded Grimwade Prize for Industrial Chemistry
8 May 2023
Associate Professor Colin Scholes, head of the Scholes Research Group based in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the Grimwade Prize for the finest origi...
Digital health education and research team win teaching innovation award
27 March 2023
A team from the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS) has won an Australasian Society for Computers in L...
Professor Jenny Lewis receives the 2023 IRSPM Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award
24 March 2023
Professor Jenny Lewis has been awarded the International Research Society for Public Management’s (IRSPM) Routledge Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of an outs...
Dr Carolien van de Sandt receives Viruses Early Career Investigator Award
22 March 2023
Dr Carolien van de Sandt, an ARC-DECRA Research Fellow in the University of Melbourne’s Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infe...
Researchers awarded Australia India Research Students Fellowships
8 March 2023
Four University of Melbourne researchers have been awarded an Australia India Research Students (AIRS) Fellowship for 2023....
AIMES wins two Intelligent Transport Systems Australia Awards
2 March 2023
The University of Melbourne-based Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) has been acknowledged with two awards at the 13th Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Aust...
Major international award for improving epilepsy treatments
2 March 2023
Associate Professor Piero Perucca from the Department of Medicine (Austin Health) has been awarded the Michael Prize 2023 in the field of pharmacology and pharmacotherapy for...
Associate Professor Tamsyn Van Rheenen awarded Fellowship for research to support mood disorder treatments
1 March 2023
Associate Professor Tamsyn Van Rheenen has won an Al and Val Rosenstrauss Fellowship from the Rebecca L. Cooper Medical Research Foundation, to support research efforts to cha...
Three researchers elected Fellows of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
7 February 2023
Professors Christina Lim, Pierluigi Mancarella and Ying Tan have been elected as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellows for 2023. They are based in t...
World Cancer Day awards for early career researchers
1 February 2023
Several promising early careers researchers within the Melbourne biomedical precinct have been awarded grants of up to $100,000 each to advance their cancer research....
Essay on Indigenous-led model of health practice receives international award
31 January 2023
An essay outlining how place-based Indigenous cultural practices can address disparities in health outcomes for First Nations young people has been awarded a Journal of Archit...
Dr Shanaka Kristombu Baduge receives Churchill Fellowship for hydrogen storage, industry award for residential slab innovation
20 January 2023
Dr Shanaka Kristombu Baduge has been awarded the Churchill Fellowship to design and build next-generation hydrogen storage infrastructure, and the Housing Industry Association...
University researchers receive veski Victoria Fellowships
15 December 2022
Five early-career researchers from the University of Melbourne have received Victoria Fellowships, delivered by veski on behalf of the Victorian Government....
Pursuit wins Universities Australia Award for Excellence In University Research Reporting
12 December 2022
Pursuit, the University of Melbourne’s news research website, has been recognised for its “powerful storytelling” after receiving The Universities Australia...
University researchers receive 2022 Scopus Research Awards
9 December 2022
Associate Professor Meghan Bohren and Professor Tuan Ngo have been awarded The Australia and New Zealand Scopus Researcher Awards of 2022 for their strong presence in internat...
PhD candidate Gregory Tanyi receives Marconi Society Young Scholar Award
8 December 2022
Electrical and Electronic Engineering PhD candidate Gregory Tanyi has received the prestigious 2022 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award for his innovations in an on...
International recognition for architecture student Jacky Lam
7 December 2022
University of Melbourne student Jacky Lam has received a Bronze Medal commendation as part of the President's Medals awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA...
PhD candidate Belinda Young recognised at Australian of the Year Awards
2 December 2022
University of Melbourne PhD candidate Belinda Young has been awarded Victorian Local Hero at the 2023 Australian of the Year Awards....
Professor Ying Tan named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow
25 November 2022
Professor Ying Tan been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow of 2023....
Conservation team for Bendigo’s Imperial dragon win cultural conservation award
22 November 2022
A team working on conserving Loong 龍, the world’s oldest surviving intact Imperial processional dragon has been awarded the prestigious Australian Institute for the Cons...
Academics join 2022 Superstars of STEM cohort
18 November 2022
Four University of Melbourne academics have been named as Superstars of STEM by Science and Technology Australia in an announcement made by the Minister for Industry and Scien...
University academics named as Highly Cited Researchers
18 November 2022
Thirty-eight University of Melbourne researchers have been named in the Clarivate annual global list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR)....
