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The art of making a difference

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24 May 2024: Gifting the joy of musicAccessibility to the arts was an important driver for former University of Tasmania Deputy Chancellor, business leader and alumnus Dr Rod Roberts and Mrs Cecile Roberts when they established the Ossa Music Prize. “We want to
Find where you’re meant to be

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15 May 2024: Bachelor of Arts student Reuben Yakubu had always been interested in both science and theatre. However, it wasn't until he was in year seven that he really focused on his passion for theatre, which would eventually lead him to his major in Theatre
Find passion that's contagious

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29 Apr 2024: Amelia Whitman's interest in the ocean and marine life began in childhood, and gradually morphed from an artistic approach into a scientific one. Currently a Marine and Antarctic Science student at the University of Tasmania, Amelia grew up in Sydney,
Find unexpected opportunities

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2 May 2024: A passionate and dedicated Bachelor of Music student, Guy Swan loves exploring different aspects of music and sound, and he has found Tasmania to be the perfect place to pursue his passion. Growing up in Hobart, Guy was interested in music from a
Giving back to our seas

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24 May 2024: Hobart is a long way from Alberta, Canada, but for University of Tasmania PhD student Kianna Gallagher it is just the ticket for a project investigating the relationship between humans and oceans. Kianna is particularly interested in how people can
Tasmanian fisheries forensics technology set to improve global catch…

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24 May 2024: In 2020, global wild capture fisheries production was estimated at 90. 3 million tonnes, valued at $141 billion USD, according to a 2022 report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). However, Dr Madeline Green from the University of
Telescopic visionary

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24 May 2024: Family camping trips in the wilds of British Columbia were a formative time for entrepreneur and keen astronomer Caisey Harlingten. Lying on his back and gazing up at the night sky, he became captivated by space. “Looking up at the deep, dark,
Into the future: this year's Westpac Scholars announced

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11 Apr 2024: Four new Westpac Scholarship winners are diving into their studies at the University of Tasmania this year. Two have received sought-after Westpac Future Leaders Scholarships worth $120,000 each, and two are headed overseas on Westpac Asian Exchange
Australian Antarctic scientists in bid for NASA space mission

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15 May 2024: Two Antarctic scientists in Tasmania are part of an international team selected by NASA to develop a new satellite mission for monitoring the effects of climate and vegetation change. Dr Petra Heil of the Australian Antarctic Division, and Dr Alex
Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

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28 Mar 2024: Applications are open for the $10,000 James McAuley Creative Fellowship offered by the University of Tasmania. The 2024 fellowship will support an established Australian visual artist to work with students and the Tasmanian community. The recipient
Walk Free internship inspiring Zoe

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8 Aug 2023: Struck by the persecution and violence that forced more than 900,000 Rohingya to flee Myanmar, Zoe decided she couldn’t stand by and watch. “After travelling and working for a couple of years, I felt inspired to study social justice at university,
New exhibition turns spotlight on marine species and habitats under…

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23 May 2024: Human activities and a changing climate are putting species and ecosystems under pressure. In Antarctica, marine predators are on thin ice. In Tasmania, many marine species and habitats are found nowhere else on earth. And for many, there is nowhere
Sustainable Living courses that can help you make your own home and…

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5 Jul 2023: Saving the planet starts in your own backyard and the University of Tasmania’s Sustainable Living course can equip you with everything you need to know to put your green thumb to work. Most people choose to study the Diploma of Sustainable Living
Award-winning alumna puts art at centre of education

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24 Apr 2024: Katie Wightman is the Principal at Waverley Primary School. In 2022, she was awarded the Together We Inspire Telstra Innovation in Technology Award for her work delivering an online and face-to-face program to improve access, retention, engagement
It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless …

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19 Feb 2024: A gallery guide and program designed with kids, for kids, launched recently at the Devonport Regional Gallery through the Peter Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning project. Dubbed It’s ok @ DRG, the guide is now available to all families visiting
Deeper purpose: Cameron pursues a career in submarine design at the…

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18 Mar 2024: A school trip to a naval base in grade 11 started Cameron Skeggs on a direct course to a career in submarine design. With a lifelong interest in all things STEM, Cameron already knew she wanted to be an engineer. But it was meeting a submariner
Launceston’s Inveresk library tops the nation with design award

