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  2. Thumbnail for Rankings rise for Earth Sciences

    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
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    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
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    Physics graduate awarded for supermassive research achievement

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/335-physics-graduate-awarded-for-supermassive-research-achievement
    29 Jun 2017: A University of Tasmania Honours graduate has secured a prestigious national award for her research into supermassive black holes and galaxies, highlighting the strength of the institution’s astronomy program. Madeline Marshall is the 2017
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    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
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    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
  7. Thumbnail for Future wildfire warning for Australia

    Future wildfire warning for Australia

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/236-future-wildfire-warning-for-australia
    7 Feb 2017: University of Tasmania Professor of Environmental Change Biology David Bowman led an international collaboration - including researchers from the University of Idaho and South Dakota State University - to compile a global satellite database of the
  8. Thumbnail for Researchers keen on quinoa's salty secret

    Researchers keen on quinoa's salty secret

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/446-researchers-keen-on-quinoas-salty-secret
    30 Oct 2017: A new study into the breeding of salt-tolerant crops has made an important finding, which could prove instrumental in long-term efforts to address global food security. The research, published in the journal Cell Research, found that quinoa, which
  9. Thumbnail for PhD - the real passion project

    PhD - the real passion project

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/298-phd-the-real-passion-project
    7 Jun 2017: If you’re searching for a thesis topic, you have to ask yourself, what am I obsessed with?Do you want to cure cancer, dissect Great Expectations, or save an endangered frog? Do you hunt down rare black and white films to watch, or do you spend a
  10. Thumbnail for Hear two of our leading scientists discuss their work

    Hear two of our leading scientists discuss their work

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/400-hear-two-of-our-leading-scientists-discuss-their-work
    28 Aug 2017: "The art of science: one opinion on how to be a successful researcher" (Professor Barry Brook)Science is the systematic study of the natural world using observation and experiment. Art is the flourish of human creativity, imagination and emotion.
  11. Thumbnail for This PhD student is making concerts sound better

    This PhD student is making concerts sound better

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/316-this-phd-student-is-making-concerts-sound-better
    16 Jun 2017: How do you know if a concert venue is going to make an evening of music amazing or just OK? You ask an engineer. Specifically, an acoustician, like University of Tasmania Engineering PhD student Lily Panton. Lily studies the acoustics of concert
  12. Thumbnail for Top five PhD survival tips

    Top five PhD survival tips

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/299-top-five-phd-survival-tips
    7 Jun 2017: 1. Write! Anything! Getting your thoughts down on paper really helps get your brain working. Even if what you write isn’t great, just get something down. You can refine it and edit it later. 2. Create a work zone Co-ordinated sticky notes. Your
  13. Thumbnail for Mapping the (evolutionary) Tree of Life

    Mapping the (evolutionary) Tree of Life

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/389-mapping-the-evolutionary-tree-of-life
    22 Aug 2017: In the late 90s, Associate Professor Barbara Holland was a PhD student in the field of Vehicle Routing and Transportation. Attendance at a lunchtime seminar given by Professor Mike Waterman, of Human Genome Project fame, changed everything. The
  14. Thumbnail for A day in the life of a typical PhD student...

    A day in the life of a typical PhD student...

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/301-a-day-in-the-life-of-a-typical-phd-student
    7 Jun 2017: 9. 30am Go to the Uni café and obtain a much-needed coffee. Get waylaid by a friend who wants to know “how’s the PhD going?” Struggle to answer such a huge and problematic question while completely un-caffeinated. Escape gracefully, down the
  15. Thumbnail for Detective or explorer...you decide!

    Detective or explorer...you decide!

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/384-detective-or-exploreryou-decide
    21 Aug 2017: It’s no secret that scientists get to do some amazing stuff. They see things in a different way. It might be scanning the frozen landscape of Antarctica from the deck of a research vessel, it might be investigating outer space through a telescope,
  16. Thumbnail for Soaring science greats recognised in national awards

    Soaring science greats recognised in national awards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/458-soaring-science-greats-recognised-in-national-awards
    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
  17. Thumbnail for Predicting mine waste environmental impacts before it’s too late

    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
  18. Thumbnail for Tassie and science the right chemistry

    Tassie and science the right chemistry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/498-tassie-and-science-the-right-chemistry
    15 Dec 2017: For Professor Michael Breadmore, the combination of science and Tasmania is just the right chemistry for success. Professor Breadmore is the 2017 recipient of the prestigious Royal Australian Chemical Institute’s Doreen Clark Medal which
  19. Thumbnail for How researchers are trying to save Australia's precious native animals

    How researchers are trying to save Australia's precious native…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/331-how-researchers-are-trying-to-save-australias-precious-native-animals
    28 Jun 2017: There has been a widespread decline of many native marsupials, with 29 Australian mammals now extinct – the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world. A further 30 per cent of our surviving mammal species are now listed as threatened. 29the
  20. Thumbnail for Database a window into climate change since the Roman era

    Database a window into climate change since the Roman era

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/348-database-a-window-into-climate-change-since-the-roman-era
    12 Jul 2017: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researcher Dr Steven Phipps, who co-authored the study published in the international journal Scientific Data as a member of the PAGES2k Consortium, said the database shows a long-term cooling trend
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    Agriculture graduate becomes a future industry leader

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/229-agriculture-graduate-becomes-a-future-industry-leader
    30 Jan 2017: An agriculture graduate from the University of Tasmania has received a prestigious $120,000 Westpac Future Leaders Scholarship to continue her research into Tasmania’s cider industry. Madeleine Way, 22, graduated from the University of Tasmania

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