New Academy of Social Sciences in Australia Fellows
16 November 2022
Four University of Melbourne academics have been welcomed as Fellows into the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA), recognising their outstanding contribution to the...
Marles Medal winners announced for 2022
16 November 2022
Research excellence at the University has been celebrated by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles MP and attendees of Tuesday's Marles Medal presentation for 2022....
Melbourne named among most socially sustainable universities in Australasia and the Pacific
11 November 2022
At the 18th annual Asia Pacific Higher Education Summit held in Jakarta in November, the University of Melbourne was named in the top three most socially sustainable universit...
Dr Xia (Emma) Liang receives 2022 International Fertilizer Association Emerging Scholar Award
2 November 2022
Dr Xia (Emma) Liang was one of two winners of the 2022 International Fertilizer Association (IFA) Emerging Scholar Awards, recently announced at the IFA Strategic Forum held i...
University production wins London International Film Festival award
31 October 2022
‘Breach Investigation’, a short film by Associate Professor Sean Maynard and Associate Professor Atif Ahmad in the School of Computing and Information Systems in t...
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering 2022 Awards
27 October 2022
Three University of Melbourne innovators have received Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) 2022 Awards....
Dr Elizabeth Lakey awarded the Universitas 21 Fellowship for academic staff
25 October 2022
Dr Elizabeth Mairi Lakey from the Faculty of Arts has been awarded this year's Universitas 21 (U21) Fellowship for academic staff....
Kathy Ryan awarded the Universitas 21 Scholarship for professional staff
25 October 2022
Kathy Ryan has been awarded this year's Universitas 21 (U21) Scholarship for professional staff....
Dr Peter Sweatman awarded ITS World Congress Lifetime Achievement Award
24 October 2022
Dr Peter Sweatman, Enterprise Professor in Transport Technologies in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, has been awarded the Intelligent Transport Systems...
2022 Arts Alumni Award winners announced
17 October 2022
The Faculty of Arts is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 Arts Alumni Awards, who were presented with their awards by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts the Reverend Pr...
Dr Airlie Chapman and Dr Sejeong Kim awarded Young Tall Poppy Science Awards
4 October 2022
Dr Airlie Chapman and Dr Sejeong Kim have been awarded Young Tall Poppy Science Awards for 2022 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS)....
Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Awards announced
19 September 2022
More than 20 promising early-career researchers from a range of disciplines at the University of Melbourne have received Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Care...
Research Outputs team awarded 2022 Paul Taylor Award for Excellence in Research Management Practice
19 September 2022
The University of Melbourne’s Research Outputs team has been awarded the 2022 Paul Taylor Award for Excellence in Research Management Practice....
Research support staff from across faculties and disciplines receive excellence award
15 September 2022
A team from the University of Melbourne has been awarded the 2022 Paul Taylor Award for Excellence in Research Management Practice....
Professor Sharon Lewin awarded Outstanding Female Researcher for 2022
8 September 2022
Professor Sharon Lewin AO FAHMS, Director at the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and President of the International AIDS Society has been awarded the Outstanding...
FVAS Associate Professor Zhongxiang Fang awarded Jack Kefford Award for Best Paper
7 September 2022
The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology has awarded the 2022 Jack Kefford Award for Best Paper to Associate Professor Zhongxiang Fang from the Faculty of Veter...
McMonty Medihood wins MTPConnect award for Most Substantial Impact in the Australian Health Sector
30 August 2022
The world-first isolation hood developed by Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) researchers to protect hospital patients and staff from the spread of airb...
Raingarden design wins Innovation Challenge for Fishermans Bend
29 August 2022
A raingarden concept using locally made construction waste materials is set to become a reality at Fishermans Bend, winning $70,000 from the City of Melbourne Fishermans Bend...
Dr Ruwan Epa has received the 2022 Kaye Merlin Brutton Bequest Award to advance cancer treatments
26 July 2022
Dr Ruwan Epa, Research Fellow from the Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute and School of Chemistry, has been awarded the Kaye Merlin Brutton Bequest Award to a...
FVAS lecturer receives Australian Veterinary Association Excellence in Teaching award
15 July 2022
Announced recently at the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) conference, Dr Laura Dooley has received the AVA's Excellence in Teaching award, the premier teaching award o...
ARES Rocketry team wins the Charles Hoult Award at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup
28 June 2022
The University's Aerospace and Rocket Engineering Society (ARES)'s Rocketry Team has impressed judges at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup (SAC) with their technical excellence a...
