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All News for 1999
December
22 Dec 1999 - EXPLORE UNSW's EXCITING STUDY OPTIONS
It's decision time for the many HSC school leavers who are thinking about study
at university next year.
22 Dec 1999 - POLAR FIRST FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS
Two UNSW graduate students will become the first Australian female scientists
to work at the South Pole in a UNSW led expedition early in 2000.
21 Dec 1999 - SCIENTIFIC JARGON FAILS THE TEST
Scientists can be fascinating people, if you can follow what they're saying.
21 Dec 1999 - ENERGY SMART HOMES RATED BY UNSW
Builders and local councils will have to meet energy efficiency targets for
new buildings, under an initiative being managed by a team at UNSW.
21 Dec 1999 - UNSW GEARS UP FOR INTERNET2
The University of New South Wales has stepped into the forefront of communications
technology by becoming one of the first universities to develop the infrastructure
to support Internet2.
17 Dec 1999 - HOW TO GROW A COMMUNITY
Among the neat stucco houses of Randwick something radical is growing.
17 Dec 1999 - ROYAL THAI VISIT TO DEVELOP RESEARCH
The daughter of the beloved King of Thailand, Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn,
will visit the University of New South Wales on Friday 17 December.
15 Dec 1999 - WORLD FINANCE EXPERTS GATHER FOR CONFERENCE
To the financial world, the arrival of Professor Hayne Leland as the keynote
speaker for the 12th Annual Australasian Financial and Banking Conference on
December 16th-17th, 1999, has been highly anticipated.
13 Dec 1999 - PHYSICISTS BUILD A 'MUSCLE' ON A CHIP
Hold a litre of beer at arm's length for a minute and your arm will tire -
just as if it had been doing work.
13 Dec 1999 - TREATMENT FOR MISCARRIAGE
A STEP CLOSER
Human trials are expected to begin within 18 months on a new treatment for
women at risk of miscarriage.
09 Dec 1999 - FREE ENGLISH PROGRAM AT UNSW
This year the University of New South Wales Institute of Languages (UNSWIL)
celebrates its 30th year as one of the oldest institution in Sydney to run free
specialist occupation language courses for newly arrived migrants.
08 Dec 1999 - LOOKING AT ASIA FROM A NON-AUSTRALIAN POINT
OF VIEW
When talking about foreign policy and East Timor, Professor Stephen FitzGerald
AO, Chair of the Asia-Australia Institute, attached to the University of New
South Wales, says the root problem is that Australia has no foreign policy.
06 Dec 1999 - PHILOSOPHERS SPREAD THEIR WINGS TO COLLABORATE
ON ASIAN ISSUES
Philosophers from Korea, Thailand, China, Japan, India, the Philippines and
Australia have combined to introduce a journal of Asian philosophy.
03 Dec 1999 - NATIONAL EXPORT AWARD FOR UNSW
UNSW has won the coveted Australian Export Award in the field of education.
01 Dec 1999 - DESIGNERS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM EXHIBIT THEIR
WARES
You'll see designs of the new millennium from inspirational devices to make
you sleep better, to a fold-away mobile surf station or classical piano learning
device.
01 Dec 1999 - THAI CROWN PRINCESS HONOURED
The Princess of Thailand, Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, was presented
with a Doctor of Letters honoris causa from the University of New South Wales
last week.
November
29 Nov 1999 - CHILD POVERTY REPORT PROMPTS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
A new report on international patterns of child poverty has prompted round
table discussions to monitor the situation of Australia's children.
24 Nov 1999 - HUMANISING THE CORPORATION:
NEW MILLUNIUM BUSINESS CHALLENGE
Corporations must apply emotional intelligence problem solving skills if they
want to win the ethical challenges of the 21st century, says Padmasiri de Silva,
a keynote speaker at Reinventing the Corporation conference to be held at the
University of New South Wales this week.
24 Nov 1999 - MARKETING: THE NEW WAVE
A study of children's letters to Santa Claus over a 25 year period; consumer
reaction to modified food labels; and the reasons people play Lotto are just
some of the topics under discussion at the 1999 Australian and New Zealand Marketing
Academy Conference at UNSW at the end of November.
23 Nov 1999 - MANIC DEPRESSIVE ILLNESS: 50 YEARS ON
The world's foremost experts on bipolar disorder - or manic depression - will
gather in Sydney early in December to commemorate fifty years of treatment of
the condition pioneered by Australian scientist John Cade.
19 Nov 1999 - WORKING MOTHERS WORSE OFF,
AS FATHERS CONTRIBUTE LESS THAN EVER
Fathers are better off in marriages and mothers are worse off.
