Arts & culture
Participation units gain PACE
Macquarie’s Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) program gives students the opportunity to put their academic knowledge to practical use. But not only do they develop capabilities and skills that employers value, the experience can also change the direction of a graduate’s life. Macquarie alumnus Ryan Zahrai took up a PACE unit when he was in his fourth year studying Law. â€...
From biological to cultural diversity
'Fighting' for a PhD, for most candidates, is a metaphor. For Dr Paul Mason in the Department of Anthropology, it was an everyday experience of fieldwork in Indonesia and Brazil. Paul’s research into rituals of combat-dancing took him from the highlands of West Sumatra to the shanty towns of Brazil, and he took anthropology to the limits by actually participating in the combat-dancing rit...
Following the money trail
Macquarie University graduate Stephen Dametto is indeed following the money trail. But it’s not what you think. Mr Dametto leads the Australian Federal Police’s Terrorism Financing Investigations Unit (TFIU), a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency team that includes the police, financial investigators and financial analysts. The unit does the vital work of advancing Australia’s counter-ter...