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New subject on Indigenous issues
La Trobe students can now learn more about Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders, their culture, history and society.

Education and Indigenous students
La Trobe University Bendigo Senior Lecturer in Education, Mr Raymond Nichol, has produced a book that examines the history and practice of education for Indigenous students in Australia.

To combat terrorism, our leaders need to respond too the terrorist challnge
The leaders of our emergency response forces must respond immediately and appropriately to a terrorist attack. To do this with maximum efficiency, they must cooperate closely using their understanding of the strategies and tactics of potential terrorists.

Collaboration on reproductive science research
La Trobe University is involved in collaborative research with leading British reproductive scientist, Professor Martin Johnson.

Former Polish PM at La Trobe
Former Prime Minister of Poland, and currently UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Europe, Professor Marek Belka, recently visited La Trobe University.

Ultra fine imaging at La Trobe University
A state-of-the-art X-ray microtomography facility, one of the highest resolution instruments in Australia, will be installed at La Trobe University during 2006.

La Trobe Improves Mental Health Nursing Training
La Trobe University’s Faculty of Health Sciences is enhancing its nurse training curriculum to upgrade its mental health component.

Nursing home dilemma for families and staff
It happens thousands of times a year. The family arranges for mum or dad, elderly and frail, to enter a nursing home where qualified staff will provide constant care.

Aged care centre wins contracts
La Trobe University’s Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC) has won two Government contracts aimed at improving the teaching of aged care.

Australia and Japan: lessons after Sept 11
The first publication from a ten-nation, five-year project examining the evolution of US alliances around the world since the end of the Cold War – and particularly since September 11 – has been published by La Trobe University’s School of Social Sciences.

La Trobe and the Commonwealth Games
Present or past La Trobe University students won three Gold medals and participated in many other events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Challenging the van Gogh ‘troubled genius’ industry
The Managing Curator of La Trobe University’s Art Museum, Mr Vincent Alessi, has found himself in an unexpected position as he nears completion of his PhD research on Vincent van Gogh.

Possible new treatment for liver disease
Research at La Trobe University Bendigo may lead to more effective treatment of the liver disease, cholestasis.

New concepts for logic in the modern age
La Trobe University philosopher, Dr Ross Brady, is setting out to apply new concepts to logic.

Re-writing the textbook
It’s not often that researchers re-write the textbook, but La Trobe University Muscle Research Laboratory scientists have done just that.

Important words from the last of the stolen wives
Only 20 remain alive, the last of many hundreds of girls and young women stolen by a tribe of South American Indians in violent raids on neighbouring villages to capture wives.

Missing out on higher education because you’re poor you get the blame – but should you?
Question: Why don’t poor kids go to university as much as rich kids? Answer: They don’t have the money, or that’s what many people assume. But is this the only factor?

New Professors at La Trobe University
The Vice Chancellor of La Trobe University, Professor Brian Stoddard, has announced the appointment of a number of new professors.

Gay health resilience increases with age
The most significant health and well-being problems of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) people in Australia improve as they get older.

Professor Peter Sullivan
Professor Peter Sullivan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Bendigo), has resigned to take up a senior professorship in Education at Monash University.