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Select year - All News for 2004 December The University of New South Wales will be closed from 25 December 2004 until Tuesday 4 January 2005. Fit, well-fed male field crickets die young because they spend too much time courting members of the opposite sex, according to research by Australian scientists in the latest edition of Nature. It's decision time for many prospective university students who are considering their study options for 2005. Sydney triplets made medical history at the University of New South Wales recently when they graduated as doctors. This is the first recorded instance of a set of triplets graduating together as medical practitioners anywhere in the world. Four outstanding researchers have been named Scientia Professors, an award recognising academics who have achieved international eminence in research. They are Professors Richard Bryant, Mark Bradford, David Cooper and John Roberts. Old forms of racism – the type that believes in superior races – are fading. But new forms of racism such as intolerance for certain cultural groups still have a strong hold, according to the Racism Project of the University of New South Wales and Macquarie University. In light of recent warnings from the [[http://www.dfat.gov.au||Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]] in regard to possible terrorist attacks on Western hotels in Indonesia, it is timely to remind all UNSW staff and students that they are prohibited from undertaking any University travel to Indonesia (including transit and stopovers) until further notice. The Faculty of Law is hosting an international conference this week on the interaction of common law and equity in commercial law. Sydney triplets made medical history on Friday 10 December, when they become doctors at a ceremony at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). This is the first recorded instance of a set of triplets graduating together as medical practitioners anywhere in the world. Some of the world’s leading financial analysts are in Sydney for the 17th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, which is being hosted by UNSW’s Faculty of Commerce and Economics. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Commonwealth Sex Discrimination Act. A new book by Jocelyn Pixley of the School of Sociology and Anthropology titled Emotions of Finance was launched this week at UNSW. The growth rate of coral reefs will increase 35 percent by 2100 due to the greenhouse effect and warmer ocean temperatures, according to Australian scientists. UNSW has two new Rhodes Scholars – science/law graduate David Winterton and arts honours graduate Jeni Whalan. Guest speaker at the Faculty of Commerce and Economics recent Alumni Leaders’ Dinner, David Murray (Commonwealth Bank CEO), emphasised the need to increase collaboration between business and universities. A special issue of the UNSW Law Journal, Counter-Terrorism Laws looks at whether the legal response to terror departs from the established legal framework. A new treatment for the age-old scourge of cholera and perhaps a whole new type of antibiotic medicine may emerge from chemicals discovered in an Australian seaweed, UNSW research suggests. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (8 December) and will remain in place until further notice. An award-winning waste-water system that requires no special plumbing and is compact enough to fit into an urban terrace house has won the 2004 Sustainable Living Competition, run by the Faculty of the Built Environment. Professor Brendon Parker, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales, will be in Blayney on Monday to launch a new rural scholarship program for local students entering Civil Engineering. A class of Year 9 students, who are using pedal power to make their school more environmentally friendly, are racing towards the finish line in this year’s Sustainable Living Competition. Renowned Australian philosophers will explore the concept of knowledge at a two-day workshop next week at the University of New South Wales. Pilot programs are being set up across NSW in response to a report from the UNSW Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse. Minister for Community Services Carmel Tebbutt launched the report on campus this week. The Faculty of Medicine and the National Centre in HIV Social Research are co-hosting a seminar on HIV and human rights, to mark World AIDS Day. November UNSW has picked up two national and two state awards for teaching excellence. The University has been recognised for its “innovative and practical” approach to teaching and learning. The December edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. COFA academics Rick Bennett and Leong K Chan have received national teaching and research awards from the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools (ACUADS). The Minister for Energy and Utilities, Frank Sartor, awarded the University of New South Wales two ‘Green Globe’ awards for its efforts in promoting sustainable energy at this week’s Energy and Water Green Globe Awards. Science students scooped the pool at the 2004 Connector Business Planning Competition last Friday, taking out first and equal second place. The best work of more than 600 emerging artists, designers and new media practitioners will be showcased in a series of graduating student exhibitions at the College of Fine Arts. North Rocks resident and University of News South Wales student Andrew Li is studying for the only pure photovoltaics degree on offer in the world. As part of his course, Andrew will head to China next month to do a three-month work experience stint for a company that produces solar cells. The National Heart Foundation has awarded UNSW academics eight of the fourteen NSW research awards announced today, six of them to the Centre for Vascular Research (CVR). Professor Gary Smith, Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies, will deliver the inaugural address of the University’s Professorial Lecture Series. UNSW has been awarded more than a quarter of the prestigious Australian Professorial Fellowships announced in the latest round of Australian Research Council funding. UNSW gained seven of the 23 Fellowships awarded nationally for 2005. The remaining 16 Fellowships were shared among 11 other universities. UNSW researchers working at the Prince of Wales Hospital have had a significant coup in their work to find a treatment for type 1 diabetes. A revolutionary dishwasher created by three UNSW students that uses carbon dioxide instead of water won a worldwide design competition on Friday 19 November. UNSW has had significant success in the 2005 round of funding from the Australian Research Council, securing more than $34 million in Discovery project grants and nearly $5 million in Linkage project grants. This is the best outcome in ARC funding for UNSW since 1997 and puts UNSW into the top three Australian universities in terms of ARC funding. Artist and College of Fine Arts academic Ian Grant has won the 2004 Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize for his painting Hillside (Horizon). Australian and international experts on fall prevention will gather in Sydney next week for the inaugural Australian Falls Prevention Conference. The Minister for Health and Ageing, Tony Abbott, will open the conference on Monday. The balance between public and private rights in copyright is changing rapidly. While some digital content owners seek