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The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if society fascinates you

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25 Jul 2018: Are you interested in how the law works, the dark side of history, or how to educate the next generation? Come to Hobart Open Day and hear from our staff and students about what to study to feed your thirst for knowledge. Whether you’re
Tracking SpaceX and NASA missions

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19 Nov 2018: The University is providing high-precision positioning data and telemetry support for a range of space missions, including the SpaceX missions to resupply the International Space Station. The collaboration is the University’s latest contribution to
The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if you’re keen on science

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25 Jul 2018: It’s creative, it’s innovative, it’s inventive and it’s all over our Hobart Open Day. It’s science! If you’re keen on nature, adventure, discovery and innovation, there’s a strong chance you’re a secret scientist. We’ll have stacks
The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if you’re a creative genius

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25 Jul 2018: The world needs more artists, communicators, and creatives, and right now in Tasmania is the best time to embrace your vision. If you want to become a reporter, a blogger, a performer, or a designer, check out these events at Hobart Open Day and get
Science in your spare time

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15 Feb 2018: Imagine having a whole galaxy named after you because you discovered it… when you’re not actually an astronomer. This is one of the remarkable things that can happen when you’re a citizen scientist. Dr Stas Shabala, Senior Lecturer in Physics,
How does island life shape Tasmanians?

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19 Oct 2018: While geographical disconnection has many obvious implications on daily life (for example the cost of fuel, access to certain services, ability to collaborate with peers, etc. ) the impact of 'place' is also a common theme running through many
Looking at Antarctica through an advertising lens

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19 Mar 2018: Ever wondered how your perception of Antarctica has been shaped over the years? Influences are usually documentaries, advertising, or by reading books on the continent. Being a continent that is accessible to very few people, Antarctica is regarded
Pioneers reclaimed

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28 Jun 2018: When a Melbourne retiree started the online Diploma of Family History at the University of Tasmania she had no inkling that her own connection to the island state would be revealed. The author with her first book. Former teacher Janeen O’Connell had
A Tasmanian Requiem

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24 Apr 2018: On December 26, 1847, a small group of Aboriginal people sat in the Lieutenant-Governor’s box at Hobart’s Theatre Royal watching a new pantomime. A local newspaper reported how “the natives … seemed gratified at their first public
Nina joins the culture club

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10 Aug 2018: For her part, Nina is determining the best ‘grain’ to milk ratio for commercial production of kefir dairy products, in collaboration with interested dairy companies in Tasmania. “Kefir grain is a microbiological culture and, when submerged in
Captured! Rare ‘glitch’ in a pulsar’s regular pulsing beat

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11 Apr 2018: Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars and sometimes they abruptly increase their rotation rate. This sudden change of spin rate is called a “glitch” and I was part of a team that recorded one happening in the Vela Pulsar, with the results
How a little language study opened up the world

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29 Mar 2018: After studying beginner Indonesian for just one semester, James Ritchie was able to go on a life-changing study journey that seems to have set the course for his career. Here, he explains his journey to studying International Relations and Islamic
Reviving an original Tasmanian language

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19 Jul 2018: Truganini’s death in Hobart in May 1876 attracted worldwide attention. She was widely, but wrongly, believed to have been the last Aboriginal person to have survived the Tasmanian genocide. Her demise symbolised the devastating impacts of British
How picture boards were used as propaganda in the Vandemonian War

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14 Mar 2018: As Hobart’s Old Government House was being demolished in the late 1850s, workers made a remarkable discovery. Lifting the floor, they found an old pine board covered with four rows of pictures. Six scenes painted in oils depicted interactions
Moreton Bay bug on the menu

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16 Jul 2018: The Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) researchers who developed a world-first method to breed rock lobsters commercially have now paved the way for a Moreton Bay bug aquaculture industry in Tasmania. Based at IMAS’s Taroona
A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place

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10 Oct 2018: The island of Tasmania lies suspended beneath Australia like a heart-shaped pendant of sapphire, emerald and tourmaline. Here is where the world runs out, crumbling into the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean. Island Story: Tasmania in Object and
School project gets an 'A'

