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Agreement to publish unique Chinese archive
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Osborne, has signed a unique agreement for the publication of the Chinese archive on Sino-British Relations between 1862 and 1911. full story

Grants success beats national average
La Trobe University researchers - working towards solutions in key fields of community concern including aged-care, water management, forensic science and grape production - have been allocated $1.13 million for six projects in the second round of the Australian Research Council Linkage Grants. full story

Launch of public sector research centre
La Trobe University has established a new 'Public Sector Governance and Accountability Research Centre' on its main Melbourne campus at Bundoora - with recently appointed Professor of Accounting, Kerry Jacobs, as inaugural Director. full story

Grant to develop new malaria test
La Trobe University and the international diagnostics company, PANBIO, have received a Development Grant from the National Health & Medical Research Council for malaria research. full story

New course for lung cancer nursing
La Trobe University's Austin Health Clinical School of Nursing, Austin Health and the Cancer Council Victoria have developed a new initiative to train nurses with specialist skills in caring for lung cancer patients. full story

Graduates provide more rural nurses
In a 'first' for multi-mode nursing education in Victorian designed to boost nursing numbers in rural areas, 26 students have graduated from La Trobe University's Mildura Campus. full story

Visual Health in Alice Springs
Final year orthoptics student, Maria Kolic, believes her clinical experience in Alice Springs may have changed her entire career outlook. full story

Research suggests new ways of treating MS
Researchers from La Trobe University have established a link between a multiple sclerosis (MS)-like condition in mice and damage to the nerves of the spinal cord. full story

'Barcoding' bloodworms to fight water pollution
La Trobe researchers are developing DNA techniques to help Melbourne Water assess how effectively it cleans up polluted creeks. full story

Working towards a new class of insecticides
A collaboration between researchers from La Trobe University and the University of Queensland could lead to a whole new class of insecticides. full story

The massive task of indexing The Argus
La Trobe History Program Reader, Dr John Hirst, who is directing the mammoth task of indexing The Argus newspaper published in Melbourne from 1846 to 1955. full story

The eyes have it when it comes to recognition
La Trobe University eye researcher, Dr Adrian Dyer, can help tell us how we learn to recognise a face. full story

Claude Bernard wins research foundation medal
Eminent Australian neuroimmunologist, Professor Claude Bernard, left, has been awarded this year's Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Medal. full story

Making windows where there once were walls
La Trobe University held a special symposium to honour one if its most distinguished scholars, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Rhys Isaac. full story

JM Coetzee book reading in August
Nobel Laureate and two time Booker Prize winning author, J.M. Coetzee will read from his works on Wednesday August 4 as part of the 'Melbourne Conversations' series. full story

Olympics and study - they can mix successfully
La Trobe University Electronic Engineering and Computer Science student, Warwick Draper, will represent Australia at Athens in the men?s Canoe Kayak Slalom event. full story

A second gold medal for Rachel?
Fourth year Bachelor of Prosthetics and Orthotics student, Rachel Imison, is aiming for her second Olympic Gold Medal in Athens. full story

Olympics - ancient and modern The same, only different
Honorary Research Associate Dr. Elizabeth Pemberton has researched both archaeological and historical aspects of the Olympics in ancient Greece. full story

Physio students help at Paralympics
Master of Physiotherapy student, Jenni Barron will play an important role at the Paralympics in Athens in September. full story

Sporting Greek Muse
aLa Trobe's Greek Studies Program has made a contribution to the 'Cultural Olympics' by organising Greek Poetry evening. full story