PACE Prizes awarded to outstanding students for great experiences
Eleven prizes were awarded to exemplary individuals and groups at the 2013 Professor Judyth Sachs Participation and Community Engagement (PACE) Prizes ceremony. The awards, held in May, celebrated the mutually beneficial outcomes achieved for our partners and students, and were given to students for outstanding achievement in their PACE activities. Recipients included social sciences studen...
Biotech company relocates scientific headquarters to campus
Australian biotechnology company Minomic International Ltd has relocated its Australian scientific headquarters from Frenchs Forest to the Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University Hospital. The company is hoping to gain approval for its new prostate cancer screening technology later this year. “Our company has already conducted extensive trials of this technology ...
Macquarie’s Speech and Hearing Clinic receives Stewart House Gold Partner Award
An audiology support program from Macquarie University’s Speech and Hearing Clinic has been recognised with a gold partner award from children’s charity Stewart House. The program involves clinic staff and Master of Clinical Audiology students screening the hearing and middle ear function of children visiting Stewart House, and includes some of the most disadvantaged and at risk childre...
Macquarie celebrates 50 years of being different
Fifty years after the proclamation of the Macquarie University Act in the NSW State Parliament on 12 June 1964, more than 500 staff celebrated the launch of our Golden Jubilee, reflecting on highlights of our first 50 years and sharing ideas for the 50 to come. “Governor Macquarie would be proud,” said Deputy Chancellor Elizabeth Crouch, speaking at the event. “His legacy and the visi...
Queen’s Birthday Honours recognise Macquarie figures
A number of well-known Macquarie University figures were among those celebrated in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Professor Jim Piper, who retired as Deputy-Vice-Chancellor (Research) last year, became a member (AM) in the general division “for significant service to tertiary education, particularly through research in applied laser physics”. Vice-Chancellor S Bruce Dowton paid trib...
More than a university, a matchmaking service as well: Joanna Wheatley’s story
Joanna Wheatley (nee Fellows) has an extensive connection with Macquarie, with six family members and a network of family friends studying at the University. Her parents met while studying education in the late 1970s, a story that was repeated for Jo: she met her husband – then law and media student – Andrew while studying for a Bachelor in International Communication in the mid-2000s. ...