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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.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Arts and Law student Tom Williams, dubbed the ‘golden boy' by his Chinese language teacher, has won another international competition.
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
St George's College looks like a big picturesque film set - and now its potential is being exploited.
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.
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.
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?
Monday, 22 April 2013
Research grants awarded between 29 March and 22 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
The new Wesfarmers Chair in Australian
History is itself making history.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
An exhibition of totems and panels of
photographs have been installed in the University Club to commemorate UWA's
centenary.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Universities tend to breed interesting
characters but surely the most unusual is Macca, the pig with his own Facebook page.
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.
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Three UWA academics have been elected as
Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
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.
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.
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.