Issue: May/June 2008
News
Respect for diversity begins in our schools
An award-winning project by La Trobe University psychologist Professor Eleanor Wertheim and her colleagues aims to help teachers 'build' schools that respect cultural diversity.
Our world in crisis - La Trobe offers new media scholarships
Kenyan-born freelance photojournalist Kabir Dhanji and Megan Byrne from The Age newspaper have been awarded the La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue's first annual Media Scholarships.
Home theatre - the end of spaghetti junction?
Electronics graduate Glenn Boardman has won a prize for designing wireless speakers that can reproduce hi-fi sound good enough for home-theatre systems.
Child and family welfare studies go global
New and stronger links between policy-makers and researchers around the world were forged at a recent international conference in Italy.
Dig probes Ned Kelly drama
Sites relating to one of Australia's best-known historical events – Ned Kelly's last stand at Glenrowan in north-eastern Victoria – have been excavated by archaeologists including forty La Trobe University students.
Plans for Goulburn Valley unveiled
Vice-Chancellor Paul Johnson and Greater Shepparton City Council Mayor Eric Bott have signed a memorandum of understanding to boost higher education in Shepparton.
Global push for sustainable business education
La Trobe University is among the first to respond to a UN-backed initiative promoting corporate responsibility and sustainability in business education.
Keeping Olympic triathletes in top form
Sports physiotherapist Mark Alexander has been helping boost the gold medal chances of Australia's Olympic triathlon team.
Research
Soil test for safer nuclear waste
Australian know-how is being used in a French laboratory, part of a European Union funded project dealing with the long-term stability of nuclear waste in underground storages.
Sweetness and light
Neuroscience illuminates new ways of tackling the obesity epidemic.
Social maps strengthen support for abused children
Children traumatised by abuse stand to benefit from the trial of social mapping as a new evaluation method.
Forget me not - keeping memory in good order
La Trobe psychologist Glynda Kinsella is part of a team investigating if memory can be improved with training to guard against further decay into dementia.
People
Alumni win inaugural awards
International business leader, banker and philanthropist Dr James Riady and Dr Makmur Sunusi, Director General of Social Services and Rehabilitation, have won prizes at the recent inaugural Indonesian Australian Alumni Awards in Jakarta.
Top economist joins La Trobe
Professor Don Harding has won an award for having the most citations for economics research in Australia, reflecting the impact and influence of his work.
Community
National Superannuation - reflections on the birth of an idea
"This is an idea that this university can rightfully own," said former ACTU Secretary Bill Kelty when he delivered the occasional address to some 230 graduates.
Colleges connect with the world
Community awareness is one of the major aims of college life at La Trobe University.
Dubai women show their art
An art exhibition by students from Dubai Women's College recently provided north-west Victoria with rare glimpses into the lives of people from another culture.
Water debate - when agricultural values can be a pain in the environment
Severe water restrictions are being imposed on our communities because we haven't come to grips with how we reallocate water away from agriculture, says La Trobe economist Dr Lin Crase.