PhD candidates win startup ideas contest in bid to accelerate clinical drug trials
27 June 2022
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology PhD candidates Mr Denzil Furtado and Ms Paula Cevaal and Research Fellow Dr Matthew Faria have been named winners of Blackbir...
Associate Professor David Kok and Dr Sathana Dushyanthen win prestigious Gold Telly Award
3 June 2022
Associate Professor David Kok and Dr Sathana Dushyanthen have won a Gold Award at the 43rd annual Telly Awards for their highly informative video lesson, Stereotactic Radiothe...
Kristy Gardner receives the Yiaga Ngarnga Scholarship for Infection and Immunity
31 May 2022
Kamilaroi woman Kristy Gardner has received the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity's first ever Indigenous health PhD scholarship, the Yiaga Ngarnga Scholarshi...
Better Knee, Better Me program wins clinical trials award
30 May 2022
The Better Knee, Better Me trial conducted by the University of Melbourne Department of Physiotherapy in partnership with Medibank and Austin Health has won the inaugural ...
Professor Richard Robson elected Fellow of the Royal Society
17 May 2022
Professor Richard Robson, Professorial Fellow in the School of Chemistry, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society for his outstanding contribution to science....
Dr Anastasios Polyzos awarded Grimwade Prize for Industrial Chemistry
16 May 2022
Dr Anastasios Polyzos has been awarded the Grimwade Prize, which recognises the best original research in industrial chemistry undertaken in Victoria during the past five year...
Dr Demi Gao awarded Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry Fellowship
16 May 2022
University of Melbourne biomedical engineer Dr Demi Gao has been awarded a 12-month Researcher Exchange and Development within Industry (REDI) Fellowship to develop an artific...
Dr Christopher Hall receives Selby Research Award
16 May 2022
Dr Christopher Hall has received the 2022 Selby Research Award to develop a new technique for probing drug structure and bonding....
ARC Centre for Medical Implant Technologies receives 2022 ACGR Award for Excellence
13 May 2022
The Australian Research Council Training Centre for Medical Implant Technologies (ARC CMIT) has been awarded the 2022 Australian Council of Graduate Research (ACGR) Award for...
Project EDGE wins APEC ESCI Best Practice Award
12 May 2022
University of Melbourne-led EDGE project has been awarded the 2022 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI) Best Practices Awa...
Professor Bob Cowan receives Cooperative Research Australia Lifetime Achievement Award
12 May 2022
World-renowned hearing expert Professor Bob Cowan has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Industry-Research Collaboration by Cooperative Research A...
Associate Professor Lauren Ayton receives 2022 BioMelbourne Emerging Leadership Award
10 May 2022
Associate Professor Lauren Ayton is one of three women named in the 2022 BioMelbourne Network Women in Leadership Awards, receiving the Emerging Leadership Award....
Meenakshi Arora wins India Australia Business and Community Alliance Australia India Impact Award
5 May 2022
Associate Professor Meenakshi Arora from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) has been awarded the India Australia Business and Community Alliance (IAB...
Thomas Huntingford awarded 2022 National Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture
5 May 2022
Melbourne School of Design (MSD) Master of Architecture student Thomas Huntingford has been named joint winner of the 2022 Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture th...
COVID ventilation hood wins WorkSafe Health and Safety Solution of the Year award
4 May 2022
An innovative personal ventilation hood developed by a team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Western Health and CSIRO, that protects...
Students receive Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarships
3 May 2022
Seven University of Melbourne undergraduate students have received a Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarship, supporting them to spend up to two semesters at an exchange institutio...
Premier’s Awards for clinical research on knee osteoarthritis, stroke risk for First Nations communities
26 April 2022
Two University health and medical researchers, Dr Rachel Nelligan and Dr Angela Dos Santos, have been recognised with Victorian Government Premier’s Awards, celebrating...
Nick Blinco receives CASE Distinguished Service Award
22 April 2022
Nick Blinco, Vice-President (Advancement) at the University of Melbourne, has received the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Asia-Pacific Distinguis...
Eyesight pioneer Robyn Guymer AM joins Victorian Honour Roll of Women
7 April 2022
Professor Robyn Guymer AM, Deputy Director and Head of Macular Research at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) has been recognised in the Victorian Honour Roll of Wom...
Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre wins collaboration award
5 April 2022
The Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre (Oral Health CRC) has been awarded the Enduring Industry-Research Collaboration Award by Cooperative Research Australia....
University researchers win National Health and Medical Research Council awards
31 March 2022
University and affiliate researchers have been recognised by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) at their annual awards ceremony this week....