18 Nov 1999 - COSTS RISING AS POPULATION AGES
With Australia's retirement-age population expected to double over the next
30 years and health costs for the ageing set to dramatically escalate, some
radical changes in thinking and lifestyle are on the cards, according to the
organisers of an international conference on ageing at the University of NSW
today.
18 Nov 1999 - SEX, LIFE AND THE OLDER AUSTRALIAN
With Australia's retirement-age population expected to double over the next
30 years, some radical changes in thinking and lifestyle are on the cards, according
to the organisers of an upcoming international conference on ageing.
18 Nov 1999 - TRAVEL TIME TO UNSW REDUCED FOR THOUSANDS
The UNSW Transport Program has applauded the news that new bus priority measures
have reduced the journey time between UNSW and Sydney Central by 10 minutes.
18 Nov 1999 - UNSW HONOURS ITS OUTSTANDING GRADUATES
NSW Premier Bob Carr, banker Nobby Clarke and women's rights advocate Bettina
Cass are among the outstanding graduates to be honoured this weekend at UNSW.
12 Nov 1999 - UNSW'S RECONCILIATION MURAL LAUNCHED
Red ribbons were cut, at UNSW's Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre at
the launch of the Reconciliation mural - 'Garrigarrang' (meaning the sea) -
by Aboriginal artist, John McKechnie.
11 Nov 1999 - EAST MEETS WEST TO EXAMINE THE ISSUES OF AN
AGEING POPULATION
With Australia's aged population expected to double over the next 30 years,
some radical changes in thinking and lifestyle are on the cards, and it seems
that other countries are interested in the way we're doing things.
09 Nov 1999 - WORLD-CLASS GENE RESEARCH
CENTRE TO BE ESTABLISHED AT UNSW
A multi-million dollar gene research centre to be based at the University of
New South Wales will play a key role in Genome Projects, which aim to identify
and understand the function of every gene in the human body.
08 Nov 1999 - UNSW PEER TUTORING RECEIVES INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
A peer tutoring system developed at UNSW, which involves senior students assisting
their juniors, has been internationally recognised.
04 Nov 1999 - UNSW COMMERCE GRADUATE NAMED
NSW RHODES SCHOLAR FOR 2000
A life-long dream came true for UNSW graduate, Clinton Free, when NSW Governor
Gordon Samuels named him the 2000 Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales.
03 Nov 1999 - THE GLOBAL CLASSROOM WITH THE GOODS
An inventive new on-line interactive teaching method developed at UNSW has
attracted the attention of educators overseas.
03 Nov 1999 - UNSW OFFERS TO FACILITATE SAFE
INJECTING ROOM
The University of New South Wales will offer its own expertise to help facilitate
a trial of a medically supervised injecting service following a resolution by
the Council of the University of New South Wales on Monday (1 November)
The resolution reads:
The Council of the University of New South Wales resolves that the University
indicate to the New South Wales Government, and the Minister, the Honourable
John Della Bosca, its support for the eighteen-month trial of a medically supervised
injecting service, and offer its own services so that this harm minimisation
program, affecting the welfare of the vulnerable people of New South Wales and
Australia, can proceed with the full confidence of the Government and the community.
01 Nov 1999 - UNSW IS THE STATE'S TOP
EDUCATION EXPORT EARNER
The University of New South Wales is the leading contributor to export earnings
for NSW in the area of education services.
October
28 Oct 1999 - NEW UNSW LANGUAGE BUILDING PROMISES ENLIGHTENED
LEARINING
The many Qantas Airways staff whose language skills are acquired at the University
of New South Wales Institute of Languages will be tackling their subjects in
superior surroundings from now on.
27 Oct 1999 - QUANTUM COMPUTING AND SOLAR ENERGY WIN RESEARCH
FUNDING
The development of a radically superior generation of computers received a
boost this week with the announcement of a three-year $3.
21 Oct 1999 - HOT ROCK EXPERIMENTAL
PLANT GETS GREEN LIGHT
The University of New South Wales yesterday received the go ahead to build
Australia's first geothermal test site that will tap into vast, cheap and environmentally
benign energy resources deep below the surface of the earth.
21 Oct 1999 - UNSW SOLAR CELLS WIN THE RACE
When Aurora 101, the Melbourne entrant in the World Solar Challenge, crossed
the Adelaide finishing line in first place this morning, it carried UNSW solar
cells to yet another victory.
