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Rankings rise for Earth Sciences

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/363-rankings-rise-for-earth-sciences

25 Jul 2017: The Discipline of Earth Sciences and the CODES – ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits have been ranked equal second in Australia in the recent Shanghai rankings. Some of CODES’ HDR candidates tell us why studying geology truly rocks. Josh
Ambassador for the natural world honoured

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/330-ambassador-for-the-natural-world-honoured

26 Jun 2017: Internationally renowned geographer and conservation ecologist, Distinguished Professor Jamie Kirkpatrick AM, has received the Australian Heritage Council’s 2017 Sharon Sullivan National Heritage Award for his work on national and international
Did you know the lucky country is sinking?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/317-did-you-know-the-lucky-country-is-sinking

16 Jun 2017: Are you living in Australia? Do you ever get a sinking feeling? It could be because our continent is sinking. But don’t be alarmed just yet. Surveyor and University of Tasmania PhD candidate Anna Riddell is investigating. After an exciting career
Alumni rules

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11 Aug 2017: While paramedicine training is ultimately about saving lives, it also proved valuable for University of Tasmania alumni Ella Cuthbert and Sean Mackay, during their recent stint on renovation television show House Rules. “We took seven months off
Exercising vital health knowledge

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/499-exercising-vital-health-knowledge

15 Dec 2017: Kahlia Perry studied Exercise Science - and since she graduated she’s hit the ground running in her career. Kahlia studied the University of Tasmania’s Bachelor of Exercise Science and Bachelor of Exercise Physiology (Professional Honours) and
Soaring science greats recognised in national awards

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17 Nov 2017: Two University of Tasmania researchers have been recognised among the nation’s best in the 2018 Australian Academy of Science honorific awards. Professor David Cooke (ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore Deposits, pictured above) and Professor Matt
Want to travel the world and work with animals?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/379-want-to-travel-the-world-and-work-with-animals

21 Aug 2017: If you knew there was a bear in the wilderness near you, what would you do? For University of Tasmania Surveying and Spatial Sciences graduate Jack Beardsley, his job is to approach the bear, and see what it does. As a researcher on the Scandinavian
Antarctic-bound doctors left out in the cold

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/366-antarctic-bound-doctors-left-out-in-the-cold

1 Aug 2017: Antarctic-bound doctors have spent a wet and wild week in the Tasmanian wilderness, honing their cold climate and remote medicine skills. During the eight day Expedition Medicine Winter Course, run by the University of Tasmania and Australian
Artistic mysteries of the ocean floor revealed

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23 May 2017: Technological advances in scientific imaging of the seafloor are allowing researchers to reveal stunning landscapes previously hidden at the bottom of the world’s oceans. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientist Dr Vanessa
Graduates propel Tasmania onto the luxury yacht scene

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/276-graduates-propel-tasmania-onto-the-luxury-yacht-scene

14 May 2017: Matthew Craze and Andrew Fearman set up Van Diemen Luxury Craft in Launceston, Tasmania, where they met as undergraduates almost two decades ago. Matthew explains that the pair were working overseas as superyacht engineers when inspiration for the
Scientists gearing up for Homeward Bound voyage of a lifetime

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/275-scientists-gearing-up-for-homeward-bound-voyage-of-a-lifetime

12 May 2017: Two University of Tasmania researchers have begun preparing for an Antarctic voyage of a lifetime with the Homeward Bound program, which aims to boost the number of women in leadership positions in science. Research fellow Dr Karen Alexander, from
5 reasons why this is the coolest PhD project you’ll ever hear about

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/297-5-reasons-why-this-is-the-coolest-phd-project-youll-ever-hear-about

7 Jun 2017: Sahan Jayasinghe came to the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) to do his PhD, and he was blown away by the opportunities. He became an astrobiologist and is exploring the possibility of life on Jupiter’s
Survivability: Designing safer ships

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/274-survivability-designing-safer-ships

