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| Malcolm Rimmer to head School of Business |
| Leading Australian educator, researcher
and writer in the fields of management, industrial relations and human resources,
Malcolm Rimmer, has been appointed Professor and Head, School of Business, at
La Trobe University. |
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| Top teaching award for Eleanor Wertheim |
| La Trobe University psychologist, Dr Eleanor Wertheim, has won the latest 'Australian
Award for University Teaching' in the Biological Sciences, Health and Related
Studies category. |
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| Professor of Marketing appointed |
| Geoffrey Durden, an expert in international
marketing specialising in cross-national and cross-cultural research, has been
appointed Professor of Marketing in La Trobe University's Graduate School of
Management. |
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| Awards for musculoskeletal research |
| La Trobe Musculoskeletal Research Centre's
Dr Nicholas Taylor, Dr Nora Shields and Dr Karen Dodd have won a Business and
Higher Education Round Table award for outstanding achievement in Research and
Development Collaboration. |
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| Recognition for sociologist |
| Senior lecturer in sociology, Ms Katy
Richmond, has won an award from the Australian Sociological Association |
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| Aged care - New book queries old 'truths' |
| A book praised in reviews for challenging
preconceived ideas by most health care professionals that it is their responsibility
to decide the type of care provided to older people, has won the Australasian
Journal on Ageing 2004 Book Award. |
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| Educational web for the common good |
| World-renowned information technology
specialist, educator and visionary, Professor Hal Abelson from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), recently delivered a seminar on educational technology
and institutional change on the main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. |
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| RESEARCH |
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| Grant for new system to purify waste water |
| The Biotechnology Research Centre at La Trobe University, Bendigo has started
a three-year project to develop and evaluate a new and revolutionary process
to purify waste water. |
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| Breaking new ground in mitochondrial research |
| Two La Trobe University researchers
in different fields are breaking new ground by bringing a computational approach
to mainstream molecular biology to improve knowledge of the workings of mitochondria. |
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| Less work, same income for graziers? |
| Australian graziers in arid and semi-arid
zones could reduce their work load, maintain their income - and enhance the environment
at the same time. |
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| Home alone - and loving it |
| La Trobe University sociologist, Professor
David de Vaus, has been allocated an ARC Discovery grant totalling $380,000 over
five years to determine which Australians live alone, why, and the social, economic
and infrastructural consequences. |
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| Documenting change in Australian families |
| A new book by La Trobe University Head
of Sociology, Professor David de Vaus, provides a snapshot and valuable information
on trends in Australian family life during the last 30 years. |
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