21 Oct 1999 - SYDNEY'S ABORIGINAL LAND COUNCIL'S UNITE IN
TREATY ABOUT THE OLYMPICS
A free forum to help Olympic organisers and the public understand Aboriginal
perspective on the Sydney 2000 Games will be held at the University of New South
Wales this Friday 22nd October.
19 Oct 1999 - UNSW PROFESSOR CLAIMS GLITTERING PRIZE OF SHARE
OWNERSHIP ERODING MIDDLE CLASS LIVING CONDITIONS
In the wake of the Telstra 2 share float, Professor Michael Pusey, Professor
of Sociology at The University of New South Wales and author and originator
of the concept of Economic Rationalism, today warned that the 'glittering prize'
of shares might not be gold for Australia's new breed of "Mum & Dad"
shareholders.
18 Oct 1999 - UNSW TRAUMA RESEARCHER TO RECEIVE
ACADEMY SCIENCES MEDAL
Developing a highly successful new treatment for victims of post traumatic
stress disorder has earned University of New South Wales academic, Associate
Professor Richard Bryant, the 1999 Academy Medal from the Academy of the Social
Sciences.
18 Oct 1999 - UNSW NAMED 'MOST ADMIRED'
In a first for tertiary education, The University of New South Wales was this
month named one of Australia's most admired companies, and its Vice-Chancellor
one of Australia's most admired leaders by influential business publication
Business Review Weekly.
18 Oct 1999 - UNSW AT FOREFRONT OF
LEGAL REFORM IN VIETNAM
Ten supreme court judges from Vietnam will spend six months studying the Australian
legal system at UNSW's Law School with the view of taking their knowledge back
to modernise the legal system in their country.
15 Oct 1999 - MILLER CRITICISES MOOTED
EDUCATION REFORM
Multi-award-winning Australian film-maker George Miller today described the
Federal Government's proposal to deregulate higher education as the educational
equivalent of a "power blackout and a train smash.
15 Oct 1999 - TIME TO FACE THE FACTS -AUSTRALIA'S AGING POPULATION
Australia has an ageing population with estimates by the Australian Bureau
of Statistics that between 1999 and 2031 the population-aged 60 years and over
will double, increasing from les than three million to over six million as the
baby boomers move into retirement.
14 Oct 1999 - SOLAR CAR CHALLENGE HIGHLIGHTS AUSTRALIA'S
UNDER-UTILISED RESOURCE
The University of New South Wales' Solar Racing Team will leave Darwin this
Sunday October 18 -competing in the World Solar Car Challenge.
12 Oct 1999 - GARRETT AND MILLER RECEIVE UNSW'S HIGHEST HONOUR
Entertainer, activist, and conservationist Peter Garrett and award-winning
film-maker George Miller will both become honorary Doctors of Letters for their
respective distinguished contributions to music and conservation, and film at
UNSW on Friday.
11 Oct 1999 - PREVENTING RUGBY INJURY:
NEW UNSW STUDY
Amateur and professional rugby players alike may have cause to thank UNSW following
the launch of a three-year program to find out just how and why injuries occur
in the sport.
08 Oct 1999 - WESTERN MINING CORPORATION OPERATION IN PHILIPPINES
THREATENS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
Indigenous people on the Philippines island of Mindanao face possible eviction
from their ancestral home and farming lands to accommodate an open cut copper
and gold mine being considered by Australia's WMC Ltd, a respected indigenous
affairs journal has warned.
05 Oct 1999 - EAST TIMOR: A LESSON IN PROPAGANDA
Australians were becoming the objects of a classic demonisation campaign in
the Indonesian media over the situation in East Timor, according to the Head
of the School of History at the Australian Defence Force Academy.
04 Oct 1999 - SOLAR CAR CAPTAIN IS A GIRL FROM THE CENTRAL
WEST
The UNSW Solar Racing Team left Sydney on Wednesday 6 October for the 1999
World Solar Car Challenge; taking with them three years of student-led research,
construction and design.
01 Oct 1999 - NEW LESSONS FOR
TOMORROW'S PEACE-KEEPERS
Students at The Australian Defence Force Academy can now undertake courses
in Asian studies and culture, which should boost their effectiveness in complex
situations such as the current peacekeeping mission in East Timor.
01 Oct 1999 - UNSW ECOLIVING PROJECT SEEKS LOCAL COMMUNITY
& BUSINESS INVOLVEMENT
The centre of suburban Randwick is hardly the place residents would expect
to find a thriving permaculture garden.
September
29 Sep 1999 - VEIL TO RISE ON $11M
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTRE
Clinical research capacity into diseases such as cancer will be boosted with
a new $11M Education and Research Centre - a joint project between the St George
Public Hospital and the University of New South Wales.
