Fans of the ABC TV series Time Team, in which presenter Tony Robinson urges British archaeologists to find out all they can about an historic site in three days, will be interested to know that Archaeology Week is being celebrated in Australia from today.

Most musicians would cut off their right hand to have celebrated composers write for them.  But for Australian International Concert Pianist Bernadette Harvey, this attention is almost predictable.  Since winning the ABC Young Performer of the Year Award, she has not looked back and has established a career that most would envy.

Time is running out for you to visit the two exhibitions currently featured at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (LWAG), as both close this Saturday 12 May 2012.

Almost 100 years ago, eight Professors were the first to undertake teaching duties at the newly-established University of Western Australia (UWA).

A former associate of the late Palestinian leader and Nobel Laureate Yasser Arafat and four-time contender for the Nobel Poetry Prize will be honoured posthumously at The University of Western Australia with a competition at which speakers will recite his poems in Urdu and English.

A nationally respected leader in the Australian arts sector - Emeritus Professor Margaret Seares - has been appointed Chair of The University of Western Australia's Perth International Arts Festival.

Without his mentor, computer pioneer Ed Roberts, Bill Gates may not have been inspired to found Microsoft.

Bruce Bennett, one of the most respected and admired scholars and teachers in Australian literary studies, has passed away after a long illness.

The May issue of Information Services News features the long-awaited opening of the refurbished EDFAA Library.

Access the May issue in PDF (or RTF for screen readers) from the Information Services News page.

Photo by Ian Ferguson