2006 Media Releases
December
- La Trobe offers ‘Compelling Deal’ to Bendigo Economic Researchers
19 December 2006 - Industry alliance creates opportunities for ICT students
13 December 2006 - La Trobe University to maintain presence in Regional Centres
11 December 2006 - La Trobe wins $2.4 million for teaching excellence
08 December 2006
November
- Award of the degree Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) to Professor Michael John Osborne
29 November 2006 - La Trobe University increases support to drought-affected communities
29 November 2006 - Making a difference - Research into intellectual and physical disabilities
27 November 2006 - La Trobe investigates establishment of Regional Institute for Water Research
23 November 2006 - Web adaptability specialists meet to make the ‘buzz’ mean business
21 November 2006 - International speakers at La Trobe Learning and Teaching Week
20 November 2006 - Sports management can score goals as an export industry
20 November 2006 - World scholars explore Pacific transnationalism
17 November 2006 - La Trobe hosts Global Finance Conference
13 November 2006 - Leading La Trobe academic recognised by International Network of Universities
13 November 2006 - La Trobe hosts INU Council meeting - seeking better global understanding
10 November 2006 - La Trobe and HCL in joint move to boost local ICT industries
08 November 2006 - La Trobe University welcomes commitment to support dental program
06 November 2006
October
- La Trobe University appoints new Vice-Chancellor
27 October 2006 - Research investigates change in Australia’s rural heartlands
26 October 2006 - La Trobe University opens new Children’s Centre
25 October 2006 - La Trobe University leads national civil engineering drive
20 October 2006 - La Trobe NHMRC grants success rate highest of all universities
20 October 2006 - New software to help bushfire fighters make decisions faster
17 October 2006 - ARC grants: La Trobe gains $8 million for new research
16 October 2006 - Better support for young people leaving state care would help them - and the public purse!
16 October 2006 - La Trobe authors win two NSW Premier's History Awards
9 October 2006
September
- Cancer prevention in the 21st Century': Australian of the Year to deliver Nancy Millis Science Lecture
28 September 2006 - La Trobe University appointment for Deputy Speaker
27 September 2006 - Nursing bruises: Study reveals distress and dangers of nursing
18 September 2006 - La Trobe University launches new Centre for Mexican Studies
13 September 2006 - Biography: Matters of Life and Death - Ian Donaldson to give ABR La Trobe Annual Lecture
12 September 2006 - La Trobe Politics Society Lecture - Will Asia Stay Peaceful?
11 September 2006 - La Trobe University begins its Regional Review
05 September 2006 - Supreme accolade for The National Centre For Hellenic Studies of La Trobe University
04 September 2006
August
- Contract awarded to develop new City Campus
28 August 2006 - La Trobe University philosopher wins ‘Eureka Prize’
25 August 2006 - La Trobe University sponsors opening session of Melbourne Writers’ Festival
25 August 2006 - Orthoses research surprises Podiatry profession
24 August 2006 - Stefano de Pieri delivers John Furphy Memorial Lecture:
'A Gondola North of the Divide'
22 August 2006 - From Dylan to designer drugs! - Worner Research Lecture
traces advances in pharmaceutical drugs since the 1950s
21 August 2006 - How not to use computers to teach kids
21 August 2006 - International survey ranks La Trobe in top three Victorian
universities
18 August 2006 - Launch of La Trobe University Centre for Dialogue
15 August 2006 - Who killed Australia’s giant marsupials?
14 August 2006 - Graeme Samuel to deliver La Trobe University Media
Studies Lecture
11 August 2006 - Nuclear Future? The Uranium Debate and Australia's
Energy Options
10 August 2006 - University teachers acknowledged for promotion of
ethics and access to justice
09 August 2006 - La Trobe University Council adopts new VSU services
plan
08 August 2006
July
- Leadership role for La Trobe in new Europe Centres
31 July 2006 - Charles Joseph La Trobe, the Governor and the Artist
24 July 2006 - Launch of 'Reflected Light - La Trobe Essays'
19 July 2006 - La Trobe University wins national teaching awards
14 July 2006 - Distinguished Professors Tackle Crisis in Science
Education
12 July 2006 - GP guidelines target family violence globally
11 July 2006
June
- $1 million oral health teaching laboratory opened
in Bendigo
26 June 2006 - Major role for La Trobe University in national dementia
care initiatives
23 June 2006 - Company disclosure brings benefits in the longer term
15 June 2006 - Alick Jackomos: 'A Man of all Tribes'
06 June 2006
May
- Former Prime Minister of New Zealand to deliver Bendigo’s
Sir John Quick Lecture
24 May 2006 - NSW Premier’s Literary prize for La Trobe Conrad
scholar
24 May 2006 - Rare award for leading linguist
23 May 2006 - Dr Chris Sarra to give Hyllus Maris Annual Memorial
Lecture
16 May 2006 - New role for La Trobe University to boost regional
development aid
08 May 2006 - Honorary doctorate awarded to La Trobe University’s
longest serving Chancellor
04 May 2006 - La Trobe University launches new mental health nursing
degree – a first for Victoria
04 May 2006 - Bird flu – and vengeance in international relations
02 May 2006 - La Trobe Politics Society Forum: Australia, Indonesia
and the Crisis in West Papua
01 May 2006
April
- New training DVD helps young people with a disability
27 april 2006 - La Trobe University wins funding to establish $600,000
Engineering Scholarship Scheme
24 april 2006 - La Trobe University appoints seven new professors
19 april 2006 - Electronic device to detect sheep parasites
11 april 2006 - La Trobe University artist wins 'A Place in the World'
11 april 2006 - Too many,too old? The spectre of Apocalyptic demography
07 april 2006 - European Union Centre at La Trobe
06 april 2006 - La Tobe University Bid for Regional Medical School
05 april 2006
March
- Visiting reproductive scientist speaks on: 'When did
I begin?'
10 March 2006 - La Trobe University appoints Sylvia Walton as new
Chancellor
08 March 2006 - La Trobe gains ‘Employer of Choice for Women’ award
06 March 2006 - La Trobe University staff supply love nests for bushfire
victims
06 March 2006 - La Trobe University holds ‘Sport Policy Summit’ on
Games’ eve
06 March 2006
February
- Scottish team moves into La Trobe Pre-Games 'village'
28 February 2006 - La Trobe University research in new $20m AgriBiosciences
Centre
15 February 2006 - State Government helps fund new La Trobe University
Shepparton campus
10 February 2006 - Workplace relations and mental health researcher appointed
Professor of Nursing
06 February 2006 - New head of La Trobe University Albury-Wodonga campus
01 February 2006
January
- La Trobe University VTAC offers up 20 percent for 2006
18 January 2006