Piero Perucca awarded by the American Academy of Neurology for epilepsy research
22 March 2022
Associate Professor Piero Perucca has been awarded the American Academy of Neurology Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award in recognition of his extensive body of epilepsy research....
2022 Pople Medal awarded to Dr Lars Goerigk
10 March 2022
Dr Lars Goerigk has been awarded the 2022 Pople Medal, awarded to young scientists in the Asia Pacific region who have distinguished themselves through pioneering and importan...
Australian Academy of Science medal for geotechnical engineer Dr Samintha Perera
10 March 2022
Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering Dr Samintha Perera has been awarded the Australian Academy of Sciences 2022 Dorothy Hill Medal for early career researchers....
Ada Cheung recognised for excellence in trans health advocacy and research
8 March 2022
Associate Professor Ada Cheung has been awarded GLOBE’s Ally of the Year Award in recognition of her outstanding work establishing Trans Health Research – a resear...
Western Health Fracture Care Program awarded International Osteoporosis Foundation Gold Star accreditation
14 February 2022
The Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science (AIMSS) Fracture Care and Prevention Program at Western Health (Sunshine, Footscray and Williamstown Hospitals) has b...
Professor Tuan Ngo and Dr Yousef Alqaryouti win University Wood Challenge
14 January 2022
Professor Tuan Ngo and Dr Yousef Alqaryouti have won the 2021 National University Wood Challenge....
Dr Sadegh Shabani awarded prestigious organic chemistry PhD thesis Award
13 January 2022
Dr Sadegh Shabani has been awarded the Lew Mander Best PhD Thesis in Organic Chemistry Award for 2021....
University researchers win Victoria Prize, Victoria Fellowships for 2021
16 December 2021
University researchers have been awarded the Victoria Prize for Science and Innovation and Victoria Fellowships for 2021....
Disaster recovery guide wins Resilient Australia Award
15 December 2021
The Recovery Capitals (ReCap) project led by University of Melbourne disaster resilience researchers Professor Lisa Gibbs and Phoebe Quinn has won a 2021 Resilient Australia A...
Supercomputer success for aerodynamics researchers
15 December 2021
A University of Melbourne team of aerodynamic computer modelling experts has been awarded coveted simulation-running time on a U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Scie...
Hospital companion robot simulation earns Vogue innovators award for Grace Brown
14 December 2021
An autonomous hospital companion robot simulation named "Abi" has proven a winner for University of Melbourne student Grace Brown, receiving the inaugural Vogue Codes Future I...
Dr Amanda Baric receives Order of the Polar Star award
13 December 2021
The Mongolian government has presented Dr Amanda Baric with the country’s highest civilian award...
Research achievements celebrated with Woodward and Marles Medals
6 December 2021
The University of Melbourne has announced recipients of the prestigious Woodward and Marles Medals for 2021....
Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology wins Engineers Australia gender diversity award
29 November 2021
The University's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) has been named Most Encouraging Non-For-Profit Group in Gender Diversity for 2021 by Engineers Austra...
Dr Zac Seidler wins Emerging Health Researcher Award
29 November 2021
Clinical Psychologist Dr Zac Seidler from the University of Melbourne has been awarded the 2021 Bupa Foundation Emerging Health Researcher Award...
Dr Pip Karoly receives L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
23 November 2021
Dr Pip Karoly from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT) has been named as one of five recipients of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award...
Cloud computing pioneer Professor Rajkumar Buyya receives research impact award
22 November 2021
Professor Rajkumar Buyya, whose work laid the foundations for cloud computing, has received the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer S...
Dr Shashikant Ilager awarded Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers thesis award
22 November 2021
Dr Shashikant Ilager has been awarded the Technical Committee on Cloud Computing (TCCLD) Outstanding PhD Thesis Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers...
Professor Spencer Williams wins 2021 HG Smith Medal
18 November 2021
Professor Spencer Williams has been awarded the annual 2021 HG Smith Memorial Award by the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) in recognition of his substantial contrib...
University of Melbourne academics named among Australia's top 250 researchers
15 November 2021
University of Melbourne experts have been named among the country's top researchers in The Australian newspaper's 2021 Research Magazine....
Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO receives American Neurological Association award
19 October 2021
Professor Ingrid Scheffer AO has been announced the winner of the F.E. Bennett Memorial Lectureship by the American Neurological Association (ANA) at the 2021 Awards for Outst...
Professor Julie Bines receives top science award for infectious disease research
19 October 2021
Professor Julie Bines has been awarded the Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research at Australia’s leading science aw...
