Indigenous astronomy project gives back to the Lightning Ridge community
5 December 2014
After completing a research project into the sky knowledge of the Kamilaroi and Euahlayi peoples of North Western New South …
Humanities
Campus museum holds ancient spell book and other magical mysteries
4 December 2014
An Ancient Egyptian codex from Macquarie University’s Museum of Ancient Cultures has been deciphered for the first time, revealing an …
Professor Catriona Mackenzie elected as Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
28 November 2014
In one of the highest honours for achievement in the humanities in Australia, The Australian Academy of the Humanities has …
When governments go to war, the Fourth Estate goes AWOL
31 October 2014
By Annabelle Lukin A year after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a postmortem of …
United Nations Human Rights Council President appoints Mike Smith as Chair of Commission of Inquiry in Eritrea
15 October 2014
Adjunct Professor Mike Smith, from Macquarie University’s Department of Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism has been appointed as Chair of …
Climate change enabled the Polynesian colonisation of the East and South Pacific
30 September 2014
New research shows that the expansion of the tropics and associated changes in Pacific Ocean wind patterns facilitated the Polynesian …
Australian Ambassador turns spotlight onto joint Australian / Italian archaeological site
29 September 2014
Recently the Australian Ambassador to Italy, the Right Honourable Mike Rann, visited an international collaboration between Italian and Australian archaeologists …
Top teachers recognised
17 September 2014
Macquarie University academics Dr Diane Hughes and Dr Jane Messer (pictured) are recipients of 2014 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to …
Embalming study ‘rewrites’ key chapter in Egyptian history
14 August 2014
Researchers from the Universities of York, Macquarie and Oxford have discovered new evidence to suggest that the origins of mummification …
Baby Gammy case reveals murky side of commercial surrogacy
6 August 2014
By Sonia Allan. The story of baby Gammy and his “surrogate” mother has captured the world’s attention, highlighting just how complex …
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