11 May 2017: For Martin Friebe, opening a door that he designed was a hugely exciting experience - because it was no ordinary door. “My first task ever as a naval architect was designing a machinery room door of the 214 class submarine, which was composed of
From refugee to future industry leader

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/257-from-refugee-to-future-industry-leader

6 Apr 2017: PhD student Til Baalisampang was one of just 150 young people to receive a place on the Young Gastech mentoring and networking program in Japan. He was also awarded a conference pass for Gastech, the world’s leading oil and gas event. The Young
Modelling marine futures with maths

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/479-modelling-marine-futures-with-maths

30 Nov 2017: Dr Jess Melbourne-Thomas is focused on change — the changes in our environment, and the changes needed for gender equity in science. Dr Melbourne-Thomas is a Research scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division and Project leader with the
Nearly 38 million bits of litter on one of world’s remotest islands

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/281-nearly-38-million-bits-of-litter-on-one-of-worlds-remotest-islands

15 May 2017: The beaches of one of the world’s most remote islands have been found to be polluted with the highest density of plastic debris reported anywhere on the planet, in a study published in the prestigious US scientific journal Proceedings of the
Scientists discover why world’s richest ore deposits were formed

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/243-scientists-discover-why-worlds-richest-ore-deposits-were-formed

26 Feb 2017: Scientists have discovered why some of the richest ore deposits on the planet, such as copper, zinc, silver and uranium, were formed in the middle period of Earth’s history. A team of scientists from the University of Tasmania and University of
It's a rocky road, but lobsters surviving

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/324-its-a-rocky-road-but-lobsters-surviving

20 Jun 2017: New Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) research investigating the environmental factors that influence Southern Rock Lobster settlement on reefs has found evidence that the fishery is showing broad resilience to climate change. The
Graduates secure prestigious scholarships to ask the big questions

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/336-graduates-secure-prestigious-scholarships-to-ask-the-big-questions

29 Jun 2017: Two University of Tasmania graduates will undertake the opportunity of a lifetime as recipients of a scholarship to study theology at the University of Oxford. Adrian Staples and Harrison Virs have been awarded the scholarships by Reverend Professor
University of Tasmania ranks in global top ten in three key subjects

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/255-university-of-tasmania-ranks-in-global-top-ten-in-three-key-subjects

3 Apr 2017: New international rankings have rated the University of Tasmania amongst the top ten in the world in three key subjects. The University was ranked fourth in the world for Marine and Freshwater Biology, and seventh for both Fisheries and for
From pulp to priceless

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/362-from-pulp-to-priceless

25 Jul 2017: New research has shown how plantation-grown eucalypt timbers, often shunned by industry and typically grown for pulp, can actually be used to create high-end furniture. In the first commercial trial of its kind in Australia, second-generation
Climate change likely culprit for marine heatwave

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/355-climate-change-likely-culprit-for-marine-heatwave

17 Jul 2017: A new study has found that human-induced climate change was almost certainly responsible for a marine heatwave off Tasmania’s east coast in the summer of 2015/16, and similar events are increasingly likely in the coming decades. Published in the
Earth’s future linked to algae growth

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/303-earths-future-linked-to-algae-growth

8 Jun 2017: In the time it takes to read this sentence, you will almost certainly have inhaled oxygen disgorged by algae. Tiny ocean-borne algae played a critical role in creating the atmospheric conditions on Earth and produce half the oxygen we breathe
What do increasingly acidic oceans mean for seaweed?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/262-what-do-increasingly-acidic-oceans-mean-for-seaweed

19 Apr 2017: Research at volcanic vents in the Mediterranean Sea is helping Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists to understand how ocean acidification will affect different species of macroalgae (seaweed) in the future. The world’s
New renewable energy project set to make waves

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/352-new-renewable-energy-project-set-to-make-waves

14 Jul 2017: A new project set to attract and underpin investment in tidal energy in Australia has been awarded $2. 49 million funding support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Tidal Energy in Australia – Assessing Resource and Feasibility to
The Australian continent is sinking…but why?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/268-the-australian-continent-is-sinkingbut-why

