Issue: November/December 2007
Features
News
La Trobe University has appointed two Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Professor Tim Brown and Professor Belinda Probert.
The University has received almost $10 million in the latest rounds of major
Federal Government research grants.
The University and the CSIRO have formed a new collaborative venture to strengthen Australian research in molecular science.
Three members of the University have been appointed to assessment
panels for the new Australian Research Quality Framework (RQF).
The Chancellor, Ms Sylvia Walton, has won the top award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders for her services to education.
The basalt plains of Central Victoria have seen their share of exciting geological events - and are now being mapped for ground water.
What is the way ahead? Aboriginal leader and activist Patrick Dodson delivered the La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue Annual Lecture in October.
Ireland, according to visiting Professor Brigid Laffan, is one of the great success stories of globalisation.
La Trobe University academics are helping strengthen what they regard as neglected links between Australia and the Philippines.
Media studies specialist Dr Lawrie Zion has researched and written an ABC documentary on the Australian accent.
La Trobe University students have learnt firsthand about the complex issues that can follow global development and disasters.
Ugandan-born academic Dr Apollo Nsubuga-Kyobe is helping refugees and migrants intergrate into Australia's communities.
Research in Action
Despite media health advice, many Australians risk
ending up with a hangover for life by ignoring the warnings against excessive alcohol consumption.
La Trobe University researcher, Dr Ignacio Correa-Velez, has received a $420,000 grant to investigate the health and resettlement experiences of refugee men.
Friends can play a major role in monitoring the potential for family violence, says La Trobe University researcher Dr Patricia McNamara.
‘Can the Greek language survive in Australia?’ asks linguistics expert Alexandra Aikhenvald, in a new study.
Ecology
STUDIES INTO how plants and animals colonise
new or volcanically sterilised islands are yielding insights for repair of large tracts of damaged or devastated ecosystems.
A new book highlights the beneficial roles of native insects in soil ecology - and the dire economic consequences should these roles fail.
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