ever-stronger means of restricting access to their ‘assets’, new creative forms of licensing are being developed and implemented in Australia to support innovative models for sharing and trading works. The Australasian Science prize has been awarded to an academic from UNSW, for the second year in a row. Professor Levon Khachigian from the Faculty of Medicine has received the 2004 prize. A Guide to Indigenous Legal Education in Australia will be launched today (15 November)at an Indigenous Legal Education Seminar at the University of New South Wales. The University of New South Wales has been ranked first in a study of accounting schools in the Asia-Pacific. Based on research performance, the study ranks UNSW as equivalent to Columbia University. UNSW researchers won 26 project grants, representing new funding of $11 million and Professor Caroline Finch of the NSW Injury Risk Management Centre won a Capacity Building Grant of $2.3 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council grants, announced this week. Medication trolleys in nursing homes may soon become mobile medical centres. UNSW has won a $300,000 grant to develop and trial a new point-of-care system that will allow nursing staff to manage medications, check patients’ clinical signs and streamline administration and clinical interaction with patients’ GPs. As part of the World Congress of Bioethics being held in Australia this week for the first time, two of the world’s leading authorities on bioethics will participate in a debate at UNSW. UNSW is a finalist in three categories of the Federal Government’s 2004 Australian Awards for University Teaching. A fundraising exhibition of art and design works by College of Fine Arts staff and postgraduate students, who include leading and emerging Australian artists, opens this week. All proceeds will go towards the redevelopment of the COFA campus. Some of the most contentious ethical issues facing society today will take centre stage at the World Congress of Bioethics, hosted by UNSW. The prestigious Times Higher Education Supplement has named six Australian universities, including UNSW, among the top 50 universities in the world. Mark Bouris, Chairman of Australian Financial Investments Group and Wizard Home Loans, has accepted an invitation to join the Faculty of Commerce and Economics as Adjunct Professor in 2005. What sort of campus do you want? The answers to that question – from staff and students – are hotly anticipated by a group of planners and designers drawing up a strategy for the future development of the Kensington campus. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (5 November) and will remain in place until further notice. Due to the email problems this week, we have been unable to issue the broadcast email which links to the latest issue of the online staff newspaper, news@unsw. The November edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. Budding young innovators with a passion for the environment have a week to submit their projects for this year’s Sustainable Living Competition at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). One of the world's leading scientists, Dr Craig Venter of human genome fame, will give a once-only public lecture at UNSW on Thursday (4 November). At a function held for University of New South Wales alumni to celebrate the launch of UNSW Asia in Singapore, the founder of the Singapore Chapter of the UNSW Alumni Association, Mr Jimmy Koh PBM, BE ’64, was presented with the 2004 International Alumni Award for services to the community at large. The Financial Times (UK) 2004 ranking of Executive MBA programs has placed AGSM as the leading business school in Australia with an international ranking of 31. The Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales is hosting a major international conference on the interaction of common law and equity in commercial law. The Chancellor of the University of New South Wales, Dr John Yu, has unveiled the name of the University’s first offshore campus – UNSW Asia in Singapore. A delegation of engineers from the UNSW faculty at the Australian Defence Force Academy have spent two days in Sydney meeting with their Kensington counterparts. October Award-winning architect and UNSW graduate Sam Marshall will present a free public lecture titled Designing and Display at the College of Fine Arts. This is the final event for 2004 in COFA's public lecture series on current issues in art and design. The complex issue of balancing work and life will be the topic of the fourth lecture in the 2004 Gender Equity Speaker Series lecture this Thursday (28 October). The University of New South Wales has awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science to Peter Gillingham, one of the world’s most eminent instrument scientists and telescope engineers. The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is the first Australian university to offer a lifelong email address to its many thousands of alumni, as part of a major effort to permanently engage alumni as part of the University community. A $680m plan to pipe water from the Shoalhaven district to boost Sydney’s water supply should be an option of last resort, according to UNSW’s Kensington Group of sustainability specialists. Roger Corbett, CEO of Woolworths, appeared “in conversation” with some five hundred alumni, students and staff last week in the final Meet the CEO event for 2004. UNSW offers the broadest range of water research in Australia through the Centre for Water Waste Research, the Water Research Laboratory and various schools within the university. The new German Consul-General in Sydney will deliver a lecture entitled Security Council reform: A role for Germany? this Wednesday as part of the University’s United Nations Society lecture series. Groundbreaking research into defamation law and social attitudes has been released by the Communications Law Centre at the University of New South Wales. UNSW has become the first Australian university to offer a full email service for its graduates, by launching UNSW Alumni Life Email at the University yesterday. A special gala performance will be held this weekend at UNSW, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Australia Ensemble and the start of its fruitful partnership with the University. Solar cells that convert sunlight to electricity could transform living standards for the estimated two billion people worldwide who lack electricity, according to UNSW Professor Martin Green who was awarded the Energy Innovation prize at the 2004 World Technology Summit, in San Francisco. The Australian Government has introduced significant higher education reforms under the Higher Education Support Act (2003). The Movements of Passion: 100 Years of Margaret Barr Dance-Drama Festival opens tonight (Wednesday 13 October) at the Figtree Theatre. The festival will celebrate Margaret Barr’s contribution as a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Some ecstasy users are using a variety of pharmaceutical drugs to increase the effect of ecstasy or to combat the negative effects of the drug a new study released today has found. The results suggest that some of these combinations are potentially lethal and could result in ‘serotonin syndrome’. Nobel prize nominee Dr Henry ‘Fritz’ Schaefer will speak about the relationship between faith and science at the annual New College lecture series this week. UNSW is holding its Postgraduate Expo this Wednesday (13 October). The Expo will showcase the University's