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Eagles Symbolise La Trobe-Yolngu relationship
A painting in traditional eastern Arnhem Land style symbolises a close 'mutual help' relationship of more than three decades between La Trobe University and Aboriginal people of the Yolngu cultural group. full story

La Trobe on La Trobe
La Trobe University has completed negotiations to purchase the historic Argus building on the corner of La Trobe and Elizabeth Streets in the Melbourne Central Business District. full story

Helping the Bandjalang claim their goanna country
La Trobe University anthropologist, Dr John Morton, is making a significant contribution to a Native Title claim by the Bandjalang people in northern New South Wales. full story

Classical Studies Journal Thrives at Bendigo
La Trobe University Bendigo has for many years been home to a prestigious international peer-reviewed journal in classical studies. full story

When in Rome – or in Washington
Military confrontation and what looks good on TV may not be the best ways of securing goals. Long term quiet diplomacy may be better, and there are examples in Roman history to prove this. full story

Helping amputees in Gujarat
International organisations have called upon the expertise of La Trobe University's National Centre for Prosthetics and Orthotics to ensure the success of a program to help amputee victims of a massive earthquake in India. full story

Fine tuning management of Aboriginal health services
La Trobe University is participating in a project funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health to enhance governance in Aboriginal health services. full story

Professor Altman appointed to Harvard Chair
La Trobe University Professor of Politics, Dennis Altman, has been appointed to the Harvard University Chair of Australian Studies - the third La Trobe academic to occupy the prestigious post since 1999. full story

Busy international schedule for linguists
Dr David Bradley of La Trobe University's Linguistics Program has been elected to the executive committee of the Comité International Permanent des Linguistes (CIPL)-the International Permanent Committee of Linguists. full story

Outlawed: academics contribute to exhibition
Two La Trobe University History Program readers, Drs Barry Carr and John Hirst, played roles in the preparation of the exhibition Outlawed, currently on display at the Australian National Museum, Canberra. full story

The Themis v Gaia syndrome
When Greek mothers and daughters differ
In Greek mythology, Themis, the enlightened goddess of human rights, did not always see eye to eye with her more conservative mother, Gaia. full story

Our division of mathematicians calculate
How to reverse the brain drain
La Trobe's Department of Mathematics has figured out how to reverse the brain drain. full story

La Trobe helps Australia Connect with Korea
La Trobe University's first Australia Connect program-in which 63 Korean tertiary students studied English at the Bundoora campus-was successfully completed in February. full story

Beechworth Opera returns after fire
After being cancelled in 2003 because of bushfires, Opera in the Alps 2004 attracted around 2500 people to La Trobe at Beechworth on 24 January. full story

Mobiles: Massive money monsters
Mobile phones are causing a serious debt problem amongst youth as telecommunications companies target young people's financial and consumer inexperience. full story

Gang war inbushland: That's for the birds
They have muscled their way to control large tracts of Melbourne and Sydney suburbia, and increasingly larger slices of the east coast rural landscape. full story

Sorting out the relatives in the Kangaroo family
What is the link between Dr Mike Westerman examining mitochondrial DNA sequences of both extinct and living kangaroos in his La Trobe University genetics laboratory -and the best way to spend scarce conservation funds? full story

Cardiax rehabilitation saves lives
A study which La Trobe University inaugurated and played a major part has revealed that only 24% of eligible patients attend cardiac rehabilitation programs in Victoria. full story

New head of Psychollogy at Bendigo
Dr Anthony Love has been appointed the new Head of Psychology at La Trobe University Bendigo. full story

Matchmaking - Shepparton style
Historically, the matchmaker was a respected, even revered figure whose activities were vital to both personal and social needs within a community. full story