28 Sep 1999 - CREATIVE APPROACH TO STUDY GIVES
DESIGN STUDENTS A LEADING EDGE
A unique cross-disciplinary approach to design is reflected in an impressive
display designed by UNSW students, to be launched tonight (Tuesday) at the Sydney
design 99 congress.
28 Sep 1999 - SWEAT VS MONEY - UNSW's SOLAR CAR TAKES ON
THE BIG BOYS
The UNSW Solar Racing Team will leave Sydney on Monday 4 October for the 1999
World Solar Car Challenge taking with them three years of student-led research,
construction and design.
28 Sep 1999 - INAUGURAL MOONCAKE FESTIVAL 99
A GOOD OMEN FOR NEW CHANCELLOR
UNSW's unique position as the Australian University with the greatest multicultural
diversity was again highlighted on Thursday, September 23, by the inaugural
Mooncake Festival 99.
28 Sep 1999 - A GIFTED CHILD IS A CHILD AT RISK
According to Dr Miraca Gross, Professor of Gifted Education at the University
of NSW, it's important to train teachers in the education of gifted children
because they're kids at risk.
27 Sep 1999 - UNSW ENTERS WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE WITH LOCAL
COMMUNITY HELP
The University of NSW's Solar Racing Team is now set to depart for the 1999
World Solar Car Challenge in October this year.
23 Sep 1999 - UPGRADED TELESCOPE OPENS A NEW
WINDOW ON THE SOUTHERN SKIES
A radically upgraded telescope at Siding Spring near Coonabarabran will open
the southern sky to a new technique that astronomers expect will reveal much
new information about Earth's neighbours in space.
23 Sep 1999 - UNSW STUDENT-DESIGNED 4-SEATER AIRCRAFT IN
PRODUCTION BY 2000
In what is believed to be a 'first', a team of final-year UNSW Aerospace students
will see their 4-seater kit-built aircraft produced by a Ballina (NSW) Engineering
company.
21 Sep 1999 - BRIDGING THE 38TH PARALLEL: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA?
Recent political and economic developments in South and North Korea have dramatically
changed the context and prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
21 Sep 1999 - UNSW COUNCIL ABHORRES HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN EAST TIMOR
The Council of the University of New South Wales has expressed its abhorrence
and regret at the violence and violations of human rights in East Timor.
20 Sep 1999 - DIALOGUE CONTINUES OVER
UNSW ACADEMIC PAY CLAIM
UNSW Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland said today the University will
continue negotiations with the NTEU over academic pay claims after UNSW academic
staff voted against a package which included an offer of 7.
17 Sep 1999 - A FRANK FORUM ON THE FUTURE
OF THE OLYMPICS
Senior IOC officials Ms Anita Defrantz and Dr Jaques Rogge will join Olympic
athletes, journalists, SOCOG representatives and top international scholars
next week at the University of New South Wales for a conference on "The
Olympics in the Next Millennium".
16 Sep 1999 - HUMAN RIGHTS, DISABILITY AND EDUCATION
Despite government legislation and legal mandates, people with disabilities
continue to face discrimination and systemic disadvantage in gaining access
to education.
16 Sep 1999 - WESTFIELD CHIEF TO RECEIVE
HONORARY DEGREE FROM UNSW
Chairman of the Westfield group of companies and enthusiastic supporter of
the arts, Mr Frank Lowy AO, will receive an honorary degree at the University
of New South Wales this Friday, 17 September in recognition of his contribution
to business and philanthropy.
10 Sep 1999 - LITERACY FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM
Nearly 30 per cent of Australian primary school children fail to meet literacy
benchmarks for their grade, according to the editors of a new book, Accepting
the Literacy Challenge.
10 Sep 1999 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM FOR SCHOOLS LAUNCHED
AT UNSW
The Environmental Program for Schools (EEPS) at the UNSW was launched by Senator
the Helen Coonan on 10 September, the program encourages future research by
young Australians.
09 Sep 1999 - DIRECT INTERFERENCE BREAKS DOWN UNIVERSITIES'
LAST RING OF PROTECTION
University of New South Wales Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland, said
today that legislation introduced by Education Minister John Aquilina into State
Parliament today was direct interference into the affairs of UNSW and set a
chilling precedent for universities throughout NSW.
