Issue: Summer 2009
News
Vision for growth
Plans for significant expansion by 2025 aim to create a multi-campus University of up to 35,000 students.
Unveiled: La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences (LIMS)
Innovative ways of understanding cancer and coronary disease are a major focus of the $97.9 million La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences (LIMS).
Cancer under the spotlight
La Trobe researchers are investigating the mechanism of programmed cell death, with a view to applying their understanding to cancer treatment.
New institute reaches out to the world
Welcome to the La Trobe Institute of Molecular Science (LIMS), a new breed of research institute.
La Trobe gains seven Future Fellowships
Five are associated with the new La Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences (LIMS)
Indigenous heritage - managing the past for a better future
A new era for Aboriginal cultural heritage management in Victoria and a boost for Indigenous education opportunity.
Archaeological field guide to Afghan desert
While it includes all the traditional advice on how to go about field surveys, there's also a section on how to avoid bombs and mines.
Win, win, win for La Trobe Law Mooters
The La Trobe team has come out tops in a fierce legal mooting contest against some of the State's best law students.
Business ethics - with media personalities
A new way of teaching offers added incentive for students to shine during their end-of-year presentations.
Young Alumni take the stage
It's all part of an effort to instil the pride and sense of belonging that many graduates have towards their universities in the US and Canada.
Research
Hot on the "Achilles' heel" of cancer
The spread of cancer is no random act, and La Trobe biochemists are on its trail.
Advances in fungal disease research
La Trobe scientists are targeting some very specific molecules to protect plants against fungal disease.
Sweating the sweet stuff in Sulawesi
Where chocolate spells survival, not dessert.
Reshaping Baghdad: warfare and utopian fancy
Robyn Wlaton's work on the visions of a prominent architect and an artist and author of last century shows they thought nothing of rebuilding the city to their own grand schemes.
People
New Science Dean joins La Trobe
Analytical chemist Brian McGaw takes over from David Finlay.
PM's book prize for Marilyn Lake
Drawing the Global Colour Line, co-written with Professor Henry Reynolds, wins in the non-fiction category.
Community
Seeking life beyond psychosis
Psychological researchers are probing whether people can learn to accept and let go of their demons.
Top End collaboration on remotest campus
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Belinda Probert recently visited Donydji, to learn first-hand what this long-standing collaboration has meant to a distant Homeland community.
Mittjiwu Djaaka – caring for community
La Trobe University, Rotarians and Vietnam Veterans are working with people of a traditional Indigenous community to offer them a future while retaining their ties to the land, language and culture.
‘Every Day Angels’ recognises aged care workers
Thousands of blank postcards are making their way across Victoria as part of this research project.
Crisis help for those parenting second time around
La Trobe University's Law School — as part of a long-standing outreach program with the West Heidelberg Community Legal Service — has helped prepare a resource booklet.
Arms deal: Social work in the Philippines
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Belinda Probert recently visited Donydji, to learn first-hand what this long-standing collaboration has meant to a distant Homeland community.