Flipping hamburgers to pay the rent and stock the fridge, to the detriment of their studies, will hopefully be a thing of the past for some dental students, thanks to an Assistance Fund being financed generously by the Western Australian Dental Foundation.

The pilot of the Outer Metropolitan Program in three high schools last year proved a resounding success, with one-third of interested students being offered places to study medicine this year.

The State's biggest telescope, launched by Australia's Chief Scientist, Professor Penny Sackett, at The University of Western Australia on Wednesday April 1, will boost WA's profile in robotic astronomy.

All media are invited to the announcement of The University of Western Australia (UWA) - Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint research fund.

UWA law graduate and part-time lecturer Hugo Leith has won one of the two West Australian Fullbright Scholarships for 2009

West Australian businessman and philanthropist Stan Perron will this week receive an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters at The University of Western Australia.

We have now begun the implementation phase of the UWA Future Framework set by our Review of Course Structures. An Implementation Committee is charged with ensuring that the necessary changes are made in a systematic, timely and appropriate manner, with adequate notice to all stakeholders.

Welcome to the latest edition of Science Matters. 2009 is the Chinese Year of the Ox. The Ox, sign symbolises prosperity through fortitude and hard work, and given the financial woes of the world, these characteristics may be in high demand.

The Faculty’s ox-like characteristics will see it take on the challenge of 2009 with the expectation of another successful year for our research and teaching.  I am writing this editorial not long after the inauguration of Barack Obama. His presidency is a cause for celebration and there is sense of expectation of great things to come.

A clinical professor from The University of Western Australia who, with a team of local health professionals, has pioneered many successful approaches to treating eating disorders, has been named a member of a new National Advisory Group on Body Image set up by the Minister for Youth Kate Ellis this week.