wide range of high quality programs and assist prospective students with career and professional development. A new cross-Faculty group has been formed on campus to raise the profile of urban and regional sustainability and to advise government and industry. The controversial founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman, will deliver a public lecture at the University of New South Wales next week (Thursday 14 October). The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is staging one of its largest and most avant-garde graduand exhibitions, perform, to mark the Year of the Built Environment. The exhibition will be held at the Sydney Town Hall. Mine workers in NSW soon will be able to negotiate the hazards of a working mine without leaving the comfort of an air-conditioned office. A waterless dishwasher called Rockpool, designed by three UNSW students, is Australia's entry in next month’s Electrolux Design Laboratory competition to be judged in New York. COFA Masters of Fine Arts student and video artist Kate Murphy, has won the prestigious 2004 Helen Lempriere Travelling Art Scholarship, valued at $40,000. The October edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (6 October) and will remain in place until further notice. The Australia Ensemble has had many milestones since its inception, from critical acclaim to national and international tours. Now the Ensemble has reached another significant marker: the 25th anniversary of its founding on the UNSW campus. September University of New South Wales scientist, Dr Alan Wilton, has been awarded the 2004 Unsung Hero of Science Award in recognition of his pioneering genetic research on the Australian dingo. More than a quarter of parents of primary school-aged children stop or discourage their children playing sports because of injury fears, new research has found. Aspiring planners and those who have just started their careers in the industry will converge on the University of New South Wales this week (30 September and 1 October), for the inaugural Young Planners Forum. Executive Director of UNSW International, Jennie Lang, has received a major business award for her achievements in international education. A study co-authored by UNSW’s Professor Miraca Gross has shown that, contrary to popular myth, gifted students will not be socially stunted if they are accelerated. Staff and students are invited to a seminar to be held this week at UNSW on the increasingly strong link between medicine and the Internet. Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon met head to head this week in an election debate co-hosted by the UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and the Australian Financial Review. Emeritus Professor Somasundaram Valliappan from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been awarded the inaugural Congress Medal from the Asian Pacific Association for Computational Mechanics. Newly appointed Professor of Architecture at UNSW, Xing Ruan, will deliver an inaugural public lecture this week, focusing in part on the character of a building. Oscar Wilde’s grandson will take centre stage in celebrations being hosted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) this week, to mark the 150th anniversary of Wilde’s birth. The Outback Eye Team, headed by UNSW Professor Minas Coroneo, has secured a quarter of a million dollars worth of funding from the NSW government to enhance its comprehensive eye service to remote areas of the state. Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock and Shadow Attorney-General Nicola Roxon have agreed to an election debate on the policies of the major parties as they affect the Australian legal system and legal profession. University staff and students are invited to attend a seminar on career development for women in the Faculty of Medicine on Monday (20 September). A small unmanned observatory high on the Antarctic plateau provides the best star-viewing site on Earth, according to research published today in Nature. The search for life on Mars has galvanised research into the palaeobiology of earliest Earth, according to leading scientist Professor Malcolm Walter, who will deliver the 24th JJ Frankel Memorial Lecture at UNSW tonight. Former Prime Minister of Ireland, Dr Garrett FitzGerald, will deliver an address entitled Northern Ireland: A Catalyst for Anglo-Irish Relations at the University of New South Wales. Stewed quandong, macadamia nut crisp and wattleseed ice-cream with sugarbark are some bush tucker desserts that may be teasing tastebuds if research at UNSW’s Fowlers Gap Research Station proves fruitful. The vast wetlands of the area now known as Green Square (in South Sydney) are almost unimaginable amidst its industrial landscape today. UNSW's Dr Grace Karskens and twelve pre-honours students have recently completed a project that unearths the area’s diverse history. Australia is the only Commonwealth country without a treaty with its Indigenous peoples. A national public forum at UNSW in Sydney this Saturday 11 September will look at the link between formal agreements, such as a treaty, and Aboriginal health. The annual Spring Fair at UNSW’s College of Fine Arts is on this Saturday. A festival of arts, design and cultural activities, the Spring Fair offers something for everyone – and it’s all free. More than 130 industry representatives gathered at UNSW last Friday for a celebration of the wonders of engineering. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (7 September) and will remain in place until further notice. Students interested in studying overseas as part of their degree can explore the possibilities at the UNSW International Exchange Expo this Thursday (9 September). The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (7 September) and will remain in place until further notice. A fly-on-the-wall documentary series which follows a group of UNSW law students through their clinical legal education program at Kingsford Legal Centre premieres this week on ABC Television. The Education Testing Centre, known nationally and internationally for providing analysis of educational achievement in primary and high schools, has a new name: Educational Assessment Australia. Sydneysiders are invited to attend celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of Oscar Wilde’s birth, organised by the University of New South Wales. Two of Australia’s foremost authors, Frank Moorhouse and Linda Jaivin, will deliver a free public lecture on ‘A Shrinking Australia’ at UNSW’s College of Fine Arts (COFA) on Tuesday 7 September. Professor Thorsteinn Sigfusson, a world-renowned expert on the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier, is delivering a major address at UNSW. August Chief Justice Spigelman’s well-publicised opening address for the 2004 Law Term saw the re-emergence of time-based billing by lawyers as an issue for public debate. The September edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. People in a negative mood provide more accurate eyewitness accounts than people in a positive mood state, according to new research led by UNSW Professor of Psychology Joseph Forgas. Professor Garry Smith has been appointed the new Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies (IES) at UNSW. Robots that turn on home appliances for disabled people at the wave of a hand. An intelligent travel aid that guides the visually impaired. A computerised mouse that can be controlled by nothing but a gaze. The move from school to university can