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Student entry checks carry risks
Ethical issues arise when making predictions on student drop out rates
Leading scientist heads to LIMS
Professor Emma Whitelaw appointed Director of LIMS
Ageing drivers: Live and let drive
A recent study examines the re-testing requirements for ageing drivers
Life-saving rail crossing trials begin
High-tech communications link 100 cars with trains on Frankston line
Cancers and infections
Australia can beat virus-related cancers if we only show the will
US elections and foreign policy
US between the Arab Spring and the European Fall
Reparative therapy
Praying the gay away: when religion hijacks science
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Accelerating universe and dark matter
Free Melbourne public lecture by Nobel Laureate astronomer
Octopus clue to risk of sea-level rise
La Trobe geneticist lead author of new international study
Gender equality and the law profession
The glass ceiling in the legal profession
France 2012
Sarkozy’s battle with the right hands Hollande the presidency
Hundred years of Antarctic science
Research sheds new light on evolution of world marine life
Respite Care Consortium
Respite Care Consortium releases report on kinship family support
Australian War Memorial prize
La Trobe PhD thesis wins Australian War Memorial Bryan Gandevia prize
French presidential elections
Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy face a runoff in early May
International uni sport curriculum
Uni sport curriculum in need of an international focus
Penalty shoot-outs
The dreaded penalty shoot-out is still seen as anti-climatic in sport
Complementary medicines self-regulation
Swisse Vitamins highlights the failure of industry self-regulation
Warm-up to increase athletic performance
Study finds that warming up the gluteal muscles can help performance
Volunteer ambos vital
Volunteer paramedics could help solve regional shortages
Study has shown to reverse obesity
Treatment shows promise for lowering obesity and insulin levels
Alpine Ecology
New subject gets students working in the field
Private Lives 2
ARCSHS study: GLBT community at high risk of depression and anxiety
Funding for Australian Synchrotron
La Trobe University welcomes government support
Dr Ken Harvey receives award
Consumer advocate Dr Ken Harvey receives CHOICE award for 2012
Bullying in schools
Anti-homophobic bullying policies could save gay students lives
Let the Skype incident rest
Skype scandal attacks serve only to weaken our defence
Fossil discovery in Asia
Skull discovery in Asia opens new chapter in evolutionary story
Academics as public intellectuals
Untangling red tape to turn academics into public intellectuals
How well does your child sleep?
Knowledge of children’s sleep patterns among parents is generally poor
Grant for La Trobe Rural Health School
Funding better resources at the Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton campuses
New book explores Australian psyche
Placing the Psyche: Exploring cultural complexes in Australia
Bottling precious shark blood
International collaboration evaluates new antibody technology
Wastewater knowledge in the dumps
Better ways to inform the public on wastewater management
TGA reforms
New weight-loss claims show TGA reforms aren’t working
La Trobe’s Autism approach goes global
Polish academic Joanna Kwasiborska trains at La Trobe Autism centre
Our most threatened landscapes
‘Act early, act local’ to avoid ecological ‘tipping point’
La Trobe on govt trade mission to India
High-tech transport system R&D with leading multinational, HCL
Helping students understand
Speech pathology students are about to start learning about death.