28 Apr 2017: Surveyor and PhD candidate Anna Riddell is helping us to answer these big questions. After some time in industry, she has returned to the University of Tasmania to investigate vertical land motion and how the Australian tectonic crust is moving in
Broken Bodies exhibition aims to break down breastfeeding barriers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/464-broken-bodies-exhibition-aims-to-break-down-breastfeeding-barriers

27 Nov 2017: The personal and emotive subject of why women stop breastfeeding and what they go through is the focus of a unique exhibition at Hobart’s Plimsoll Gallery. The Broken Bodies exhibition is based on research led by Dr Jennifer Ayton (pictured) from
Clues left by tiny fossils give insights into last Ice Age

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/309-clues-left-by-tiny-fossils-give-insights-into-last-ice-age

13 Jun 2017: Tiny fossils found in ocean sediments are helping scientists from the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Canada to determine how the prehistoric ocean contributed to the last Ice Age 125,000 to 18,000
Diving into volcano research

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/282-diving-into-volcano-research

17 May 2017: Rhiannan Mundana wants to be a researcher one day, and she’s already contributed to a real research voyage. Rhiannon is studying a Bachelor of Science double majoring in Geology and Spatial Sciences. “I was studying a Marine Geosciences unit and
The frozen continent and its connection to us

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4 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers have joined the City of Hobart for the official launch of a new research project that aims to enhance Hobart’s role as an Antarctic gateway. The Antarctic Cities project is studying the
Making models for safer mining

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/272-making-models-for-safer-mining

10 May 2017: When Cassady Harraden moved from the US to Tasmania, her luggage weighed a lot. Because as a geologist, she had to take her rock collection to her new home where she is studying her PhD at CODES in the Transforming the Mining Value Chain research hub
Microplastics litter the seafloor

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/350-microplastics-litter-the-seafloor

13 Jul 2017: Scientific sampling along the South East Australian coast has found high concentrations of microplastics in seafloor sediments, including along even remote stretches of coastline. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) scientists found an
Determination and strength lead Nursing student to his Graduation day

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/267-determination-and-strength-lead-nursing-student-to-his-graduation-day

28 Apr 2017: Not many medical students can list emergency helicopter patient retrievals in Afghanistan as part of their pre-study experience. However for Mirwais Adli, this work and all the dangers associated with it, was everyday life before coming to the
Tide turns with AMC testing turbine in the Tamar

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/278-tide-turns-with-amc-testing-turbine-in-the-tamar

15 May 2017: The daily movements of the tides move great quantities of water around the Australian coast. Thanks to research being carried out by the Australian Maritime College, we are a step closer to harnessing this movement to generate electricity. Working
Oceans of knowledge for chemical oceanography student

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/227-oceans-of-knowledge-for-chemical-oceanography-student

19 Jan 2017: It was the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies' world class reputation that attracted PhD candidate Habacuc Perez-Tribouillier from Mexico all the way to Hobart. And three amazing voyages on Research Vessel Investigator have provided him with
It’s been called the holy grail of aquaculture...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/277-its-been-called-the-holy-grail-of-aquaculture

15 May 2017: After 17 years researchers from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) based at the University’s Taroona laboratories have developed the solution to a problem that scientists around the globe had been trying to solve for decades.
Weathering a Brainstorm during Dark Mofo

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/321-weathering-a-brainstorm-during-dark-mofo

19 Jun 2017: When Master of Fine Arts graduate, Darren Cook, was invited to exhibit at Brainstorm as part of Dark Mofo, he started by thinking about both weather patterns and cognitive patterns. He thought about shelter from storms and their cognitive equivalent
Choose your own adventure

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/239-choose-your-own-adventure

14 Feb 2017: PhD student Lily is an acoustician. But what is that exactly? She studies the acoustics of concert halls, and she has done it in virtually all of the major concert halls in Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, Perth Concert Hall, Hamer Hall,
Reading rocks to find mineral trace elements