be daunting for many students and their families. To ease the transition and provide advice on program options and career paths, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) is holding its Courses and Careers Day this Saturday 4 September. Two UNSW alumni have brought home medals from the 2004 Athens Olympics. Patrick Dwyer was a member of the team which took silver in the men’s 4 x 400m relay and Jane Saville won a bronze medal in the women’s 20 km walk. UNSW is hosting an international conference on solar hydrogen, a revolutionary new way to harvest energy. Delegates will include the inventors of the solar hydrogen process, Professors Akira Fujishima and Kenichi Honda. Both are frontrunners for the Nobel Prize in chemistry. New research led by UNSW Professor Andrew Lloyd shows some people may repeatedly be able to clear hepatitis C virus from their bodies, without any biological traces of the potentially serious infection. A group of former UNSW students who benefited from Co-op Scholarships during their time at UNSW have generously contributed towards a new scholarship for disadvantaged students. A consortium headed by NewSouth Global, UNSW’s commercial education arm, has won the right to operate Australia’s first National Centre for Language Training. NewSouth Global will manage the new Centre, which will be based at UNSW. One in four stroke victims will suffer from cognitive impairment severe enough to be diagnosed as dementia within three to six months of the attack, according to new research from the University of New South Wales. Research conducted by academics in the Professional Education Group of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine has been so influential, it has been published for a second time by a leading international journal. UNSW’s School of Medical Sciences is inviting the community to Pick My Brain in a public forum on the latest advances in neuroscience. It is one of a series of events at UNSW to mark National Science Week. A new centre for Indigenous programs at UNSW, Nura Gili, has been launched today. Nura Gili brings together the major programs on campus, including the Aboriginal Education Program, the Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre and the Indigenous employment group. United States electoral law expert, Professor Richard Hasen, will discuss political campaign finance at the Faculty of Law’s Speaker series on Tuesday 17 August. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (7 September) and will remain in place until further notice. A team headed by Professor Phil Waite, Head of the UNSW Neural Injury Research Unit, has won a million-dollar grant from the NSW Ministry for Science and Medical Research to trial potential stem cell therapies to repair injured spinal cords. UNSW Professor William Dunsmuir has been named a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, an honour conferred on less than 1 in 300 members of the ASA. Captain of the Australian Olympic team in the Women's Eight, Victoria Roberts is one of four UNSW students and two Sports Medicine lecturers who will be taking part in the 2004 Athens Olympics. New research on women in senior management will be presented at the next Gender Equity Speaker Series seminar on Wednesday 11 August. What do Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman and the University of New South Wales have in common? They are all winners in the 2004 Australia’s 50 Most Beautiful Exports awards. UNSW has again rated exceptionally well in the annual Good Universities Guide. Australia’s iconic dingo is an Asian dog gone wild. Like many Australians, it arrived by boat, possibly 5000 years ago, and went bush, living for the most part off the land and among Aboriginal communities. Imagine 9,220 eager young people lining up at your door wanting to know about job prospects with your organisation. That’s how many undergraduate, postgraduate, local and international students study in the Faculty of Science, the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and the College of Fine Arts at UNSW. The conditions stipulated by the ALP today on the proposed FTA with the United States are not enough to protect Australia’s interests, according to a trade expert at the University of New South Wales, Dr Elizabeth Thurbon. The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) and Australian Business Foundation (ABF) are launching a study on 4 August, Commercialising Australian Biotechnology. The research, which was conducted by AGSM Professor Michael Vitale, explores critical success factors and obstacles underpinning commercialisation of Australian biotechnology. Two UNSW Engineering identities – a student and a lecturer – have both received prestigious international awards. UNSW is establishing its first ‘cross-faculty’ Professorships, with an international search now underway for outstanding candidates. "We are looking for leading researchers with a capacity to transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines," says Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Robert King. The August edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. This month's issue features the four UNSW students competing at the Athens Olympics, the successful Meet the CEO series and Australia's first animal law course. July The University has announced plans for a number of building projects at the Anzac Parade end of the University Mall (an area referred to as the North Mall Development Zone). UNSW is establishing its first ‘cross-faculty’ Professorships, with an international search now underway for outstanding candidates. "We are looking for leading researchers with a capacity to transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines," says Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Robert King. The newly elected President of UNSW’s Academic Board is Professor Anthony Dooley. Professor Dooley replaces Professor Kevin McConkey, who has served in the position for almost five years. Leading proponents of Italian design will in Sydney on Monday July 26. A gift from the Fund for Jewish Higher Education will establish a lectureship in Modern Jewish History at the University of New South Wales. Professor John Baird has been appointed Rector of the University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy. Professor Baird is presently the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology at the Australian National University. Labor candidate for Kingsford Smith, Peter Garrett, and Democrat Senator Aden Ridgeway are among speakers at a forum on the future of higher education organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) this Thursday. Sexual harassment is rarely a one-off incident according to a UNSW forensic psychologist whose book on the emotional, financial and legal implications of workplace sexual harassment will be published this week. The newly elected President of UNSW’s Academic Board is Professor Anthony Dooley. Professor Dooley replaces Professor Kevin McConkey, who has served in the position for almost five years. Climate modelling by UNSW scientists reveals that Antarctica's icy sea currents allow the balmy Gulf Stream to dictate warm weather conditions over much of the North Atlantic. The Australia Ensemble, Australia’s finest chamber ensemble, is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its founding and the start of its residency at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). The University community is mourning the tragic deaths