University News

UWAnews staff magazine

UWAnews online is part of a two-part news service for the staff of The University of Western Australia.

Once a month, a printed edition of UWAnews is published and once a month, in between those printed editions, we bring you an online edition, to ensure our staff are kept up to date with the latest research, events and news about people and policies.

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Asha de Vos and her puppet

Puppet ponders blue whales

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

A puppet in a mask and flippers wonders why blue whales have pushed the limits of evolution to become the biggest animal ever, in a new video produced by a UWA researcher.

Tom Williams did volunteer teaching in China

Tom advises engagement with Asian neighbours

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Arts and Law student Tom Williams, dubbed the ‘golden boy' by his Chinese language teacher, has won another international competition.

Josiah Padmanabham on piano, Don Candy on guitar

Music in a magic setting

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

St George's College looks like a big picturesque film set - and now its potential is being exploited.

Ghislaine Small collects termites

Termites are useful, not just destructive

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

When you see how tiny termites can demolish big strong structures, you know there's something in the process that's worth harnessing.

Michael Renton with Alan Robson, Tony O'Donnell and the medal

First Robson Medal winner

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

A year after he returned to his beloved agricultural research, former Vice-Chancellor Alan Robson was presenting an award in his honour.

Feed the plastic dog to train a guide dog

Centenary guide dog campaign

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

This dog eats money.

Jenny Gregory led a team of 21 authors

Many seekers of wisdom

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

What sort of a book would be written by experts in the history of food, sport, medicine, theatre and music, along with a biochemist and a psychologist?

Research Grants

Monday, 22 April 2013

Research grants awarded between 29 March and 22 April 2013

Historian Geoffrey Bolton

New life for historical studies

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

The new Wesfarmers Chair in Australian History is itself making history.

Justin Hardy introduces students to ecosystem restoration

Students come to grips with the restoration cycle

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

When 70 third-year science students arrived in Albany for a conservation biology summer school, they were told to ‘get on their bikes'.

UWA Vice-Chancellor Paul Johnson

The right information in the right hands

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Recently, I had the great pleasure of acknowledging our University's highly cited researchers, and authors of highly cited papers, whose work contributed significantly to the recent and well-timed rise in UWA's international status.

Laurie Kazan-Allen with NCARD members Bruce Robinson, Bill Musk and Nick de Kler

Asbestos campaigner asks for our help

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

While Australia has banned asbestos and UWA does some of the world's best research into deadly asbestos-related diseases, other countries are still developing their asbestos industries.

Tea Shavlakadze, Miranda Grounds and Zoe Soffe

Research starts with milk and ends with muscle

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

A protein in cow's milk could save the Australian Government billions of dollars in the future, by keeping elderly people on their feet.

The panels bring life to the upstairs gallery

Famous faces, places and figures tell the Centenary story

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

An exhibition of totems and panels of photographs have been installed in the University Club to commemorate UWA's centenary.

Macca and Billy enjoy each other’s company at Unicare

“One of my best friends is a pig”

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Universities tend to breed interesting characters but surely the most unusual is Macca, the pig with his own Facebook page.

Julia Alessandrini, Thritty Bhanja, Jo Silver and Pam Townshend

People managers, not paper pushers

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Thinking about doing a PhD at UWA?  Lucky you! The first people you will meet are the candidature team in the Graduate Research and Scholarships Office.

Susan Broomhall

Three jolly good fellows

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Three UWA academics have been elected as Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

:  Graduates of Mercy College Koondoola Gisele Ishimwe (studying communications)

They made it!

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

A unique and inspiring group of first year students with something to celebrate gathered for lunch in the Sunken Gardens early in the semester.

Gina Barron, Sue Bailey and Kanau Sion

Social workers’ values are valued at the top

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

The universally-accepted image of a social worker is somebody working at grass roots, responding to the needs of vulnerable people who are struggling with a myriad of problems.

Andy Streit with children from Unicare and the model dog they’ve named Spud

This dog eats money

Tuesday, 9 April 2013

The children of staff and students at our day care centres are helping to raise money for the Centenary guide dog.