Professor Shanton Chang Receives 2021 International Education Association of Australia Excellence Award
7 October 2021
Professor Shanton Chang, Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of Engineering and IT, has been recognised for his distinguished contribution to international education...
Dr Mark Gregory awarded 2021 Universitas 21 Scholarship for Professional Staff
7 October 2021
Dr Mark Gregory has been awarded this year's Universitas 21 (U21) Scholarship for professional staff....
Dr Elisa Bone awarded 2021 Universitas 21 Fellowship for Academic Staff
7 October 2021
Dr Elisa Bone from the Melbourne Graduate School of Education has been awarded this year's Universitas 21 (U21) Fellowship for academic staff....
Rod Tucker wins 2022 IEEE Photonics Award
21 September 2021
Laureate Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Rod Tucker has been awarded the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Photonics Award for his out...
Diabetes award for Associate Professor Elif Ekinci
12 August 2021
Associate Professor Elif Ekinci has been awarded the 2021 Australian Diabetes Society’s Ranji and Amara Wikramanayake Clinical Diabetes Research Award. This award is giv...
2021 Fulbright Scholars announced
11 August 2021
Professor Andrew Walter and Dr Marlon Perera are the 2021 University of Melbourne Fulbright Scholars....
Professor Alastair Sloan honoured with Isaac Schour Memorial Award for exemplary dental research
23 July 2021
Head of the Melbourne Dental School Professor Alastair Sloan has been named as the recipient for The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) Isaac Schour Memorial...
Outstanding health leadership and research recognised by NHMRC awards
18 June 2021
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has recognised new and innovative projects at the University of Melbourne and awarded researchers for their excellence...
Melbourne student wins national prize for science communication
2 June 2021
University of Melbourne and Bionics Institute PhD student Elise Ajay has won a national competition with a video pitch on her research into improving the cochlear implant....
Sustainable student group 'Cuple' wins Universitas 21 Provost’s Award
28 May 2021
Cuple, a social enterprise created by a group of University of Melbourne students, has been awarded Universitas 21 Provost’s Award at its 2021 RISE Showcase....
Epilepsy talent recognised by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists
26 May 2021
Professor Ingrid Scheffer and Associate Professor Piero Perucca were both recognised for their work in the field of epilepsy by the Australian and New Zealand Association of N...
Marilyn Renfree elected Fellow of the Royal Society
7 May 2021
Professor Marilyn Renfree, Melbourne Laureate Professor and Ian Potter Chair of Zoology in the School of BioSciences is one of over 60 outstanding scientists from all over the...
Lucy Liu receives Faculty of Business and Economics Rising Star for Young Alumni Award
29 March 2021
Lucy Liu has received the Faculty of Business and Economics Rising Star for Young Alumni Award....
David Crawford receives Faculty of Business and Economics Alumni of Distinction Award for Outstanding Achievement
26 March 2021
David Crawford has received the Faculty of Business and Economics Alumni of Distinction Award for Outstanding Achievement....
Paul Hameister receives Faculty of Business and Economics Alumni of Distinction Award for Leadership
26 March 2021
Paul Hameister, co-founder and Executive Chairman of the Hamton Property Group, has received the Faculty of Business and Economics Alumni of Distinction Award for Leaders...
Dr Bishakhdatta Gayen awarded John Booker Medal
19 March 2021
Dr Bishakhdatta Gayen has been honoured by the Australian Academy of Science....
2020 Australian Awards for University Teaching recipients announced
4 March 2021
Associate Professor Gavin Buskes from the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology has been awarded a Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning as par...
Dr Alexander Filkov receives international Early Career Award in Fire Science
18 February 2021
The International Association of Wildland Fire (IAWF) has awarded its Early Career Award in Fire Science to fire behaviour researcher Dr Alexander Filkov from the School of Ec...
Success at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2020
19 November 2020
Congratulations to Professor Mark Dawson from the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for winning the 2020 Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year at the Prime Minist...
Professor Farrah Ahmed and Professor Bruce Campbell named as 2020 Woodward Medallists
17 November 2020
Research on religious freedom and personal law, and a new treatment for stroke earn 2020 Woodward Medals for University academics....
2020 Marles Medals to Professor Sharon Goldfeld and Professor John Hattie
17 November 2020
Professor Sharon Goldfeld and Professor John Hattie have been announced recipients of the 2020 Marles Medals, in acknowledgement of the impact and quality of research by...