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10 Aug 2018: The new learning asset in the centre of Hobart is defying all attempts to be defined, categorised, or bound by its geography. "The A-Lab is a tangible expression of the Making of the Future Partnership Agreement and is a rich resource to be utilised
Changing climate puts the heat on regeneration

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30 May 2018: Regeneration after bushfires could be compromised by climate change, research shows. Scientists from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences looked at how certain chemicals, produced by bushfires and crucial to stimulating new
A very healthy boost for expertise

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18 Jun 2018: New Australian Government funding for rural and regional preventative health research in the North West will support the University of Tasmania’s efforts to place the best of science in communities where it can help the most. Prime Minister
Devoted to this institution, and an institution herself

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10 Aug 2018: At the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus, you’ll find a living treasure who’s been around for almost half of the institution’s lifetime. Her name is Rhonda Frances Ewart. She’s the University’s longest-serving staff member –
Explainer: the evidence for the Tasmanian genocide

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17 Jan 2018: At a public meeting in Hobart in the late 1830s, Solicitor-General Alfred Stephen, later Chief Justice of New South Wales, shared with the assembled crowd his solution for dealing with “the Aboriginal problem”. Voluminous written and
No simple trigger for soil ‘carbon bomb’

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12 Mar 2018: A new international study has found the relationship between soil carbon and its impact on global warming is more complicated than first thought. Research lead author Professor Natasja van Gestel from Texas Tech University was joined by a team of
Keeping the cycle of science moving

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14 Sep 2018: Liam Burt has always known what he wanted to do with his life: study science, and communicate science. Liam is near the end of his Bachelor of Science with Honours, supported by the Marshall Hughes Honours Scholarship in Chemistry. “Rather than
French sojourn inspires a global gig

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22 Mar 2018: I’m a third year Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws student. Organising exchanges can be a bit more tricky for Law students than for most other students, because of the very specialised nature of the degree. But I had been lucky enough to be
Smoke signals way to best practice

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10 Aug 2018: A real-world experiment is drawing on the concept of renewal ecology to help explore the relationship between fire and herbivore activity in Tasmania’s Midlands. Researchers from the University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences, in
Why you should race into Engineering at the University of Tasmania

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26 Jul 2018: Why just read textbooks about engineering when you can actually build a race car at Uni? And then drive it? Formula SAE is the world’s biggest engineering annual design competition and it’s embedded into our Engineering curriculum. Our
A career where you never get bored

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19 Dec 2018: Kristy Stevenson is seeking a career where she can travel and use her skills and knowledge to make a positive difference in the world. This is what drew her to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Tasmania. Ag is one of those
How do we know when trees will die?

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4 Jul 2018: New research has confirmed failure of the water transport system causes tree mortality in drought, with scientists advocating a new optical technique which will help assess vulnerability of forests to future damage. Researchers from the University
Why geology is so much more than mining

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9 Oct 2018: Johanna Van Balen is studying a Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology, which she says is “fascinating. ”“Geology is the foundation of almost everything we have today. One hundred million years is not much in the grand scheme of things, really!
Good enough to bottle: supporting the growth of Tassie wine

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19 Oct 2018: University of Tasmania researchers are helping farmers across Australia: understanding the differences in Pinots; finding bioactive compounds in cherries; and bringing genomics to tree breeding for forestry. As any connoisseur will testify, good wine
Righting the wrongs of the past

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9 Sep 2018: Historians are working with Australian Indigenous communities to return the bodily remains of their Old People to country from overseas museums and universities. The early years of Australian colonisation in the late 1700s coincided with the
Bringing seafood governance to the surface

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3 May 2018: In Tasmania, marine farming and aquaculture has expanded rapidly since the 1990s and is now one of the state's major industries. With its expansion comes the complexities of the governance of this industry. University of Tasmania PhD candidate Coco
Warming Tasmanian waters invite octopus migration

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29 Jun 2018: In a further sign of the impact of warming oceans on Tasmanian ecosystems, a species of octopus previously confined to eastern Australian waters is extending its range south, riding a new wave of warm water as ocean currents change. In a new study,
New female lizard research provides food for thought

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12 Apr 2018: Research led by the University of Tasmania has found the amount of food an expecting mother lizard consumes can determine how well her offspring do at solving problems. Conducted by the School of Natural Sciences, the study showed that food
Going for gold