07 Sep 1999 - PROMINENT STATESPEOPLE TO RECEIVE HONORARY
DEGREES
As part of UNSW's fiftieth Anniversary celebrations, Honorary Doctorates were
presented to UNSW graduate and Co-Chair of US President Bill Clinton's Information
Technology Advisory Committee, Professor Raj Reddy as well as prominent Australians,
Mick Dodson, Pat O'Shane, Dennis Wade, Kurt Lambeck and Daniel Thomas
The presentation was held at UNSW's new Scientia Building on Wednesday 8 September
at 5.
06 Sep 1999 - CLINTON'S I.T. ADVISER TO SPEAK AT UNSW
World authority on robotics and human computer interaction, Professor Raj Reddy
from Carnegie Mellon University, will be guest speaker at UNSW on 7 September
1999 at a free lecture on how advances in information technology will result
in innovations that will transform the way people live and work.
03 Sep 1999 -
ARCHITECTURAL REVIVAL CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF LEARNING
The University of New South Wales campus has emerged in its fiftieth year with
a striking and aesthetically appealing architectural renaissance.
02 Sep 1999 - UNSW EXPO HIGHLIGHTS
VIRTUAL STOCK MARKET
Using the state-of-the-art technology developed by the Australian Graduate
School of Management (AGSM), the virtual stock market offers you the chance
to try your luck as a "big gun" trader.
02 Sep 1999 - UNSW EXPO -WHAT NEXT ?
Have you ever wondered how long it will be before a robot will take over the
washing up and other mundane chores? Or if there will ever be a time when getting
older simply means replacing your body parts?
Thanks to the combined expertise and resources of the University of New South
Wales, UNSW EXPO on Saturday September 4th, offers you a rare insight into what
you can expect in the next century.
02 Sep 1999 - INCREASE IN UNSW MEDICAL
STUDENTS TRAINED AT WAGGA HOSPITAL
The University of New South Wales will increase the number of medical students
it places at Wagga Base Hospital from 2000, the Dean of Medicine at UNSW, Professor
Bruce Dowton, said today.
01 Sep 1999 - SCIENTIA USHERS IN NEW-MILLENIUM IDENTITY
FOR UNSW CAMPUS
The Governor-General, Sir William Deane, ushered in a new age of innovative
architecture for The University of New South Wales when he opened The Scientia
at UNSW on Friday, September 4.
August
30 Aug 1999 - WHY WON'T WESTERN MEN DANCE?
According to University of New South Wales Dance Program Lecturer, David Spurgeon,
we're one of the few cultures where men don't dance and he's written a paper
called 'The Men's Movement' which looks at why such a phenomena exists in our
cultural landscape.
27 Aug 1999 - AUST INDUSTRY SNUGGLES UP TO BEST ELECTRICAL
AND TELECOMS ENGINEERS
The UNSW Co-op Program, by which leading commercial and technological companies
provide $11,250 annual scholarships for carefully selected UNSW scholars - and
then get the pick of the crop, is 10 years old and getting stronger.
23 Aug 1999 - PROFESSOR TERRY CAMPBELL
TO LEAD PEAK CARDIAC GROUP
Professor of Medicine at UNSW and Head of the Department of Medicine St Vincent's
Hospital Sydney, Terry Campbell has been appointed President-elect of the Cardiac
Society of Australia New Zealand (CSANZ).
23 Aug 1999 - UNSW TO HOLD LANDMARK ABORIGINAL RECONCILIATION
EVENT
More than 500 staff from the University of New South Wales will gather with
local and national indigenous leaders on September 9 for a unique reconciliation
gathering, including an important official statement.
19 Aug 1999 - THERE ARE MORE JOBS THAN GRADUATES IN BURGEONING,
BECKONING AEROSPACE
The University of New South Wales, long a magnet for aeronautical engineering
students, is finding its graduates can pick and choose in the job market because
the aerospace industry has targeted Australia for its globalised operations.
10 Aug 1999 - BULLS AND BEARS SLUG IT OUT IN VIRTUAL TRADING
PIT
The bulls and bears will be stampeding at UNSW's EXPO, but they won't be the
hairy, hoofed variety.
05 Aug 1999 - UNSW STARS IN WORLD
ROBOT SHOWDOWN
A student team from UNSW has come second in the world finals of RoboCup '99
- a competition for legged robots which has become a hotly-contested showplace
for the world's most advanced artificial intelligence and robotics research.
04 Aug 1999 - PUBLIC APPEAL AFTER SYDNEY'S GREAT HAIL STORM
TURNS UP RARE BOOK ON TRIBAL ART
One of the valuable books among 3,400 damaged beyond repair at the College
of Fine Arts during Sydney's great hailstorm last April has been replaced, thanks
to a Cremorne woman.
