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University of Melbourne commits to climate positive status by 2030

The University of Melbourne has set new commitments on climate change targets, including achieving carbon neutral certification by 2025 and climate positive status by 2030.

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28 Oct 2021

University welcomes plan to return international students to campus

The University of Melbourne welcomes the Victorian Government’s International Student Arrivals Plan which will enable international students and graduate researchers to return to campus and help to reinstate the vibrant community valued by students and staff for the start of the 2022 academic year.

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Architecture, Design and Construction

27 Oct 2021

Affordable housing push needs socially minded design innovations and a national housing policy

A chronic shortage in affordable housing has government and industry driving frenzied building activity, but it must be guided by socially minded design and a national housing policy to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable residents, according to University of Melbourne academics.

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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

22 Oct 2021

NHMRC Synergy Grants - keys to greater discoveries

Four University of Melbourne researchers and their collaborators have been awarded $5 million each over five years in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Synergy grants, to address significant health and medical issues.

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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

21 Oct 2021

Dairy foods reduce fractures in aged-care residents: study

The addition of dairy foods into the daily diet of aged-care residents can reduce fractures and falls, researchers have found in a study published today in the British Medical Journal.

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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

20 Oct 2021

Professor Jane Gunn appointed Dean of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

World-leading health services and applied clinical researcher Professor Jane Gunn has been appointed as the University of Melbourne’s 18th Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (MDHS).

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University Activities

18 Oct 2021

$8M from Snow Medical Research Foundation to improve outcomes for breast cancer patients

A physician scientist whose research focuses on an important but overlooked problem in cancer biology has been awarded one of three $8 million Snow Fellowships.

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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

15 Oct 2021

Busting the ‘slow down’ myth: vigorous activity needed in later life to live longer and better

Older people are the most sedentary group in Australia, but recent research indicates many would exercise more if encouraged to do so.

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11 Oct 2021

University researchers among 2021 Eureka Prize winners

The Australian Museum’s annual science award, the Eureka Prize has recognised the work of University of Melbourne researchers in infectious diseases and defence science and technology.

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Veterinary and agriculture sciences

6 Oct 2021

$2.5 million for regional Victoria to support agricultural innovation

Agricultural innovation in Victoria has received a significant boost with the Commonwealth Government announcing $2.5 million of additional funding for the Victorian Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub, led by the University of Melbourne.

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