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Joint bid for regional and rural medical school
La Trobe University and the University of Ballarat have announced their intention to seek
government support to establish a third medical school in Victoria. |
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Generous scholarships for nanotechnology science students
Five of the students accepted into the La Trobe University Bachelor of Nanotechnology/Bachelor
of Science double degree in 2006 will each receive a $6,000 scholarship. |
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John Furphy Memorial Lecture
La Trobe University recently presented the Inaugural John Furphy Memorial Lecture at its
Shepparton Campus. Titled The Parthenon throughout the Ages, the lecture was delivered
by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Osborne. |
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La Trobe Law goes global in a big way
La Trobe University's Masters program in Global Business Law is going global in a big way
- with fourteen leading American and European legal academics teaching units in 2005
and 2006. |
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Two million dollars for a good walk
La Trobe University is one of five leading Melbourne research organisations to participate
in a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence
(CCRE) grant of $2 million over five years to help people with disabilities walk better. |
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European Union award winners
La Trobe University's contribution to studies of the European Union in Australia were recognised
recently by the Delegation of the European Commission to Australia and New Zealand
with the award of two new student prizes. |
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Crime prediction and public health
One of the largest information technology conferences ever held in Melbourne - the International
Conference on Knowledge-based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES
2005) - is being hosted by La Trobe University's School of Business in September. |
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Desirable drugs in the desert
La Trobe University senior lecturer in Public Health, Dr Ken Harvey, is playing a leading
role in fine tuning a national pharmaceutical drugs policy in the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan. |
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Cooperative search for anti-fungal drugs
Two American chemistry students recently spent two months at La Trobe University on a joint
project aimed at producing new and more efficient antifungal drugs. |
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Probing cell pathways to understand breast cancer
Two researchers at La Trobe University Bendigo are investigating the role of the hormone
oestrogen and oestrogen-like compounds on development and progression of breast cancer. |
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The quality of life for women with HIV/AIDS
For women in Australia with HIV/AIDS having dependent children means they are significantly
more likely to rate their health as 'good or excellent' than women without dependent
children. |
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New focus on Asia-Pacific research
La Trobe University is playing an important role in a new initiative to promote cooperative
research in the Asia Pacific Region. |
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Sixty years on: Australia and Japan today
La Trobe University Politics Society recently held a public seminar dealing with the end
of the Pacific War titled Sixty Years On: Australia and Japan Today. The seminar
examined what Australians and Japanese of today though about their old foes. |
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La Trobe University creates McGarvie Chair of Socio-Legal
Studies
La Trobe University has established the Richard McGarvie Chair of Socio-Legal Studies to
honour a former Chancellor, the Hon Mr Richard McGarvie AC. |
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It all adds up to better teaching and research
La Trobe University is playing a pivotal role in the new Australian Mathematical Sciences
Institute (AMSI) dedicated to improved mathematics and statistics teaching, research
and co-operation with industry. |
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Analysing chemicals with the latest equipment
Two Year 12 pupils from Northcote High School are receiving a study opportunity rare for
students of their age. |
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Birth When it's no longer a natural event
It once was considered the most natural event in the world - the birth of a baby. |
