It takes two minutes to change your body
It takes two minutes to change your perception of body size, a new Macquarie study suggests. Directed by lead author Associate Professor Kevin Brooks, researchers explored how the perceptual mechanisms in a person’s brain adapt in response to images of one’s own or other people’s bodies by asking participants to give their opinions about body images that had been manipulated to look t...
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Philanthropy gives us the power to achieve our full potential, and in 2015 an incredible 5084 donors committed more than $15 million – more than double the previous record. We felt that such an incredible display of support deserved a new report to illustrate all that you have made possible. We would like to thank all of our donors, alumni, volunteers and the wider community for their sup...
Macquarie announces record external research income
Macquarie University’s research income is at an all-time high with an amount of $67.3 million recorded in 2015, providing a great foundation for our future endeavours. “This result is down to our committed academics that put in the hard work submitting grants and conducting world-leading research,” said Professor Sakkie Pretorius, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), in response to the ...
Phillip Salem: Social justice advocate and inspirational leader
For National Managing Partner of Sparke Helmore Phillip Salem (BEcon/LLB '83), it was Macquarie that chose him, rather than the other way around. “I was determined to study law anywhere that would take me,” he says. “I had come from a migrant background and an under-resourced school and feel particularly indebted to Macquarie for giving me that opportunity.” Fearless challenge...
Enrico (Ric) Casagrande
Dodging ambushes on one of the world’s most dangerous stretches of road in Iraq was not quite the career Macquarie Law alumnus Enrico (Ric) Casagrande (BA/LLB '81) had in mind when he was an undergraduate. “I studied at Macquarie when it was still regarded as a bit of an upstart,” says Ric. “We all felt that we were part of something new and different, and being a Macquarie law st...
Research Spotlight: Vijaya Nagarajan
Associate Professor Vijaya Nagarajan (BEcon/LLB '83) has been a researcher at Macquarie Law School for the past 16 years, and is exploring ways of creating a regulatory framework that will economically empower women in Pacific countries. “Women are half the world’s population,” she says. “Yet, right now in many Pacific countries, they hold less than 10 per cent of senior jobs and pa...