of the three fourth-year architecture students who died in a car accident in New Zealand over the weekend. A cancer researcher recently awarded his doctorate from the University of New South Wales has received a prestigious fellowship from the American Australian Association. The first Australian national survey of the prevalence of bipolar disorder has revealed a significant level of disability and suicide attempts, and low rates of treatment. More than 10,000 people participated in the study led by Professor Philip Mitchell of the School of Psychiatry. The World Congress of Bioethics will be held in Australia for the first time, from 9 November. Thirty first year mining engineering students from UNSW, including three former Kinross Wolaroi School students, will tour Cadia and Ridgeway Mines next Thursday July 22 to develop their understanding of the diversity of mining methods and operations. Thirty first year mining engineering students from UNSW will tour Ulan Coal Mines next Monday July 19 and Tuesday July 20 to develop an understanding of the diversity of mining methods and operations. With more than 40 per cent of this year’s University of New South Wales’ mining engineering enrolments from rural Australia, interest in the mining profession is high in regional areas The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (13 July) and will remain in place until further notice. The University of New South Wales has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to expand sustainability programs in the Asia-Pacific region. Concern about the risk to homes and infrastructure from rapid erosion along Narabeen-Collaroy Beach will see Dr Ian Turner install coastal imaging cameras today and tomorrow at the state’s top erosion hot spot. In a fundraising project dubbed Adopt-a-cell, the UNSW’s Solar Racing Team is seeking donations to build UNSW Sunswift III, the third student-designed and built UNSW solar car. Inspired by a childhood fascination with Lego, COFA student Trent Jansen has won a national graduate design award for his recycled street sign furniture. Fatal heart attacks claim more lives than lung cancer, breast cancer and AIDS combined but it seems that maths, not medicine, holds the key to preventing these deaths among young people. Two health-related projects involving University of New South Wales researchers have been awarded NHMRC grants valued at almost $12.4 million, over a five-year period. A workshop on a leading university sustainability program, the Harvard Green Campus Initiative, will be staged this week at UNSW. UNSW marked the beginning of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Week, 4-11 July, with a flag raising ceremony at the Chancellery on Monday. UNSW researchers have received $870,000 in funding from industry and the Australian Research Council for research that could save Australia's quolls from extinction. June Hip fracture rates are falling among older people but hospital admissions are rising due to Australia's ageing population, according to UNSW research published in the Medical Journal of Australia. UNSW’s Deputy Chancellor, Mr John Pascoe, has been appointed Chief Federal Magistrate. The July edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. The AGSM and INENCO (Industrial Engineering Company) have formed a partnership to build INENCO’s management capabilities across the business. UNSW has won 23 grants worth more than $5.9 million in the most recent round of Linkage Grants, announced by the Australian Research Council this week. The grants bring a total industry partner contribution of $10.6 million. The UNSW Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law is co-hosting a national forum on the new ACT Human Rights Act 2004 at the National Museum of Australia on Thursday 1 July. Fourth-year UNSW photovoltaic engineering student Joel Courtney has devoted his final-year thesis to developing a system that will supply solar power to a refugee camp. The University of New South Wales Solar Racing Team has launched its Adopt-a-cell campaign to build UNSW Sunswift III, the third student-designed and built UNSW solar car. New research by Scientia Professor Peter Swan has shown that the New York Stock Exchange could increase its traded value if it changed its market architecture, while the Australian Stock Exchange has one of the highest rating systems in the world. Michael Chaney, CEO of Wesfarmers, shared his views on success in business at the third event in the Meet the CEO series held last week by the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. A quarter of Australia’s Top 100 most influential engineers are either staff or alumni of the University of New South Wales, according to a new listing. The National Pro Bono Resource Centre, based at the University of New South Wales, has appointed Tony Fitzgerald QC as its new chairman. The Council of the University of New South Wales yesterday endorsed the following recommendations in relation to student fees: The Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers (CRC-P) has won a CRC innovation award for the development and commercialisation of a polymer cable that will change fire protection around the world. UNSW Bookshop is the joint winner of the Australian Tertiary Bookshop of the Year award for 2003. This is the fourth time that UNSW Bookshop has won the Australian Publisher's Association award, having won four out of the five times the prize was awarded, making it the most awarded tertiary bookshop in the country. Dr Fethi Rabhi has presented research into how web technologies can be used to make financial systems more efficient at the 4th International Enterprise Networking and Services Conference in Chicago. With urbanisation proceeding at such a rapid rate, how do architects and urbanists respond to the erasure of the environment? The following UNSW academics are happy to comment on the Prime Minister’s white paper, Securing Australia’s Energy Future. The University of New South Wales will this week honour Dato’ David Koh, President of KLS Housing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with an Honorary Doctorate. Professor Mark Bradford of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been awarded a Federation Fellowship, the highest publicly funded research scholarship offered in Australia. Acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark Wainwright, and Wallace King, who serves on the boards of the UNSW Foundation and the AGSM Advisory Council, have received Queen’s Birthday Honours. One of Australia’s leading public interest lawyers, Andrea Durbach, has been appointed Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of New South Wales. Associate Professor Robyn Ward of the UNSW Clinical School at St. Vincent’s Hospital has won the Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2004. Robyn is the first woman to receive the award, which is Australia’s most prestigious annual award for medical research. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (13 July) and will remain in place until further notice. Bob Sutton, one of this University’s most prominent alumni and supporters, has died aged 65. About 250 people attended a rare daytime astronomy event at UNSW, held to mark this week’s Transit of Venus. A NSW Chinese Community Scholarship has been established at UNSW to foster better understanding of cultural diversity, including Aboriginal issues, as it affects Australian society. The Council of the University of New South Wales at a special meeting convened last Thursday (3 June): UNSW researchers, led by Professor Steven Krilis, have identified a mechanism than can cause blood clots. It's a discovery with implications for those susceptible to deep-vein thrombosis, strokes and recurrent miscarriages. For the first time in 120 years Earth’s next-door neighbour, Venus, will cross the Sun on Tuesday 8 June. The public and UNSW community are invited to watch this rare event through telescopes set up in the University’s Scientia Building. The plastic shopping bag you use one day could be turned into steel to make your next car, according to a UNSW materials scientist. Photographs by ecologist Dr Emma Johnston, taken on a recent research trip to Antarctica's Casey Station, capture the landscape's raw beauty, abundance of life and the marine environment. Dr Johnston's photography features in this month's Uniken, now online. The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) has launched a new Military and Peacekeeping Law Library in cooperation with the Defence Legal Services. UNSW academics from three faculties are holding a design seminar this week with the ultimate aim of establishing collaborative graduate and undergraduate programs. Grandparents systemically prefer some grandchildren to others because of doubts about genetic lineage, new research confirms. NewSouth Global’s International Projects division has been awarded a US$1 million Asian Development Bank contract to develop a pension plan for India’s informal labour sector. May Leading American cultural commentator Beatriz Colomina will present a public talk at UNSW on Wednesday June 2. Getting behind the wheel after being awake for more than 18 hours is as dangerous as drink-driving, according to a research paper to be presented at this week's Country Road Safety Summit. Leading businessman Robert Maple-Brown has been elected Chairman of the UNSW Foundation. He succeeds Emeritus Professor John Niland, who has held the position since July 2002. The successful candidates for the positions of professorial and non-professorial staff members of the Academic Board have been announced. A housing project by Professor Deo Prasad, director of the Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment, has won an inaugural Randwick City Council Urban Design Award. Five UNSW researchers have received Young Tall Poppy Awards from the Australian Institute of Political Science in recognition of outstanding scholarship. Have a cuppa for cancer research by taking part in Australia's Biggest Morning Tea. The University will mark National Sorry Day this Wednesday with a range of events across campus including a forum on race, gender and academia. Receiving two University medals seems almost impossible unless you’re David Mann, awarded his second University medal last week. Music's ability to make us feel chirpy, sad, excited or just plain bored can be accurately predicted by only a few of its basic elements, according to UNSW music psychologist Dr Emery Schubert. The successful candidates for the positions of academic and general staff members of the UNSW Council have been announced. A partnership between the School of Mechanical Engineering and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formalised in a signing ceremony last week. The agreement gives students the opportunity to work with the RAAF and gain hands-on aerospace engineering experience. Two UNSW students have been recognised for their academic excellence and outstanding personal achievement through the 2004 Australian Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program. Australian and US defence interests have signed a $4.6 million contract to conduct a controlled scramjet experiment at Mach 10, or 10 times the speed of sound, at Woomera next year. UNSW@ADFA is a partner in the project. UNSW has a strong presence in this week’s 7th World Congress of Biomaterials, attended by 2000 international delegates. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Mark Wainwright today accepted a major gift from the Petre Foundation of $500,000 to establish a new Fellowship at the University. The UNSW Foundation has matched the gift to create a total endowed fund of $1 million. One of Australia’s most distinguished former diplomats, Richard Woolcott, will present a guest lecture at the University this Wednesday. Dr Martina Stenzel, of the School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, has won a 2004 Australian Research Council Early Career Researcher Award. UNSW medical researchers have developed a potential new pathway to prevent the formation of blood vessels needed for tumours to grow. A group of more than 100 students from all faculties were honoured for their outstanding contribution to the University last night at a High Achievers Reception. Imagine a future where the light from bacteria is used as an alternative energy source. The May edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. Charles Landry, one of Europe’s leading cultural planners, is giving a free lecture on creative cities at UNSW on Friday 14 May. Internationally renowned artist and COFA academic Dr Paula Dawson chose choreographer Graeme Murphy as the subject of her latest holographic work, Mirror Mirror. Men and boys account for 70 percent of the $111 million cost to the community from deaths and injuries among NSW pedestrians, according to UNSW behavioural psychologist Dr Julie Hatfield. Housing costs and lifestyle factors are persuading low-income earners to leave Sydney but most are more satisfied with a simpler country life, a new report has found. Innovative guidelines aimed at improving the quality of teaching at UNSW were launched last week and are now available online. Dr Vijay Kelkar, Adviser to the Indian Minister of Finance visited UNSW this week as part of a high profile Indian delegation. The visit, sponsored by NewSouth Global, was aimed at building strategic engagement in academic and business between the University and India. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions. The following policy is current as of today (6 May) and will remain in place until further notice. Four graduating students were honoured by the Alumni Association for their contribution to the University and the community at an awards ceremony on Wednesday evening. A senior PhD student at UNSW has been awarded the best student presentation at the 2004 Experimental Psychology Conference in New Zealand. The University of New South Wales has awarded Literary Fellowships to authors Frank Moorhouse and Linda Jaivin. “The field of applicants in this round was of such remarkable quality that the Selection Committee decided to offer two awards,” Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education & Quality Improvement), Professor Adrian Lee, said. A community gardens project involving four UNSW academics has won the 2004 Excellence Award for Research and Communication from the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (NSW). April Distinguished American pianist John Perry is holding a masterclass at UNSW on Monday, his only appearance in Sydney. UNSW ocean and climate scientist Matthew England has won the 2004 Australian Academy of Sciences Frederick White Prize. Professor Mike Sherris and Andrew Chernih from UNSW’s School of Actuarial Studies have completed a research project investigating the effects of various socio-demographic and geographic factors on residential property prices. Nominations are now open for the 2004 UNSW Alumni Awards. The Awards recognise the