University News
New cyber security hub launches at Macquarie
Macquarie University and Optus Business have joined forces to establish a multi-disciplinary cyber security hub to support businesses and government to recognise and protect themselves from increasing cyber threats. The ‘Optus Macquarie University Cyber Security Hub’, which represents a $10 million investment by Optus Business and Macquarie, will be located on campus and provide researc...
Alumni shine at 2016 prize night
More than 150 brand new (and more seasoned) alumni, current students, staff, former staff and supporters celebrated the achievements of this year’s highest achievers at the 2016 Law School Prize Night. Held in the Macquarie Theatre, the event was hosted by Professor Natalie Klein, Dean of Macquarie Law School, with the Vice-Chancellor Professor S Bruce Dowton and Executive Dean of the Fac...
The challenge of their lives
The Vice-Chancellor explains how funds donated by alumni brought country kids to Sydney – and changed their lives in the process. I recently had the privilege of welcoming more than 1000 high school students from around the world to Australia’s largest robotics competition – the annual FIRST® Robotics regional championships. This year’s theme, ‘Stronghold’, challenged teams ...
Changes on campus
With the campus master plan well underway, new construction and major refurbishment projects are reshaping the University before our eyes. The latest large-scale project will see building names and roads renamed, new signage installed and for the first time, buildings will have a street address, with roads and avenues named accordingly. Some former Macquarie students recently returned to...
Macquarie moments
Mascot stealing is all part of university games, but for Macquarie’s high profile hockey team, coming out in front in the game of mascot theft, became almost as important as winning competition matches. “Mascot stealing is part of hockey culture,” explains Ahad Malik (B Arts / B Comm 2014). “At the university games every team has a mascot: the University of New South Wales has a...
Vice-Chancellor’s Fund takes off
Macquarie supporters are helping to make ground-breaking discoveries in medicine as well as making education accessible to promising students, whatever their financial circumstance. Following a calling campaign that ran for nine weeks from November to February 413 donors have given $136,084.19, with a further $500,000 in outstanding pledges to be fulfilled over next five years. The Vice-...