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Issue: October 2005
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Professor provides leadership in drug designA World-leader in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - and head of a research group contributing to the world-wide search for new drug molecules - has been appointed Professor of Chemistry at La Trobe University. Malaria: new hope for old drugMany people in third world countries are dying for want of new medicines against tropical killer diseases such as malaria. 
Safety on the fire frontLa Trobe University, as part of its role in the national Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre, will investigate safety in fireground decision-making during the forthcoming fire season. Donation boosts global scholarshipsTwo students from La Trobe University - as well as from three affiliated Chinese universities and ten other universities world-wide - will be able to expand their horizons, thanks to a generous $300,000 donation from a Hong Kong business leader. 
Chinese business leader honouredProminent Hong Kong business leader, philanthropist and Visiting Professor in La Trobe University's School of Management, Dr Henry Fong Yun-Wah, has been awarded the honorary degree, Doctor of Letters, at the annual ceremony for La Trobe graduates in Hong Kong in September. 
International graduation ceremoniesSpecial guest Datuk Dr Max Ongkili with Vice-Chancellor Professor Michael Osborne and Pro Vice-Chancellor, International, Dr David Stockley, at the University's graduation ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. South African accounts delegation visitLa Trobe University's Public Sector Governance and Accountability Research Centre (PSGARC) has hosted a visit from six members of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts of South Africa's Gauteng Province Legislature. 
Internet for health promotion?The internet is widely used by people seeking sex partners for a variety of sexual practices - some of which can be profoundly risky. Recognition for blood clot researchResearch by La Trobe University PhD candidate, Kaylene Pritchard, investi-gating molecules that may help prevent blood clots in heart attack patients, has received national recognition. New Professors of Physiotherapy and AccountingCarol Adams and Kamran Ahmed have been appointed as Professors of Accounting in the La Trobe University School of Business. Dr Karen Dodd has been appointed Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of the School of Physiotherapy at La Trobe University. 
Top Indigenous education post for Gary ThomasGary Thomas, Director of Indigenous Education at La Trobe University, was elected Chair of the National Indigenous Higher Education Network at a recent meeting in Alice Springs. 
Art boosts LifeskillsExtraordinary Elements was the title of an art exhibition by participants of La Trobe Lifeskills, recently held at the La Trobe University Art Museum on the main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. 
Hospitality work trial pays dividendsTwo La Trobe students in Tourism and Hospitality Management, Robyn Gray and Marissa Kyriacou, have secured full-time corporate traineeships with the Intercontinental Hotel Group. 
Bollywood on campusSalaam Namaste, the largest Indian feature film shot in Australia, was partly filmed on location at La Trobe University's main Melbourne campus at Bundoora. 
Do films really attract tourists?SueBeeton's latest book poses the difficult question: Do films attract tourists to the place they portray? Many tourism publicists believe the answer is yes but they may often be wrong! Competition and collusion in businessWhat are the business implications of the recently privatised Telstra? How do you design competition policy for tele-communications, the internet - and for energy sectors such as electricity and gas? 
Tournament of MindsLa Trobe University recently hosted the State finals of the Tournament of Minds for gifted and enthusiastic students from primary and secondary schools from throughout Victoria. 
Reappraising First Fleet farmersFirst Fleet convicts were incapable as farmers and nearly starved to death on 'a fatal shore' due to primitive agriculture and administrative incompetence in mounting the First Fleet. Research in Action
Children's healthcare: one size does not fit allHealth care providers should do more to recognise the needs of the 21st century family, according to La Trobe University researcher, Dr Fiona Andrews. 
Studies in language, myth and politicsDid you hear the one about the elderly Jerusalemite rabbi who questioned God about the two most important concerns in his life? 
Medicines sans frontiers? Not for older peopleDoes taking medicines place an invisible, sometimes impenetrable, frontier around older Australians, hampering their lifestyles?
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