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A taste of the good oil
Olive growers gained some tips from world-leading specialists in olive production and use, thanks to La Trobe University Bendigo. full story

Full house for new business innovation park
Four months after the opening of Central Victoria's new business Innovation Park (CVIP), the complex is full, hosting a suite of leading regional-based IT businesses. full story

La Trobe University partnership with Collingwood Football Club
La Trobe University's Institute of Vocational Education and Training has signed a partnership agreement with the Collingwood Football Club that will enable the Club's players to undertake a Diploma of Sport and Recreation Management from the Institute. full story

Happy 30th Birthday to La Trobe University Language Centre
They're out there speaking English - around 60,000 of them from more than 50 countries - thanks to the La Trobe University Language Centre which is celebrating its 30th birthday in 2004. full story

New Law degree at Bendigo
Senior Law Appointment for La Trobe Bendigo
La Trobe University has appointed lawyer and specialist in legal aid issues, Ms Frances Gibson, to head its new Law degree at Bendigo. full story

Second doctorate for Dr Anthony Potts
Dr Anthony Potts, a senior lecturer at La Trobe University Bendigo School of Education, qualified for his second doctorate - a Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences - in February in what he described as 'a most interesting manner' full story

Latham at La Trobe
'Labor would insert a clause into the Act ensuring that "embarrassment to the Government" cannot be used as a reason for withholding information. As ever, the public has got the right to know,' he said. full story

Water, water - unfortunately not everywhere
Legislators have a unique opportunity to push for more rapid and radical water reform, according to one of Australia's leading water resource management experts. full story

A Degree of Diplomacy
How many undergraduates make recommendations as part of their study that are acted upon by federal parliamentarians, national police forces, large non-government organisations (NGOs), big businesses - or even a foreign government? full story

Young diplomats visit Beechworth
La Trobe at Beechworth played host to 25 graduate trainees from the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) during a training tour of north-east Victoria. full story

More recognition for La Trobe's Greek Pottery expert
Dr Ian McPhee, senior lecturer in Art History at La Trobe University, has received further recognition for his expertise on Greek pottery from the Classical Age. full story

La Trobe University Appointments
La Trobe University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Osborne, has announced several changes in the University's senior management structure. full story

Lord of the Rings proves we are one
Yes Virginia. There is an upside to globalisation! People all over the world, says Dr Sue Turnbull, may recognise and share the same social values, especially when it comes to film fantasy. full story

In sight: the holy grail of pharmaceuticals
La Trobe University Technology for Oral Peptide Drugs
La Trobe University chemists have developed technology which they believe could lead to orally delivered peptide drugs. full story

Advanced microscope displays its capabilities
La Trobe University's state-of-the-art confocal microscope commissioned in October 2002 is proving its tremendous worth in biochemical research, according to Dr Leann Tilley. full story

Seeking Sick Sorghum Solutions
Research for better Maize and Sorghum
Collaborative research between La Trobe University botanists and an expert from The Volcani Centre at Israel's Institute of Plant Protection could lead to a better understanding of virus diseases in maize and sorghum. full story

Who is in charge, you or your car?
Your car - and what it means to your life - was the subject of animated discussion during a public seminar entitled 'Car Wars' at La Trobe University Melbourne campus (Bundoora) in February. full story

War and Peace - and Ethics
A noted American authority on political ethics and anti-war activist discussed the ethics of American involvement in Iraq at a public seminar entitled 'War and the Ethics of Complexity' at La Trobe University in February full story

Mackered Down Under?
Has Australia been McDonalised - with its culture and values deeply infiltrated and remoulded into an American format? full story

La Trobe participates in Como Writers' Festival
La Trobe University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences co-sponsored two major sections of 'Writers at Como' presented by the Melbourne Writers' Festival and Reader's Feast Bookstore at Como Historic House and Garden, Melbourne, in February. full story

Research help from US-based malaria vaccine initiative
La Trobe Receives new R&D funds
La Trobe University is participating in a $4.3 million research grant from the US-based PATH Malaria Vaccine Initiative (MVI) to bring a malaria vaccine to the clinical trials stage. full story