The Macquarie University Art Gallery has an exciting new exhibition on the horizon – In the Field – that will feature a collection of research archival material to illustrate the processes of creation and discovery.
Yearly Archives: 2016
Calling all robotics/STEM education enthusiasts
FIRST Robotics, the nation’s largest robotics event, will hold three events on campus in July and is looking for volunteers.
Free sausage sizzle this Wednesday
Cops on Campus will host a free sausage sizzle this Wednesday 8 June from 12.30-1.30pm in the Central Courtyard.
Latest promotions reward best in academic endeavour
Congratulations to some of our finest on their successful promotions during the February 2016 round of academic promotions.
Refugees make big LEAP onto campus
Early Lorkovic is a Project Officer with the University’s LEAP Mentoring Program, which supports and inspires high school students from refugee and Pacific Islander backgrounds to pursue further education. Here she reports on their recent University Experience Day, which saw students from all over Sydney getting a taste of life as a Macquarie student. The […]
Study reveals unhealthy attraction to thin women
Composite bodies showing the average fat and muscle mass chosen as the most attractive for women (left) and men (right). Image courtesy of Dr Ian Stephen. New research from Macquarie University, published in the journal PLOS ONE, has found that both genders consider an unhealthily low body fat content for women as most attractive. Whereas […]
Macquarie supports women in film at Sydney Film Festival
As part of an exciting new external engagement strategy for the Faculty of Arts, Macquarie is a major sponsor for the 2016 Sydney Film Festival which kicks off tomorrow. One of the world’s longest running film festivals, the 12-day festival is one of Sydney’s premier cultural events and attracts more than 176,000 attendees at 11 […]