Features
Historians and scientists collaborate to crack 2,500 year-old mystery
Researchers at the Faculty of Arts’ Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS) have joined forces with scientists from the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to solve a 25 century old mystery behind the technology used to produce ancient ‘incuse’ coins. First minted around 540 BC in the cities of Southern Italy (modern Basilicata and Calabria)...
Alumni events
As part of a new suite of initiatives to reconnect with interstate and overseas alumni, in 2015 Macquarie is hosting a series of events around both in Australia and overseas that give alumni the opportunity to catch up with old friends and enjoy informal learning. Jakata alumni networking event The year kicked off on 4 February with an event at Jakarta’s Intercontinental Hotel, giving ...
Multilit on track for big things
Macquarie’s hugely successful children’s literacy program, MultiLit, is celebrating 20 years of helping children read in 2015. MultiLit began in 1995 under the leadership of Macquarie University’s Emeritus Professor Kevin Wheldall AM, with a remit to improve children’s literacy with an approach based upon scientific, evidence-based best practice. It has supported various communit...
That’s a wrap: 2014
Macquarie launched a refreshed and cohesive narrative - The Shared Identity project is a strategic re-imagining of who we are, bringing the story of Macquarie to life, with a new outlook for our brand that reflects our unique heritage and the road maps for change being implemented in research and learning and teaching. Research framework - The Macquarie community has united to define the ...
Tailor your preferences and win!
In the 2014 Alumni Survey you told us that you want to know more about benefits, events and news. Your Macquarie University Alumni Web Community (AWC) is an exclusive online space to update your details and register for benefits and events. It now also lets you tailor your preferences so that we can keep you in the loop about the things that interest you most. Is Management, Leadership and ...
Macquarie’s women of influence
Five Macquarie University alumni and staff members were recognised in The Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards for 2014. Alumna Stephanie Lorenzo, CEO of Project Futures, which is committed to anti-human trafficking and youth activism, and Jennifer Star, CEO of Tara.Ed, which is changing lives by improving the quality of education in rural India, were recognised...