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Physics star off to NASA

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/78-physics-star-off-to-nasa

29 Apr 2016: David Horsley has just completed his PhD in Maths and Physics. And if that isn’t achievement enough, he is soon setting off to the US to take up a job at NASA. David will be working at the Goddard Space Flight Centre, a NASA facility just outside
Race car project helps students drive straight into industry

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/74-race-car-project-helps-students-drive-straight-into-industry

26 Apr 2016: If you study Engineering at the University of Tasmania, you get to design, build and drive your own race car. Formula SAE is an international student engineering design competition, hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Students take on the
Closing the evidence to practice gap in healthcare

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/77-closing-the-evidence-to-practice-gap-in-healthcare

29 Apr 2016: Quality health care is vitally important to us all. But did you know you could receive inadequate care due to the “evidence/practice gap”? This refers to the “gap” where hospitals may not be keeping up with the latest research to inform
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
Unlocking the eucalypt genome

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/73-unlocking-the-eucalypt-genome

22 Apr 2016: Ask Professor Brad Potts why he studies eucalypt genetics and he will tell you the answer is simple, “The excitement of discovery”. “If I had lived in another era I would have been an explorer,” said Professor Potts. “There is nothing like
Environmentally friendly consumption

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/72-environmentally-friendly-consumption

22 Apr 2016: Many of us know that we should be better consumers. Buy less. Buy ethical. And of course, buy environmentally-friendly products. The trouble is, most of us aren’t doing this, even though it could benefit us financially as well as being the right
More than meets the eye...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/70-more-than-meets-the-eye

15 Apr 2016: Drones, or Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), can be used to collect information that’s invisible to the human eye. Dr Arko Lucieer is a Senior Lecturer in remote sensing and GIS in the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Group, School of Land and Food
Innovative teaching turns anatomy inside out

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/71-innovative-teaching-turns-anatomy-inside-out

21 Apr 2016: Smart phones and ‘doodling’ might be seen as distractions by some teachers, but to award-winning teaching innovator, Dr Jamie Chapman they’re just another way of engaging students. Originally trained as a biological microscopist, Dr
From diesel mechanic to foreign correspondent

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2016/69-from-diesel-mechanic-to-foreign-correspondent

14 Apr 2016: When I was young, all I wanted to do was go into the army. But I have a stutter and I’m colour blind, which meant I could only ever have an office job in the army, which didn’t interest me. I looked into other emergency services, like
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