Do bees like the taste of nectar? Does the ant foraging for your crumbs feel better when she finds one? Are insects merely tiny robots? Or, in the phrase popularised by the philosopher Thomas Nagel, is there something it is like to be a bee? Until recently, most scientists and philosophers would have […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
Complete staff website survey and win a Visa gift card
The Web Transformation Project is conducting a further survey as part of the ongoing development of the new staff site.
Motor neurone disease and dementia breakthrough
An international study led by Dr Kelly Williams and Associate Professor Ian Blair from the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences has linked the cause of two seemingly unrelated diseases: motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia. The recently-released research was published in Nature Communications, and featured on Channel […]
Macquarie and CSIRO hit the accelerator on fast data
Professor Michael Withford and Dr Simon Gross from the Department of Physics and Astronomy are part of a team selected to take part in the next round of CSIRO’s ON Accelerator, a program boosting Australia’s innovation performance by accelerating big science and technology ideas into commercially viable innovation opportunities. For the first time CSIRO welcomed […]
Changing of the guard at Academic Senate
Academic Senate Project Officer Ainslee Harvey pays tribute to outgoing Chair Dominic Verity and welcomes incoming chair Mariella Heberstein, who takes the Academic Senate reins from 1 May.
60 seconds with… Tyree Barnette
Tyree Barnette takes time out from his role adviser in the Career and Employment Service to share a few things about himself.
Macquarie-born, Oxford-bound
Backed by her experience at Macquarie University, Hannah Dawson has her sights set on an Oxford University doctorate.
The fishmonger returns
Pining for summer just gone? Then head down to the Atrium in May and you’ll find yourself surrounded by the sights and smells of a summer beach. The Fishmonger is a Campus Life Kitchen initiative running for a limited time from Monday 2 May to Friday 14 May. Operating out of The Soup Kitchen in the Campus […]
Tears and cheers at April graduations
There were tears and cheers over the past two weeks as more than 4100 graduates crossed the stage as part of the April 2016 graduation series. More than 10,700 guests visited campus to celebrate the achievements of the Macquarie graduates who attended their respective ceremonies to receive their awards. Throughout the ceremonies, the University awarded more […]
The Lucy sisterhood
Christine Chung is Program Coordinator for the Lucy Mentoring Program in the Faculty of Business and Economics. Here she talks of the transformative benefits of the program, and her satisfaction in seeing its participants succeed. The Lucy Mentoring Program is offered to female undergraduate students in the Faculty of Business and Economics, and provides them […]