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The world’s most beautiful classroom

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/302-the-worlds-most-beautiful-classroom

7 Jun 2017: We know a great education is about more than libraries and lecture theatres. At the University of Tasmania, our students live and study in one of the world’s most beautiful places. Rachel Chong, who is studying her Masters of Business Administration
Dream job in futuristic career

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/433-dream-job-in-futuristic-career

17 Oct 2017: Amritha Hariharan was working as a software tester Mumbai when she decided to pursue her Master of Applied Science in Environmental Management and Spatial Sciences at the University of Tasmania. She loved it so much that Tasmania is now her home
Don’t worry about the huge Antarctic iceberg...

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/344-dont-worry-about-the-huge-antarctic-iceberg

7 Jul 2017: Icebergs breaking off Antarctica, even massive ones, do not typically concern glaciologists. But the impending birth of a new massive iceberg could be more than business as usual for the frozen continent. The Larsen C ice shelf, the fourth-largest
Deadly disease can ‘hide’ from a Tasmanian devil’s immune system

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/223-deadly-disease-can-hide-from-a-tasmanian-devils-immune-system

4 Jan 2017: The Tasmanian devil facial tumour (DFT) cells may use a molecular deception – common in human cancers – that could allow the deadly disease to avoid the animal’s immune system, according to our new research published this month. Recently it
Who goes to MONA? Peering behind the ‘flannelette curtain’

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/270-who-goes-to-mona-peering-behind-the-flannelette-curtain

8 May 2017: “I’ve never been with so many bogans in my life. Aren’t they fantastic!” cried an enraptured guest at the 2011 opening of Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art. The general opening party debauchery (despite rumours of an impending orgy)
What makes us sign up to subscription boxes

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/491-what-makes-us-sign-up-to-subscription-boxes

8 Dec 2017: Everyone can relate to that excitement of ripping open a present or the anticipation before discovering what a package in the post contains. In fact, the rush of good feeling is very similar to what gamblers experience and it’s this type of
#LstTxt&Tstmnt

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/431-lsttxttstmnt

13 Oct 2017: The unsent text message read:“Dave Nic you and Jack keep all that I have house and superannuation, put my ashes in the back garden with Trish Julie will take her stuff only she’s ok gone back to her ex AGAIN I’m beaten. A bit of cash behind TV
Some workers ‘cyberloaf’ if they think they can get away with it

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/374-some-workers-cyberloaf-if-they-think-they-can-get-away-with-it

17 Aug 2017: Sending personal emails, a bit of online shopping, checking out your friend’s holiday snaps on Facebook: if you break up your work day with online activities that aren’t work-related, you may be guilty of “cyberloafing”. Cyberloafing –
Melting ice and satellites: how to measure the Earth’s ‘wiggle'

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/293-melting-ice-and-satellites-how-to-measure-the-earths-wiggle

30 May 2017: "In a driverless future, it will be vital that our cars know exactly where they are on the road, down to the millimetre. We’ve found that our current methods of measuring location may not be up to scratch. Changes on Earth’s surface, including
Cows in Antarctica?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/373-cows-in-antarctica

16 Aug 2017: Elizabeth Leane, Associate Professor of English and ARC Future Fellow, and Hanne E. F. Nielsen, PhD Candidate in Antarctic Representations, investigate the unusual history of cows in Antarctica for The Conversation. Domestic animals are rarely
History textbooks still imply that Australians are white

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/323-history-textbooks-still-imply-that-australians-are-white

19 Jun 2017: Despite improvements to their content over time, secondary school history textbooks still imply that Australians are white. Textbook depictions of Australianness are not only relevant to experiences of national belonging or exclusion. Research has
Westfield’s history

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/495-westfields-history

13 Dec 2017: The sale of Westfield to the French property firm Unibail-Rodamco draws to a close (with a A$32 billion reward) one of Australia’s greatest business success stories. But it also shows where Australian retail could be headed next. Westfield has
Watering down the same-sex marriage bill

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/475-watering-down-the-same-sex-marriage-bill

28 Nov 2017: The bill to legalise same-sex marriage has passed the Australian Senate, with 43 voting yes, 12 no votes, with some senators abstaining from casting a vote. The bill was passed without amendment, and will now move to the House of Representatives for
Drones and privacy

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/266-drones-and-privacy

26 Apr 2017: Recent advances in technology mean we can no longer rely on fences or barriers around our homes to protect our privacy. This was certainly the case for Darwin resident Karli Hyatt, who on Tuesday explained to the ABC’s Law Report how a drone
Bob Brown wins his case

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2017/436-bob-brown-wins-his-case

18 Oct 2017: Bob Brown was arrested under an anti-protest law after refusing to obey police directions to leave a forestry coup at Lapoinya State Forest. AAPThe High Court has ruled today by a 6:1 majority in favour of Bob Brown and Jessica Hoyt’s challenge to