A book co-authored by UWA's Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Dr Gary Lee, has been described as "the definitive textbook on pleural diseases across the world."

Two Professors of Anaesthesia at The University of Western Australia have won prestigious first prizes in the ‘Anaesthesia' and ‘Basis of Medicine' categories of the British Medical Association Book Awards.

Dr Richard Riley has been awarded the prestigious First Prize in the 'Basis of Medicine' category
of the British Medical Association Book Awards for 2009. 

UWA is continuing to attract major grants for its research work.

The latest grant winners cover a range of research topics.

The Website Office won Division 1 Lotto today.

They might look like random poles in a gallery, but an art and science collaboration between UWA’s SymbioticA and a US neuro-engineering laboratory has drawn praise from one of the world’s foremost forums for digital media.

The ‘Silent Barrage’ installation has won an honorary mention for hybrid and transdisciplinary projects in Prix Ars Electronica (PAE).

PAE is one of the most important festivals for creativity and innovation in the field of digital media, with artists from more than 70 countries participating.

‘Silent Barrage’ recently went on show at the Exit Art Gallery in New York. It is the work of SymbioticA’s Guy Ben-Ary, fellow WA artist Phil Gamblen, and scientists from Steve Potter’s Laboratory for Neuro-engineering at Georgia Technical College, Atlanta, which investigates epilepsy treatments.

UWA Publishing author Brian Dibble has just been short listed for the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his biography of prominent WA writer - Elizabeth Jolley.

Fifth year UWA Law student, Renee Kaczmarczyk, was awarded the Linda Cotton Memorial Law Scholarship to further her knowledge about the inter-relationship between Indigenous Australians and the law. 

A world-leader in green, large-scale conversion of wave energy to electricity, Dr George W. Taylor, was last night awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters at The University of Western Australia.