02 Aug 1999 - 101 GREAT EXAM TIPS
FOR ALL LEVELS OF STUDY
Students can study in short bursts for exams in queues, lifts, and public transport
by using flashcards.
02 Aug 1999 - AMERICAN GRIDIRON TEAMS
TO HUDDLE AT UNSW
ATTN: Sports editors
The University of New South Wales will be host all week to visiting American
football teams San Diego Chargers and Denver Broncos, who are heading Downunder
to promote the gridiron code in a special exhibition match.
July
27 Jul 1999 - DR JOHN YU ELECTED
NEW CHANCELLOR OF UNSW
UNSW Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Niland, has announced the election of
the distinguished community leader and former chief executive of the New Children's
Hospital, Dr John Yu, as the next Chancellor of the University of New South
Wales.
26 Jul 1999 - LEADING MANAGER AND
RESEARCHER NEW RECTOR AT ADFA
UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor John Niland has announced the appointment of
leading researcher and University manager, Professor Robert King, as Rector
of the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra, effective from August 1.
23 Jul 1999 - AUSTRALIA'S POVERTY GAP EQUAL WORST
IN INDUSTRIALISED WORLD, SAYS EXPERT
Australia ranks with the UK as having the greatest gap between rich and poor
among industrialised countries, Professor Peter Townsend, the world's leading
poverty researcher, said today.
22 Jul 1999 - BY 2020, YOU'LL SPEND FAR LESS TIME
IN THE WORKFORCE THAN OUT OF IT
It's 2020: a work odyssey.
21 Jul 1999 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE LOOKS
TO FUTURE SOCIAL POLICY
The Vice-Chancellor the University of New South Wales, Professor John Niland,
will open the sixth National Social Policy Conference at the University this
afternoon, 21 July.
21 Jul 1999 - AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE HAS PIANO PRODIGY FOR UNSW
CELEBRATION
The Australia Ensemble, resident at the University of New South Wales, has
enlisted piano prodigy Tamara Anna Cislowska for its presentation of a specially
commissioned work to celebrate the University's 50th anniversary.
21 Jul 1999 - AUSTRALIA ENSEMBLE'S FREE LUNCH-TIME
CONCERT IN HISTORIC CUSTOMS HOUSE
The Australia Ensemble, resident at the University of New South Wales, is to
give a free lunch-time concert in the historic, newly-refurbished Customs House,
Circular Quay, on Monday, 9 August.
15 Jul 1999 - UNSW'S OUTBACK SCULPTURE MARKS
MAN'S INTERACTION WITH THE LAND
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Professor John Niland,
will dedicate a sculpture commemorating man's diverse interaction with the land,
at the University's outpost of Fowlers Gap Station, 110 kms north of Broken
Hill, next Saturday.
14 Jul 1999 - GENDER VIOLENCE RESEARCH CENTRE ESTABLISHED
AT UNSW
The Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies was launched at UNSW on the
7th July to develop practical proposals for reducing the enormous harm wrought
on the Australian community.
13 Jul 1999 - CONCERN ABOUT EFFECTS OF MEDIA VIOLENCE, ADVERTISING
AND SEX ON YOUTH
Growing concern about the effects on the young of media violence, sex and advertising
will be voiced at an international conference at the University of New South
Wales on 20-21 July.
05 Jul 1999 - THE WALL: TEN YEARS ON
The fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 was a defining moment in the twentieth-century,
and will be the symbolic focus for a gathering of elite minds at UNSW from 14-16
July to discuss contemporary European history.
01 Jul 1999 - LEGAL COMMUNITY RALLIES TO SUPPORT IRISH STUDIES
In an overwhelming display of Celtic allegiance from the NSW judiciary, 19
judges will attend a fundraising dinner at State Parliament House tomorrow night
to establish a Chair in Modern Irish Studies at the University of New South
Wales.
June
24 Jun 1999 - MARK TAYLOR SCORES HONORARY DOCTORAL DEGREE
Mark Taylor, the greatest modern-day cricket captain and 1999 Australian of
the Year, will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science at the University of
New South Wales on 25 June, 1999.
22 Jun 1999 - REFUGEES: WHERE TO FROM HERE?
With hostilities drawing to a close in Kosovo and the 4,000 refugees in temporary
safe haven in Australia looking forward to going home, now is the perfect time
to reflect on Australia's policy on refugees, says the Director of UNSW's Centre
for Refugee Research, Dr Barbara Ferguson.
21 Jun 1999 - GROOVY BOOMERANGS WERE THE BEST
What did Aboriginal men of earlier millennia discuss as they sat around their
evening fires after a hard day's hunting?
