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Federal Government providing $7 million to establish the Robert Menzies Institute
The University of Melbourne is delighted to become the home of the Robert Menzies Institute, which will honour Australia’s longest serving Prime Minister and his life-long commitment to Australia’s higher education system.
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Top VCE students offered Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship
Many of Victoria’s highest-achieving VCE students were today offered a Melbourne Chancellor’s Scholarship to study at the University of Melbourne next year.
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University of Melbourne appoints new Dean of the Melbourne Law School
Professor Pip Nicholson has been appointed the new Dean of the Melbourne Law School.
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$5 million gift for medical research with Galli Chair in Medical Biology
Philanthropist Pamela Galli has given medical biology — the cornerstone of modern healthcare and diagnostics — a $5 million boost with the establishment of the Lorenzo and Pamela Galli Chair in Medical Biology at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and the University of Melbourne.
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Annual fundraising campaign supports research to end stillbirth
All donations to this year’s University of Melbourne annual fundraising campaign will support research that aims to end preventable stillbirth.
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Two students named Class of 2019 Schwarzman Scholars
Two University of Melbourne students have been named Schwarzman Scholars in the third cohort of the highly competitive program that offers selected students the opportunity to complete a one-year Masters in Global Affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Improving the security and development of the Middle East wins Australia at Large Rhodes Scholarship
University of Melbourne student Brigid O’Farrell-White has been awarded the 2018 Rhodes Australia at Large Scholarship for postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.
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New Colombo Plan honour for three Melbourne students
Three University of Melbourne students have been awarded prestigious New Colombo Plan Scholarships, an initiative of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Alexis Wright named Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature
The award-winning Indigenous novelist Alexis Wright has been appointed as the Boisbouvier Chair in Australian Literature at the University of Melbourne.
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Susan McKinnon Foundation and University of Melbourne establish prestigious award for political leadership
A new, non-partisan prize recognising courageous, visionary and collaborative political leadership across all tiers of Australian government is being launched today.
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Music therapy receives National Disability Award nomination
A cross disciplinary team of researchers at the University of Melbourne has been selected as a finalist in the 2017 National Disability Awards after developing a prototype to make online group singing possible for people with a disability, especially those with quadriplegia.
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University of Melbourne joins first of its kind wind farm development
The University of Melbourne has joined some of Melbourne’s most iconic organisations to support the development of a new $200 million wind farm to be built near Ararat in regional Victoria.
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New support for Indigenous science students
New funding to support Indigenous students on their journey from high school to the workplace will be announced by the University of Melbourne and Agilent Technologies Foundation today.
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Worawa drone exercise teaches students science and numeracy
Indigenous school students from Worawa Aboriginal College in Healesville have learned how drones can assist rangers in remote communities in an exercise led by researchers from the University of Melbourne’s School of Computing and Information Systems (CIS).
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Partnering to deliver Australia’s leading innovation precinct
The University of Melbourne has entered into a partnership with a consortium led by Lendlease to develop Australia’s leading innovation precinct.
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New academic school to offer professional and continuing education at University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne will establish a new school to offer lifelong learning opportunities for professionals across all academic areas for people at all stages of their career.
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Debating sparks young interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
More than 50 students aged 11 and 12 years old will gather at the University of Melbourne this week to compete for bragging rights, debating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) related topics.
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University of Melbourne awarded Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star Communities rating for a university
The University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus has received a 6 Star Green Star – Communities rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), recognising world leadership in sustainable masterplanning.
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Call for submissions for 2018 Science Gallery Melbourne exhibition
Following the successful inaugural exhibition season of BLOOD: Attract & Repel, Science Gallery Melbourne is calling for proposals from the arts, science and design community for its 2018 exhibition and public program season, PERFECTION.
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New Chair to advance scientific understanding of Indigenous Australian rock art
A new Chair in Archaeological Science will be created at the University of Melbourne, thanks to donations from the Kimberley Foundation Australia (KFA), Allan Myers and the Minderoo Foundation.