Archives: November 2018

Macquarie’s Faculty of Business and Economics earns AACSB international accreditation

28 November 2018

AACSB International (AACSB) announces that Macquarie University has earned accreditation for its Faculty of Business and Economics. Founded in 1916, AACSB …

Macquarie awarded more than $14 million in latest ARC Grants round

28 November 2018

Macquarie University has been awarded more than $14 million with 38 projects funded in the latest Australian Research Council (ARC) …

Synthetic biology breakthrough announced at Macquarie

28 November 2018

Scientists have successfully synthesised all sixteen chromosomes of a yeast organism, achieving a world first that has repercussions for human …

School location linked to NAPLAN results – and inequality has increased Australia-wide since NAPLAN began

28 November 2018

New Macquarie University research finds a school’s location is becoming increasingly important for NAPLAN results The study is the first localised …

HRH The Duke of York welcomes entrepreneurs to Pitch@Palace at the Sydney Opera House

20 November 2018

The Duke of York this week welcomed tech entrepreneurs eager to pitch their business ideas at the Sydney Opera House as …

Almost half of deaths of people with disability are linked to how documentation is handled

19 November 2018

Research released by the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, and the Graduate School of Health, UTS, shows that …

World-first optical fibre successfully transmits over one petabit per second

15 November 2018

A world-first optical fibre as fine as a human hair has been developed, which can transmit 1.2 petabit of data per second …

Macquarie University honours elite athletes and celebrates contributions to sport at the 2018 Blues Awards

9 November 2018

Outstanding sporting talents were celebrated this week at the Macquarie University 2018 Blues Awards. A number of athletes were recognised …

Professor Mark Baker selected as incoming Chair of the Human Proteome Project

8 November 2018

Following an international search, the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO; www.hupo.org) has recently selected cancer researcher Professor Mark Baker from Macquarie University’s …