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Issue: March/April 2008News
Anniversary Alumni AwardsNineteen alumni of La Trobe University have been recognised for distinguished services to their community. 
Plans for new China linksThe University is in the early stages of discussion for a part in a new venture in China – the Joint Research Institute of International Biological Medicine. Major cuts in energy useStaff and students showed their commitment to sustainability by joining Earth Hour. 
Contributions to workplace reform debateOne of the year's key IR events – the conference of the Association of Industrial Relations Academics of Australia and New Zealand was organised by La Trobe University's Faculty of Law and Management. 
New digs for priceless relicsThe custodians of some of the world’s most significant archaeological relics from the ancient Near East have a new home on La Trobe University's main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. Research
Lessons from the Pacific: Traditional knowledge about handling climate changeArchaeologist Anita Smith – a member of Australia's new delegation to 
Hold your breath: Secrets in the pouch revealedUnderstanding how the lung develops in newborn marsupials is part of award-winning research by a PhD student in Zoology. 
Words from the Border – a West Papuan tells his storyAutobiography is a political act, particularly when it comes from a freedom fighter and is the first by a West Papuan. 
On Being Australian – study delves into the hearts of immigrantsBeing Australian is a complex and passionate issue that cannot be reduced to twenty questions on a citizenship test. Depression after abortionPartner violence has been identified
as the 'missing link' on the vexed Awards & Graduations
Camel ride to freedom for better health careLa Trobe University postgraduate health scientist Jonathon Ehsani has won one of Australia's most prestigious postgraduate prizes – the General Sir John Monash Award. 
Riverlink doctorates a first for MilduraThe Mildura campus recently
graduated its first 'Riverlink
Postgraduate Research Community
Land care: The enigma of highland bogsStudents recorded the biodiversity of species in bogs on three properties in the Strathbogie Ranges. 
Helping older drivers stay on the roadDr Carolyn Unsworth has received funding from the RACV to develop a standardised set of off-road tests which will identify those most at risk. 
'No bull therapy' assists farmers through the droughtA new style of counselling has been developed for people who are not sure about seeking help. 
Viewpoint: New ports – dredging up the public costsThe controversy sparked by the dredging of Port Phillip Bay is one that is being repeated in developed countries around the world.
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