Ray Nelson, a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at University
College, the Australian Defence Force Academy, speculates that one topic was
the efficiency of their throwing-sticks and boomerangs.
20 Jun 1999 - 166 AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE SET TO 'INVADE' THE
TOP END
One hundred and sixty six American students will arrive in Darwin tomorrow
on a short study program that will inject a total of a quarter of a million
dollars into the Northern Territory economy.
16 Jun 1999 - FREE POST-SECONDARY SEMINAR FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
A free one-day seminar will be held in Sydney next week for people with disabilities
interested in studying at university or a TAFE college.
16 Jun 1999 -
MALAYSIAN DIPLOMAT, NATIONAL PLANNER TO RECEIVE AUST. AWARD
The University of New South Wales will confer its honorary Doctor of Letters
degree on leading Malaysian diplomat and national planner Datuk Abdul Kadir
Mohamad in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, 17 June.
11 Jun 1999 -
LEADING LEGAL EXPERTS FOR SEMINAR ON CONTRIBUTION
The Centre for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) at the University of New South
Wales is conducting an evening seminar on Contribution between persons liable
for the same damage.
09 Jun 1999 - LIFE IS HARDER FOR IMMIGRANTS, BUT THE POOR
ARE NOT POORER THAN EVER BEFORE
Immigrants who fail to find employment or get low-paid jobs in Sydney are less
likely to make economic or social progress than 30 or 40 years ago, UNSW Associate
Professor Peter Murphy said today.
08 Jun 1999 - FORMERLY WHITE AUSTRALIA ASKS:
'ARE ASIANS RACIST?'
The Asia-Australia Institute will mount a distinguished forum tomorrow night,
June 9, entitled "Unplugged: R' Asians Racist?"
The guest speakers will include a former Australian Ambassador to Thailand,
Mr Cavan Hogue; Dr My-Van Tran of the University of South Australia, and Dr
Ghassan Hage, author of "White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in
a Multicultural Society".
08 Jun 1999 - UNSW RESEARCHERS PIONEER PATHWAY TO BETTER
HEALTHCARE
Research that could lead to improved patient care in Australian hospitals has
been undertaken by a team of University of New South Wales researchers in conjunction
with seven Sydney hospitals.
08 Jun 1999 - APPEAL FOR FINE ART BOOKS TO REPLACE
COLLEGE'S LARGE HAIL STORM LOSSES
The College of Fine Arts is appealing for public support following the loss
of more than 3,000 valuable books in Sydney's worst recorded hail storm, last
April.
02 Jun 1999 - ARE OLYMPIC ATHLETES PUSHED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL
BREAKDOWN?
Are we stressing our best young athletes to the point of physical or psychological
breakdown? Are modern training programs so advanced they demand too much of
young, developing bodies? Is Australia's hunger for Olympics 2000 medals being
driven at too great a cost?
These questions will be faced at the 1999 University of New South Wales Symposium
on the Olympic Athlete to be held on 23-24 June.
02 Jun 1999 - ARE OLYMPIC ATHLETES PUSHED TO PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL
BREAKDOWN?
Are we stressing our best young athletes to the point of physical or psychological
breakdown? Are modern training programs so advanced they demand too much of
young, developing bodies? Is Australia's hunger for Olympics 2000 medals being
driven at too great a cost?
These questions will be faced at the 1999 University of New South Wales Symposium
on the Olympic Athlete to be held on 23-24 June.
01 Jun 1999 - TOP SALARIES FOR UNSW GRADUATES
(Embargoed until 4pm Tuesday 25 May, 1999)
The annual median starting salary of UNSW bachelor degree graduates in 1998
was $33,000 - three thousand dollars higher than the national average and the
highest among NSW universities - according to a survey released today.
01 Jun 1999 - THE SYSTERS ARE DOIN' IT FOR THEMSELVES!
Dr Anita Borg is one of the few women who are determined to reverse the trend
of women opting out of information technology as a career.
01 Jun 1999 - CONSTRUCTION RESEARCH ALLIANCE
BUILDS ON EXISTING STRENGTHS
The Australian building industry can now benefit from a pool of expertise as
a result of a new alliance of the best minds in construction research and technology
at the University of New South Wales.
May
31 May 1999 - LIBERAL EDUCATION: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
'Multiculturalism' is a term familiar to most Australians, but what is its
role and impact on critical thinking in our universities?
This and other questions will be the focus of a free public lecture at UNSW
on 18 June by distinguished visiting academic and author Martha Nussbaum, Professor
of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago.