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/283-reading-rocks-to-find-mineral-trace-elements

17 May 2017: When you’re holding a rock in your hand, you’re holding a piece of history millions of years old. Josh Phillips is a postgraduate in CODES, studying the trace element chemistry of hydrothermal minerals around ore deposits. Every rock tells a
Bold explorer 200 years ago inspires scientists of today

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/294-bold-explorer-200-years-ago-inspires-scientists-of-today

31 May 2017: Two hundred years after Matthew Flinders circumnavigated Australia and mapped much of the coastline for the first time, community citizen scientists and Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers are now following in his wake to
Ten Commandments for graduates according to Justice Michael Kirby

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/504-ten-commandments-for-graduates-according-to-justice-michael-kirby

21 Dec 2017: Graduating University of Tasmania law and social science students were lucky to receive sound and experienced advice from the Honourable Justice Michael Kirby AC, CMG as they embark on the next chapter of their lives. Justice Kirby, who is one of
Agriculture degree gives graduate incredible globe-trotting career

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/291-agriculture-degree-gives-graduate-incredible-globe-trotting-career

25 May 2017: It was the wicked problems facing the world that attracted Miriam McCormack to study agriculture in the first place, and now she gets immense satisfaction from playing a role in research into food security in developing countries. Miriam, who
Tracking the clast to the blast

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/360-tracking-the-clast-to-the-blast

21 Jul 2017: Did you know that when an underwater volcano erupts, the pumice clasts it creates travel huge distances floating on the oceans, shedding mass as they go? Dr Martin Jutzeler, Lecturer in Earth Sciences, is investigating how far (and fast) these
From Tassie to Scandinavia: An unbear-ably epic research journey

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/261-from-tassie-to-scandinavia-an-unbear-ably-epic-research-journey

18 Apr 2017: If you knew there was a bear in the wilderness near you, what would you do? For University of Tasmania graduate Jack Beardsley and his canine sidekick Cocoa, part of his job is to approach bears and see how they react. As a member of the
The Burnie factor in the Timor-Leste maritime boundary negotiations

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/457-the-burnie-factor-in-the-timor-leste-maritime-boundary-negotiations

17 Nov 2017: Expectation: To take over the family business in Burnie and become a welder like his father and grandfather. Reality: First in the extended family to go to university. He is now a partner at global law firm DLA Piper and is the Asia Pacific Head of
Predicting mine waste environmental impacts before it’s too late

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/273-predicting-mine-waste-environmental-impacts-before-its-too-late

10 May 2017: Mining for precious, base and ferrous metals can result in millions of tonnes of tailings and waste rock, which if left unmanaged can have dire environmental consequences. Poorly designed storage facilities can potentially leak pollution for
Mastering the art of storytelling along a path less travelled

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/295-mastering-the-art-of-storytelling-along-a-path-less-travelled

7 Jun 2017: You could say Bridget Hickey didn’t take a traditional path at university. Instead, she studied across disciplines, between Fine Arts and Humanities, picking subjects that she loved. This diversity uncovered a passion for audio storytelling. Now,
World-class AUV launched

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/377-world-class-auv-launched

18 Aug 2017: An innovative new autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) capable of diving up to 5,000 metres, operating underneath the ice and gathering data on Antarctic research missions was unveiled today at the University of Tasmania’s Australian Maritime
Meet the global storyteller moving people to change

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/226-meet-the-global-storyteller-moving-people-to-change

16 Jan 2017: On December 25, 2014, Karl and a photojournalist covertly entered an asylum seeker camp on the Pacific Island of Nauru to uncover their stories. “It was a risky thing to do. Journalists are effectively banned from Nauru so we went as tourists. We
In the future, boats might fly

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/233-in-the-future-boats-might-fly

6 Feb 2017: Sam Smith dreams of one day creating a boat capable of flying above the water. Impossible? Not with hydrofoil innovation research. Sam is studying his PhD at the ARC Research Training Centrefor Naval Design and Manufacturing at the Australian