Separated Same-Sex Parents
Study to explore the experiences of same-sex parents after seperation
Love, a mind-altered state
I love you (and that’s not the dopamine talking)
Dog attacks can be avoided with care
Expert calls for community calm over recent dog attacks
Consumers and complementary medicines
The regulation of complementary medicines and consumer choice
Psychology student numbers on the rise
More psychology students are moving onto post graduate studies
Towards earlier diagnosis for autism
New study finds infant eye contact may hold the clue
Sex and baby boomers
Baby boomers are forging new styles of relationships
Use it or lose it
Education important for maintaining health into old age
Victoria India Doctoral Scholarships
Two La Trobe students each win $90,000 doctoral scholarships
Major success in soil science
Judith Tisdall honoured in ‘Landmark’ international publication
Local nurse practitioners to be studied
Researchers will help implement and evaluate nurse practitioners
Planning needed for dementia patients
Hospital care for dementia patients need improvement
Twenty something women most tattooed
ARCSHS study finds roughly one in seven Australian adults are tattooed
Far-right terrorism
The changing face of far-right terrorism: Norway and beyond
Grant for research into online learning
Researching cyberspace and face-to-face learning
Legal processes and disability
People with communication impairment deserve their day in court
The negative-sum choice
International climate negotiations in Durban
Lessons from the history of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS in Australia – how activism changed the image of an illness
Funding research into Autism
Autism Spectrum Disorder awareness sparks an unexpected friendship
John Richards Initiative Symposium
Symposium explores challenges faced by older farmers
Fixing water problems ‘once and for all’
Uncertainty plagues Murray-Darling ambitions
Writers discuss Melbourne literature
One-day symposium, Suburb Slam, will be followed by a book launch
Investigating Putin’s dark side
Six early-career researchers win major national awards
Education policy and bullying in schools
PhD student consults at UNESCO on the global problem of bullying
$3.2 million research awards
Capacity building for manufacturing, medical and energy sectors
Studies to stop toxic foam
La Trobe waste water research leads to national trials
Food security for a crowded planet
VIDEO: 'Godfather' gene discovery boosts crop production
The forgotten women of war and peace
There is a profound silence in conflict, women’s voices are absent
HPV vaccination for boys and young men
Boys and young men should be vaccinated against human papillomavirus
Food shortages and plant genes
Biological discovery could help food shortages as we hit 7 billion
Grant for pulmonary fibrosis research
Dr Anne Holland receives $80,000 grant for research
Safe sex for baby boomers
Safer sex, transmissible infection and baby boomers
La Trobe NHMRC research awards
$2m for studies into major health issues
Big FAT Ideas videos now live
Seven academics confront topical issues in the Big FAT Ideas videos
The Auslan Corpus Project
Project seeks to document ever-changing language
Women and their resistance to disease
The X-factor: women are stronger than you think (it’s in our genes)
Religion and development
Australian Faith-Based Development Organisations
New robot siblings arrive at La Trobe
NEC communication robots Matilda and Jack present new siblings
Science and sustainability
Food security and a healthy environment under microscope at La Trobe
MCHR celebrates 20 years with conference
Mother and Child Research Conference addresses important findings
Plastic pollution threat to seabirds
New study into risks faced by young Shearwaters on Phillip Island
La Trobe University Alumni Lecture
Nick Hoogenraad speaks about an extraordinary life in science
Guy Fawkes epic fail
Guy Fawkes is being reinterpreted on the internet and in movies
The asylum seeker crisis: where to now?
Leading commentators give their views at La Trobe public forum
Big FAT Ideas
Speakers will confront terrorism, taxes on sins and more...
Trade talks and access to medicines
Trade talks set to undermine access to medicines for the world’s poor
John Richards Initiative Roundtable
Roundtable Workshop on older Australians and use of technology
Public health at risk in trade talks
Negotiations for Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement
International Islamic Finance conference
La Trobe post-grad students present papers on ethics
Leon Gettler ponders the imponderable
The Age Journalist Leon Gettler hosts a seminar at La Trobe University
Bitterness makes the heart grow sicker
Letting go of negative feelings is likely to improve well-being
Fall in AFL attendances explainable
Lack of competition bites
History of the youth climate movement
Guest speaker: Ellen Sandell leading commentator on climate change
Sneak peek at AgriBio
VIDEO: Minister's Denis Lapthine and Peter Walsh tour AgriBio
Project to explore rural older people's views on social participation
Report expected to help guide policy on positive ageing.
