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From ‘scared sh**less’ to making the Dean’s Honour Roll every year

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/105-from-scared-shless-to-making-the-deans-honour-roll-every-year

16 Jun 2016: It was 1983. Like all year 11 students, Andrew Gibson sat the public service exam, which helped determine what kind of career you were most suited to in the public service. In the first week of year 12, he got a call offering him a job as a
From graphic designer to nurse

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/100-from-graphic-designer-to-nurse

9 Jun 2016: You might think graphic design and nursing are chalk and cheese, but for Adele Close the two careers give her the perfect life balance. “The design side is a really good creative outlet and gives me time at home with the kids. Whereas the nursing
Today's the day the teddy bears have their...check-up

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/76-todays-the-day-the-teddy-bears-have-theircheck-up

28 Apr 2016: Going to the doctor or seeing friends and family ill or in hospital can be scary if you’re a small child. But the Teddy Bear Hospital is helping to make children feel at ease in medical situations. The University's Teddy Bear Hospital program was
Tasmanian Devils evolving in response to deadly facial tumours

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/155-tasmanian-devils-evolving-in-response-to-deadly-facial-tumours

31 Aug 2016: Tasmanian devils may avoid extinction, with new evidence they are evolving genetic resistance to the deadly facial tumour disease. An international team of scientists - including University of Tasmania wildlife ecologist Associate Professor Menna
High flying students home after eye opening experience

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/37-high-flying-students-home-after-eye-opening-experience

27 Jan 2016: Two students from the University of Tasmania have returned home after spending time with the Royal Flying Doctors Service in outback Australia. Emily Ingram and Elise How both won scholarships with the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) Tasmania,
Technology to make the world safer

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/161-technology-to-make-the-world-safer

20 Sep 2016: Explosive testing technology developed by the University of Tasmania could be rolled out at airports around the world to keep passengers safe. US company RapiScan, whose technology is used to conduct random explosives testing at airports globally, is
Let’s party! It's a hole-in-one for game creators

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/165-lets-party-its-a-hole-in-one-for-game-creators

4 Oct 2016: A team from the University of Tasmania has produced the State’s first home-grown PlayStation®4 game, Party Golf, which was launched to the gaming world today. Developed by staff and students from the University’s Games Research group, trading as
Researchers look to earliest years of life for heart disease clues

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/66-researchers-look-to-earliest-years-of-life-for-heart-disease-clues

7 Apr 2016: Health data collected from babies almost 30 years ago will be the foundation of a new research project that will compare the early life environment with cardiovascular health later in life. The study is being conducted by the University of
A new degree, a new life

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/85-a-new-degree-a-new-life

11 May 2016: Diana Butler began studying Nursing at the age of 40. Her decision to go to University changed her life. And in turn, she is changing the lives of those living in poverty in Africa. Diana is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Tasmanian-based organisation
Scholarships help Agricultural students from Tassie's north west

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/108-scholarships-help-agricultural-students-from-tassies-north-west

20 Jun 2016: Leaving home to study at the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus in Hobart can be daunting for students from northern Tasmania, but as Samantha Flight can attest that transition can be made so much easier with the help of scholarships.