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La Trobe launches Institute for Advanced Study
In a first for a Victorian University, La Trobe University has formally opened a dedicated Institute for Advanced Study on its main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. full story

Institute Fellows share their expertise
Three leading international researchers in fields as diverse as nanotechnology, divorce and health care for the aged are among the latest Fellows to take up residence at La Trobe University's Institute for Advanced Study. full story

First regionally-trained pharmacists graduate at Bendigo
Victoria's first regionally trained Bachelor of Pharmacy students have graduated from La Trobe University, Bendigo. Six of the 18 graduates were awarded Honours degrees. full story

Aboriginal voices of the 70s: The peoples' struggle continues
A case for Aboriginal political representation through an Aboriginal government was made by Aboriginal activist, Michael Mansell at this year's Hyllus Maris Memorial lecture full story

World Network for Reconciliation
La Trobe has played a major role in establishing and running a network in several countries to foster reconciliation and cultural development. full story

A 'First' for Nursing Science
In another 'first', Bendigo Bachelor of Nursing Science students also graduated during the recent ceremonies. full story

You can't let sleeping snorers lie
Designing a tiny electronic device and fitting it inside a tennis ball might seem an odd way to help chronic snorers. full story

Research to improve health services for regional communities
Seven graduates at the Bendigo ceremonies received their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) awards - one of the highest academic honours. full story

Success for Biotopya Entrepreneurs
Biotopya - a company formed by La Trobe University postgraduate biotechnology students - has won three of the five awards in the Young Achievement Australia (YAA) Victorian Biotechnology Entrepreneur Program. full story

Winning team in Workplace Olympiad
La Trobe University fielded one of three winning teams in this year's national Higher Education Workplace Skills Olympiad. full story

La Trobe helps itself
It was literally a case of La Trobe University helping itself when the academic Department of Accounting and Management helped the administration Finance Division to streamline an auditing process. full story

What makes an Aboriginal business work?
La Trobe University recently conducted an Aboriginal Tourism Symposium that sought answers to this question. full story

What causes stuttering?
The five in every100 people around the world who stutter or once did, will look forward to the results of a research project aimed at finding genes involved in stuttering. full story

Arnhem Land Homelands offer best solution
Research by La Trobe University in North-East Arnhem Land strongly supports the view of traditional Aboriginal leaders that Homelands offer the best hope for the future of their young people. full story

Field researchers lend a helping hand
Five La Trobe University postgraduate students are using their expertise to Aboriginal developments projects around Australia. full story

Smoking: nursing students don't practise what they will preach
The level of smoking by undergraduate female nursing students is higher than that of the general population, a new study has found. full story

The Murray: Working together to improve tourism
Businesses in the tourism industry along the Murray River will benefit from a La Trobe University research project aimed to make different sectors work together for their mutual benefit. full story

Inga Clendinnen wins major literary prize
La Trobe Emeritus Scholar, historian and author, Inga Clendinnen, right, has become the first Australian to win the prestigious Kiriyama Prize for non-fiction. full story

Love's labours win
Linda Letten, has been awarded one of two nationally-contested Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship. full story

Royal Society Medal for Peter Dyson
Head of Physics, Professor Peter Dyson, has been awarded the Royal Society of Victoria Research Medal for research in physical sciences. full story

Taste of 'Real-world' business
Bachelor of Business student, Jessica Hunt, spent 15 days of her final year industry practicum looking at employer-employee relations at SPC Ardmona Shepparton cannery. full story

Benefits and catastrophes of strategic management
Strategic management in this era of globalisation is 'Challenging and dangerous,' says La Trobe University Professor of Economics, Colin White. full story

Carr on Cuba
Dr Barry Carr is one of three editors of an ambitious anthology examining many aspects of pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary Cuba. full story

Investigating barriers to women's careers
Research that reveals the hidden barriers faced by women in sustaining careers in the visual arts. full story

Better evidence for treating speech disorder
School of Human Communication Sciences staff have written one of the first text books that marries evidence-based practice with speech pathology. full story