24 May 1999 - DOWNER TO LAUNCH NEW BOOK ON AUSTRALIA AND
EAST TIMOR
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Alexander Downer, will launch a new book,
East Timor and Australia, at Parliament House, Canberra, at 11 am tomorrow,
May 25.
20 May 1999 - UNSW EXPERTS PROBE
BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS OF GST
Over the next 12 months, Australia will experience a profound change in the
way it collects tax revenue with major changes in store for both personal and
consumption t0axes.
14 May 1999 - BUDGET LARGELY IGNORES UNIVERSITY SECTOR
The Budget decision to abolish university merit-based scholarships is a blow
to thousands of disadvantaged students, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University
of New South Wales, Professor Alan Pettigrew, said today.
12 May 1999 - UNSW'S OLYMPIC SUITE AN INVESTMENT
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Professor John Niland,
today said the decision to sponsor an Olympic Stadium suite at the 2000 Olympic
Games will let UNSW tap into unique opportunities in teaching, research and
fund-raising in levels far beyond the cost of the suite.
04 May 1999 - BIOLOGICAL COMPUTER THE CHALLENGE OF THE 21st
CENTURY, SAYS TOP SCIENTIST
Scientific challenges of the twenty-first century include growing a biological
computer, the Dean of Science and Technology at the University of New South Wales,
Professor Colin Sutherland, said today.
03 May 1999 - A YOUNGER AGE FOR THE UNIVERSE
Advances over the past three or four years in the sensitivity of scientific
instruments have cast serious doubt on the previous consensus among cosmologists
that the Universe is about 15 billion years old.
April
30 Apr 1999 - ISLAM'S IMPACT IN ASIA TO BE EXAMINED AT FORUM
The social, economic and political impact of the Islamic faith in the Asia-Pacific
region will be the topic of discussion at the second "Australia in Asia
Series" of public lectures presented by the Asia-Australia Institute at
the University of New South Wales.
28 Apr 1999 - TEST PILOT OF TOP FIGHTER USED AGAINST SERBIA
SPEAKS IN SYDNEY TONIGHT
Wing Commander David Best, one of Britain's foremost test pilots, will brief
RAAF pilots in secret sessions-but he'll also talk in public this evening about
his life in the sky.
22 Apr 1999 - ASIAWEEK POLL RANKS UNSW IN TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES
IN ASIA
For the third year in a row, the respected Asiaweek magazine has ranked the
University of New South Wales in the top ten universities in the Asian region.
20 Apr 1999 - UNSW's NEW $20m COMPUTER IMPROVES BUSINESS
METHODS AND CUSTOMER SERVICE
The University of New South Wales has gone live with the first program in a
$20 million suite of NewSouth applications that will change the way the University
does business, and help improve customer service.
16 Apr 1999 - UNSW's INVENTIONS SEEN BY THOUSANDS AT AUST.
TECHNOLOGY WEEK IN TAIPEI
The University of New South Wales showed its flair for invention when it mounted
a major exhibition at the Australian Technology Week, held in Taipei from 6
to 10 April.
16 Apr 1999 - UGLY DUCKLING CAMPUS BECOMES A SWAN AT 50
The University of New
South Wales campus, notorious in the 1960s and 70s as a dusty, windy and inhospitable
collection of concrete buildings has emerged in its 50th year with a striking
and beautiful modern look.
16 Apr 1999 - ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT TO OPEN ASIA
LEADERS' FORUM
The new President of the Asian Development Bank, Mr Tadao Chino, will deliver
the keynote address at a Gala Dinner at the Sydney Opera House on Sunday 18
April to open the 1999 Asia Leaders' Forum.
15 Apr 1999 - OPTOMETRY BUILDING APPEAL WINS FUNDRAISING
AWARD
The vision of creating a world-class facility for eyecare and education took
another step closer recently with the Fundraising Institute of Australia bestowing
UNSW's Optometry Building Appeal with an Excellence in Fundraising award.
12 Apr 1999 - THE ROUNDHOUSE, ICON OF THE SOCIAL SCENE, REOPENS
AFTER $4.5m FACELIFT
The Roundhouse, a legendary icon of the Sydney social scene, has reopened after
a $4.
07 Apr 1999 - RENOWNED ENVIRONMENTALIST TO SPEAK AT UNSW
The scientist who discovered the hole in the ozone layer and put forward the
idea of nuclear winter, Professor Richard Turco, will deliver a public lecture
on "Technology, Human Evolution and the Environment" at the University
of New South Wales on
April 22.
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