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19 Dec 2018: We are often told that to find a career you love, you need to follow your passion in life. Georga Brennan took this one step further by combining her two passions - horses and agriculture, to set herself up for an exciting future career. Growing up,
The top 5 things to do at Inveresk Open Day if you’re an innovator

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1 Aug 2018: Some people think that creativity and science are polar opposites. But we know better! Science needs creative thinking, innovation and imagination to really thrive. If you’re interested in architecture and design, IT or spatial sciences, then
The top things to do at AMC Open Day

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8 Aug 2018: Sail into our world-renowned specialist institute Australian Maritime College this Open Day! If you love technology, shipping, business and innovation, studying at the AMC is an excellent way to combine these interests. The AMC is host to the
COMET sheds light on law for youth

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9 Jan 2018: It’s a Thursday evening at a girls’ shelter in Hobart. This place is not an easy one to be. It’s an emergency home to at-risk girls aged 10-18, who face homelessness or untenable living situations with their families. Tonight, though, the mood
Studying agriculture in Tasmania just makes sense

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19 Dec 2018: MengYong Lim made the decision to move to Tasmania several years ago and says he doesn’t regret it for a minute. In 2015, MengYong moved from Malaysia to the beautiful shores of Tasmania to study a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University
From the salon to the lab

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4 Jul 2018: To say Leesa Borojevic is a woman of many talents would be a vast understatement. From hairdresser, to teacher, to Operations Team Leader in the University’s Central Science Laboratory (CSL), Leesa is dedicated to being the best she can be,
How language can help us love and care for a frozen land

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19 Oct 2018: Hobart has a special role in determining how Australia relates to Antarctica. The city is already home to the largest community of Antarctic scientists in the world. Now a national research project is exploring how language and art can help us
The top 5 things to do at Inveresk Open Day if you’re into drama

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31 Jul 2018: Do you live for movie night, spend all your money on theatre tickets, and have a flair for the dramatic? Then our Open Day at Inveresk is a fantastic destination for you! The Inveresk precinct is the northern home of the University’s School of
Fight against wombat mange

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18 Apr 2018: New answers have been uncovered in the fight against bare-nosed wombat sarcoptic mange, thanks to the latest research by the University of Tasmania. The findings published in the Royal Society journal Open Science uncovers previously unknown health
Joining forces to fight cancer

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17 May 2018: The University of Tasmania has joined an international research partnership designed to better understand the role of cancer in ecological and evolutionary processes. The University will collaborate with a group of French research institutions and
A real role model

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30 Jan 2018: If recent roles are anything to go by, chances are we’ll be seeing a lot more of University of Tasmania alumnus Toby Leonard Moore. The humble actor’s star is certainly on the rise having secured parts in major hit series including Netflix’s
The top 5 things to do at Hobart Open Day if you’re keen on health

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24 Jul 2018: If you’re hoping to one day become a doctor, a nurse, a paramedic, or even a medical researcher, there’s a very healthy amount of information and fun activities on offer at the University of Tasmania’s 2018 Open Day in Hobart for you. Here’s
Taking care of business

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19 Dec 2018: For Will Campbell, agriculture means business. Will grew up on a family farm in Bothwell, Tasmania and is currently studying the Bachelor of Applied Science (Agriculture and Business) at the University of Tasmania. After taking a year off after
Galloping into a new career

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25 Jul 2018: Mady Muirhead grew up on farms, and loves horses. So when she heard about the University of Tasmania’s Agribusiness course, she galloped right into it. “I enjoy being outside and around animals, getting my hands dirty. I originally thought I’d
Clever devils coexisting with cancer

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15 Feb 2018: The deadly devil facial tumour disease (DFTD) affecting Tasmanian devils has triggered evolutionary responses in the species which may help them to coexist with the cancer, new research has found. Researchers from Australia and France reviewed the
Wildfire modelling study answers burning question for the first time

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22 Jan 2018: For the first time, researchers at the University of Tasmania have modelled how effective certain types of prescribed burning scenarios are in reducing wildfire risk at a regional scale. In the largest simulation study of its kind, the effectiveness