His Excellency, Dr Ken Michael AC, Governor of Western Australia, will deliver the 25th Dr George Hondros Memorial lecture, "Beyond Structural Engineering"  tomorrow (Thursday March 12) at The University of Western Australia.

Coral bleaching of Ningaloo reef and flooding of the Swan River estuary are just two of the topics to be discussed at the Greenhouse 2009: Climate Change and Resources conference to be held in Perth from March 23 to 26.

Business research and education in Western Australia have received a boost with WestNet Infrastructure Group committing $200,000 to The University of Western Australia's Business School.

Pioneering PhD research at The University of Western Australia not only helped launch a major Australian export industry, it also won the researcher a prestigious award in India recently.

The Hon Justice Michael Barker has been appointed to the Perth registry of the Federal Court of Australia.

Mary Anne Kenny has been elected Chair of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia.

Leading Western Australian Federal Court judge Justice Robert French, who was named Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in July 2008, is another distinguished graduate from the Faculty of Law who is helping to shape the nation.

Professor McAleer has left his position at The University of Western Australia as a Professor of Econometrics, which he has held for 18 years.

A product that improves mine safety has been invented by Professor Yves Potvin of The University of Western Australia.