special achievements of eminent UNSW Alumni around the world. They reward alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions or the community; and those who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, creativity or leadership. UNSW has announced plans to establish its first offshore campus in Singapore. UNSW Singapore will be the first wholly-owned and operated research and teaching campus to be established overseas by an Australian university. It is a crisp autumn afternoon on a beach in Surfers Paradise. High-rise buildings on the foreshore cast an elongated shadow on the sand. It is a silhouette that will give UNSW and US Army researchers vital clues to the condition of this beach without having to step outside a lab. The Sydney Symphony, Australia's flagship orchestra, and the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) collaborated in a unique management education and musical initiative last week, Management in Action. Paul Marsden from the Faculty of the Built Environment has won the prestigious President’s Award from the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. He is only the third academic in 30 years to have won the honour. UNSW researchers have found the first scientific evidence that special orthokeratology (OK) contact lenses worn only while you sleep may be able to correct long-sightedness. From astronomy to zoology and everything in between, scientists around the world will be under the microscope today (Thursday) in the first attempt to catalogue the varied activities of science over a 24-hour period. Australia’s Commissioner of Taxation, Michael Carmody, is a keynote speaker at tomorrow’s (Thursday) International Conference on Tax Administration, hosted by the Australian Taxation Studies Program (Atax) at UNSW. Postgraduate students and academics in the visual and performing arts have until late in May to apply for one of the four residencies, each for three months, in Paris in 2005. Beauty pageants the world over place more weight on appearance than on intelligence, but PhD student Mithun Prasad can justifiably claim otherwise. The reigning Mr India-Australia credits his university pursuits for helping him win his title in late 2003. Professor Wyatt R. Hume has today given notice of his intention to resign as Vice-Chancellor of the University of New South Wales. Professor Hume's term as Vice-Chancellor will conclude on 30 June 2004. Australia’s Commissioner of Taxation, Michael Carmody, is a keynote speaker at next week’s 6th International Conference on Tax Administration, hosted by the Australian Taxation Studies Program (Atax) at UNSW. The Australian Biotech Alliance is holding a day-long event on Cellular and Tissue Engineering in Australia: Translating Biotechnology Research into Commercial Opportunities. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions and health considerations. The following policy is current as of today (April 6) and will remain in place until further notice. In a landmark study published this week in Nature Genetics, researchers from St Vincent’s Hospital, The Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and the University of New South Wales have shown that a possible cause of cancer is a defect in the function of otherwise normal genes. The April edition of Uniken - which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community - is now online. That symbol of suburbia – the Victa lawnmower – is providing some valuable lessons to more than 200 first-year mechanical engineering students this week. The annual UNSW Careers Expo is on again and students are invited to attend to meet with representatives of some of Australia’s largest employers. Dr Robert Niven of UNSW@ADFA has challenged the claimed air pollution benefits of adding ethanol to petrol and says not only the claims do not match the evidence but also that ethanol in petrol increases the risk and severity of soil and groundwater contamination. March A study of the conditions experienced by refugees who have been released from Australia’s immigration detention centres on Temporary Protection Visas will be launched at NSW Parliament House tomorrow (Thursday). UNSW will host the only public address in Australia by a distinguished Cambridge archaeologist who is an international spokesman for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Hear one of the world's most brilliant young physicists, Professor Edward Shuryak, Director of the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the State University of New York, speak about efforts to recreate the "mother of all matter". Would-be candidates for University elections have only until Tuesday to submit their nominations. "This is a really great way of being actively involved in the consultation and the decision-making process," Professor Robert King, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) and Registrar, said. Around 60 people die in Australia’s surf every year many as a result of the powerful rips along our beaches and coastline. UNSW’s Dr Rob Brander has conducted new research that may be the key to preventing some of these drownings in the future. Federal Education Minister Brendan Nelson today released three major reports on publicly funded research and research training. Professor Gordon Parker has been ranked among the world’s leading researchers – and the top Australian in his field – as measured by the number of times his work has been cited by other researchers in the field of psychology/psychiatry. The UNSW Redback Racing Team has taken second place among a group of fifteen Australian universities competing at the international Formula SAE-Australasian competition. The Health and Sports Science Centre at UNSW is currently seeking young healthy women between the ages of 18 and 30 to take part in a study on fat loss and cardiovascular reactivity. Governments should seize the opportunity to reform Australia’s water management while the public is behind the issue, according to a UNSW environmental expert. Colin Freeland, AO, and Ronald Leverett stand on a balcony overlooking Kensington campus, reflecting on a photo of their class of 1954. It is 50 years since they have seen each other. For Colin, it is also only the second time he has visited the university grounds despite being one of its illustrious alumni. Justice Michael Kirby of the High Court spoke about the importance of dialogue and debate in a free society at the UNSW Law Society's Speakers Forum earlier this week. UNSW has a new service for prospective students - Apply Online. The facility allows international, and local students applying for postgraduate and research programs to electronically lodge their University application. Three UNSW sports scholars will represent Australia at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. The athletes will compete in rowing, javelin and the modern pentathlon. The Australasian Humour Scholars Network will bring together cartoonists, satirists and scholars to discuss the subversive nature of humour and its role in reflecting Australian public life at a colloquium to be held at the University of New South Wales on March 20. One of Australia’s most outspoken and highly respected judges, Justice Michael Kirby, will speak at UNSW this week. Proposed new passports that hold digital facial images on a microchip will not stop identity fraud because they will still be prone to human error, a UNSW forensic psychologist has warned. The newly formed Consortium for Social and Policy Research in HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases will hold the first in a series of workshops to look at the implications arising from recent increases in HIV infections in NSW. The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) today awarded Professor Lex Donaldson the School Research Prize for his contribution to the field of organisational behaviour. Nominations have opened for university elections which will be held in the middle of the year. There are 72 positions available across four bodies - the University Council, the Academic Board, the Faculty Boards and the UNSW Union Board of Directors. Two UNSW students are among 50 young Australians chosen to be part of the Federal Government’s 2004 National Youth Roundtable. A COFA staff artist has won the richest sculpture prize in Australia, the 2004 Helen Lempriere National Sculpture Award. Professor Robert Burford has won an award for excellence in the commercialisation of a polymer cable that will change fire protection around the world. UNSW and Macquarie University are the hosts of an international symposium to examine the effects of rejection, social exclusion, ostracism and bullying. John Lennon might not have been speaking to first-year students when he sang that famous line – all you need is love – but Associate Professor Andrew Metcalfe believes Lennon’s lyrics are the best advice for any first year student. Distinguished philosopher Professor Jaakko Hintikka of the Department of Philosophy, Boston University will speak at UNSW this week. The March edition of Uniken – which reports on developments in research, education and the UNSW community – is now online. UNSW has built on its strong international reputation with the announcement of this year’s Fulbright fellowships. UNSW engineering graduate Saul Griffith, now a doctoral student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has hit the headlines in the United States with his win of a US$30,000 student prize for inventing a low-cost device that makes prescription glasses within 10 minutes. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions and health considerations. The following policy is current as of today (March 5) and will remain in place until further notice. Researchers from civil and environmental engineering have discovered a simple chemical process, which could revolutionise the treatment of pesticides and contaminated water. Professor David Cahill from the School of History has won an international prize for his groundbreaking work on the Incas. The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) today announced the appointment of John Urbano as Director of Corporate and Executive Education. The University of New South Wales has moved a step closer to cementing academic ties with Italy’s Lombardy region following a series of workshops held today. February Second year photovoltaic and renewable engineering students are now returning from a summer away installing solar energy systems in Nepal and Nicaragua. A one-day workshop aimed at creating a sustainable future for Botany Bay and its catchments will be held on Saturday, February 28, at the University of New South Wales. A presidential delegation from Italy’s influential Lombardy region will visit the University of New South Wales on March 1 for a series of workshops and talks aimed at building academic and business ties with Australia. A number of UNSW academics have won funding to head overseas to collaborate with international partners from Europe, Asia and North America on projects to improve our health, increase our exports and protect the environment. UNSW academics are invited to a forum tomorrow (Wednesday) to hear about funding opportunities for Australian researchers to work in Germany. The Council of the University of New South Wales last night considered a number of issues in relation to the University’s handling of allegations of scientific misconduct against Professor Bruce Hall. Vice-Chancellor Professor Rory Hume shared ideas and strategies on how to make the transition to university easier at a welcome to parents of new students in the Clancy Auditorium last night, (Monday 23 February). Former Royal Commissioner Justice John Nagle and Professor Tony Vinson are the keynote speakers at a Law Faculty seminar this week marking 25 years since the release of the landmark Nagle report into NSW prisons. More than 6,000 new and returning students from Australia and around the world will head to UNSW this week for Orientation Week. The Chief Justice of the High Court, Murray Gleeson, will speak at this week’s 2004 Constitutional Law Conference, hosted by UNSW’s Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will launch the inaugural Professorial Lecture Series next Monday with a lecture entitled Why Philosophy? Political theory and the creation of concepts by Professor Paul Patton from the School of Philosophy. Positive results of a landmark clinical trial, led by UNSW’s Professor David Cooper, have identified an Australian-developed HIV treatment vaccine as one of the most promising of its kind. The trial results indicate that the vaccine has the potential to change the future management of HIV. Researchers seeking ways to produce, use and store environmentally-friendly hydrogen energy are seeking $50m from industry, government and university sectors to establish a Hydrogen Energy Cooperative Research Centre later this year. Vice-Chancellor Professor Rory Hume was interviewed today by Sally Loane on ABC Radio 702 in relation to his decision on the Hall matter. Design gurus from around the world will have a taste of Australian style at the Milan Furniture Fair in April. Hollywood has toyed with science since the earliest days of filmmaking. From sci-fi classics like Frankenstein and Metropolis to more recent films like Blade Runner and The Matrix trilogy, science has been at the heart of plotting, narrative and action. The University is regularly reviewing its policy on staff and student travel in light of the current international tensions and health considerations. The following policy is current as of today (March 5) and will remain in place until further notice. UNSW research has put paid to the idea that bespectacled batsmen are disadvantaged by short sightedness. Indeed, poor eyesight might even be an advantage. New research into improving quality on construction projects is expected to save the industry millions of dollars. Biosignal Pty Ltd, a Sydney-based biotechnology company and CTI Communications Ltd (ASX Code: CTC) have announced their intention to merge. The merged entity will be renamed Biosignal Limited. The University of New South Wales has signed a research agreement worth more than $1 million with the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation of India. New research from the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) at UNSW shows that a significant increase in minimum wages is needed to ensure low-income working families achieve even the most basic standard of living. January Emeritus Professor Tony Vinson of the UNSW school of social work has won the Meritorious Service to Public Education Award 2003. New research by the Centre for Population Mental Health Research at the University of New South Wales supports health professionals’ concerns about the adverse impact of Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) on refugees. Australians over the age of 65 are involved in 32% of all pedestrian deaths. A UNSW study of older pedestrians in suburban areas of Sydney |
