Macquarie hosting Chinese academics for 12-week program Macquarie University is currently hosting 26 Chinese academics for a 12-week Advanced Professional Development Program. The Learning Innovation Hub is managing the visit with participation by the English Learning Centre and academics from the University, particularly the Faculty of Business and Economics. Throughout their time at Macquarie, the visiting academics […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Best of Research Impact: medicine and health sciences
The Research Impact blog showcases Macquarie University’s world-leading research and its impacts on the real world. This month, we highlight some recent Research Impact stories on discoveries in medicine and health sciences. Expanding treatments for the ‘Australian’ cancer The chances of surviving melanoma are getting better every year. But some cancers still become ‘resistant’ to treatment, […]
Staff come together for Indigenous Unigames team
The Walanga Muru Indigenous Unigames team. Walanga Muru, Office of Indigenous Strategy and Macquarie University Sport recently collaborated to send 10 Aboriginal students to the Indigenous Unigames in Brisbane. Here Kate Butler, Manager of Sport Development at the Sport and Aquatic Centre, and Emma Hardcastle, Commonwealth Programs Support Officer at Walanga Muru, talk about their experience […]
Secret life of… David Wilkinson
In overseeing a broad externally-facing portfolio, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Corporate Engagement and Advancement) Professor David Wilkinson could be forgiven for putting a crammed diary before exercise and his own wellbeing. Here he reveals why staying active and focusing on the “totality” of life is essential to his role in Macquarie’s leadership team. “Effective leadership is complex […]
Dr Jed Goodfellow: Greyhound racing ban recognises the value of man’s best friend
Dr Jed Goodfellow teaches animal law in the Macquarie Law School and is a Senior Policy Officer for RSPCA Australia. Here he shares his experience working with greyhounds and his views on the recent ban on greyhound racing in New South Wales. Note: this content may be distressing to some readers. A decade ago I investigated a greyhound […]
Chef shares his secret mushroom soup recipe
Chef Peter Brewty is making it easier than ever to prepare and enjoy nutritious, mouth-watering meals at home. Campus Life’s new I Love Food take-home meals range sold out in its first week last week. This week, two new delicious items are on offer – chermoula-crusted salmon with roast baby potatoes and carrots and a dukka-spiced roast chicken with roast […]
It’s robot season again at Macquarie
If you’ve noticed a bunch of funny hats and cheering children on campus lately, you may be wondering what’s going on. The answer is robots, of course! Hundreds of school children are converging on campus this fortnight for the passioned frenzy that is FIRST. Students from over 20 countries are currently on campus for the 2016 FIRST […]
Chef’s favourite dishes now available to take home
New ‘I Love Food’ take home meals range is now available at three University outlets.
60 seconds with… Professor Richie Howitt
He’s known around campus for his impressive collection of hats. But even more impressive is Professor Richie Howitt’s contribution to our University over the last two decades. He paused briefly to share a bit about himself. I’ve been at Macquarie for… Just over 24 years (I started on May Day 1992!) In a nutshell, my […]
A new body in two minutes
It takes two minutes to change your perception of body size, a new Macquarie study suggests. Directed by lead author Associate Professor Kevin Brooks, researchers explored how the perceptual mechanisms in a person’s brain adapt in response to images of one’s own or other people’s bodies by asking participants to give their opinions about body images that […]