Aged care facilities need relationships
Professionals and family need to work together
Climate change: science, society and us
Climate scientist Dr Graeme Pearman will present a public lecture
Council appoints new Vice-Chancellor
Professor John Dewar appointed Vice-Chancellor of La Trobe University
Adult refugee men's wellbeing
Refugee men report discrimination affecting health and settlement
La Trobe offering courses on iTunesU
The podcasted lectures and materials are free and accessible to anyone
Eureka Prizes – the People’s Choice
La Trobe malaria researcher Victorian finalist in top science award
Accolade for human rights accounting
Prof Ken McPhail to deliver the Kate Stanton Annual Research Lecture
Government and the central banks
Need for better designed and coordinated macroprudential policies
Reducing the risk of HIV transmission
Largest national study of HIV-positive women in Australia
Law and Management honour their finest
FLM recently held their 2011 Prizes and Scholarship Ceremony
Alternatives to detention
Report sets out ‘five steps’ to manage migrants in a more humane way
Why we need ‘The New Statistics’
La Trobe researcher helps formulate new guidelines
‘Zombie’ enzyme key to better crops
New insight into the control of programmed cell death in plants
Research innovation focus in Vietnam
Southeast Asian conference hosts academics from around the world.
Rail Trails boosting Victoria’s tourism
Research reveals the economics of Victoria's disused rail lines
Public awareness around ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is the latest in a long list of health concerns.
Award for carbon reduction technology
La Trobe technology helps reduce household carbon ‘footprint’
Sri Lankan star wins best paper award
The Veronica Kelly Prize was awarded to a La Trobe PhD student by ADSA
Sugar cane waste to fight obesity?
La Trobe research may provide new approach for weight management
Child body image development
Study seeks participants to understand body image in children
Bogong Moth gets the ‘all clear’
Arsenic content no threat to wildlife or human health
Exercise for people with cerebral palsy
Benefit of habitual physical activity in people with cerebral palsy
Sweden bound scholars
$10,000 scholarships will be used to travel to Malmo Uni
Insight for new malaria treatment
Boosting current drugs to overcome resistance of a pathogen that kills
China Health Program graduates
Contributing to positive change in giant nation’s health system
Lecturer wins fund Fellowship
Dr Rachel Buchanan won the 2011 $5,000 ABR Sidney Myer Fellowship
Podiatry support crucial to prevent falls
Risk of falling in older people topples by 36 per cent
Global impact of Victorian bushfires
Volcanic smoke not alone at stratospheric heights
New insight into Dispute Resolution Law
Australia’s leading voice in Dispute Resolution Law releases new works
How to snare your local bloke
Male students form a clear minority on most regional campuses
Caffeine the hallucinogen?
Five coffees a day or more increases the tendency to hallucinate
Thesis Eleven events begin
International Festival of Ideas exposes the media, don't miss out
Top ten list of new species
Only one species decides the top 10 list and that species is us
PhD graduate uncovers Mildura’s history
The first comprehensive historical study of the founding of Mildura
School sex education a yawning gap
Secondary school teachers need more training in sexuality education
Plea to save disability system
Federal Government shouldn't ignore Productivity Commission’s report
La Trobe Australian History Collection
Podcast series scores worldwide success on iTunesU
Sports betting puts youngsters at risk
The risks of sports betting are measured on the young
Islamic finance makes its mark
Inaugural Australia Arab Business Forum and Expo is a great succes
New research findings
The search for sexual pleasure and the risk of HIV infection
FBEL achieves prestigious EPAS accreditation
FLM programs awarded top international accreditation: EPAS
Graduation day in Mildura
Regional schools set to benefit from new PhD graduate
Law should work for innovation
Conference on Intellectual Property in the global digital era
Sim Man 3G tests students
Bruce, the silicon latex mannequin is helping students get work ready
The Naked Love Theory
Dr James Giles theorises on the evolution of human hairlessness
"Knights" or "Knaves"
‘Tribal’ obstetric culture affecting safety of mothers and babies
PhD student Robyn Sampson presents study
There are alternatives to immigration detention
CSIRO scholarship awarded to PhD student
Annaleise Klein's research in blue-green algae secured the scholarship