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14 May 2024: The University of Tasmania has been recognised for having the best designed academic library in the country. Inveresk library, which forms part of the University’s new, central campus precinct in Launceston, was announced as a winner in this
On the map: new portal to support Tasmanian marine planning decisions

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28 May 2024: A new online mapping portal that collates information on Tasmania’s marine activities, and the environments in which they occur, will inform the state’s marine planning decisions – and will make spatial data more user-friendly and accessible
Marine zooplankton bring global meeting to Hobart

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14 Mar 2024: More than 340 scientists from 38 countries gather in Hobart next week for a major international conference about marine zooplankton, the most abundant and diverse ‘eco-influencers’ on the planet. As the estimated 28,000 species of animals that
Students receive $133,000 to make a positive impact on the Tasmanian…

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30 Apr 2024: Agricultural science scholarships presentationThe future looks bright for agricultural science students who were awarded scholarships totalling over $133,000 to pursue their passion of making a positive impact on Tasmania’s agriculture and food
AAPP sea-ice scientist wins global glaciology award

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27 Feb 2024: A Hobart-based scientist from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) has received a prestigious honour from the International Glaciological Society. Dr Pat Wongpan, a sea-ice biologist with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
Scientists urge caution on marine-based carbon dioxide removal methods

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7 Jun 2024: Limited understanding of basic ocean processes is hindering progress in marine carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, with the ongoing commercialisation of some approaches both premature and misguided, scientists say. In a new paper published in Environmental
100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school…

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24 Jan 2024: Since 2017, we have worked in partnership with the State Government to deliver and grow our School-Higher Education Learning Hubs (Uni Hubs) at Claremont College and Newstead College. In 2023, Uni Hubs were also embedded at Don College, Hellyer
Perfect blend of theory and practice launched Georgie's career in …

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12 Feb 2024: Georgie Daly always wanted to work for Red Bull’s marketing team. The atmosphere of high adrenaline events and extreme sport sounded like a dream lifestyle. She isn’t there yet. But she’s also in no hurry. Currently working as a marketing
Message in a satellite tag

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20 May 2024: At the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), our PhD candidates play a vital and exciting role in building the global marine and Antarctic science knowledge bank. Meet Dr Collette Appert whose PhD research is
Tamsin’s career in Marine Biology is more about spray jackets than…

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6 Jun 2024: Sometimes, things have a way of just working out. Tamsin Jones always dreamed of becoming a marine scientist, an ambition she traces back to growing up in Devonport and spending a lot of time at the beach. So, she was devastated when the covid
Ocean detectives return with climate clues

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4 Mar 2024: The longest science voyage by CSIRO research vessel RV Investigator has returned to Australia with one of the most comprehensive datasets ever collected in the Southern Ocean. Over 60 days and 12,000 kilometres, the voyage led by the Australian
How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

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13 Dec 2023: Associate Professor Scott Ling's (BSc Hons 2000, PhD 2009) fascination with science began as a backyard project when he was a boy growing up in Tasmania. With his cocker spaniel by his side, he became aware of a brown trout in the stream that ran
Hema is using her legal training to be an advocate for the Earth

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27 Nov 2023: Hema Mahadevan is a firm believer that finding a fulfilling career is much more important than simply doing what is expected. Passionate about her work with Greenpeace Malaysia, Hema works to make a positive difference in the world. However, it was
Of ice and fire: what sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/of-ice-and-fire-what-sea-salt-in-antarctic-snowfall-reveals-about-bushfires-worse-than-the-black-summer

14 Jun 2024: Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?Our new research has reconstructed the past 2,000 years of southeast Australia’s bushfire weather, drawing
‘How long before climate change will destroy the Earth?’: research…

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21 Mar 2024: Every day, more children discover they are living in a climate crisis. This makes many children feel sad, anxious, angry, powerless, confused and frightened about what the future holds. The climate change burden facing young people is inherently
Mastering Accounting took Lewis from Malaysia to Tasmania via Coventry

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29 Nov 2023: As a child growing up in Malaysia, Lewis Ooi always knew he wanted to experience life in a western country. And, ultimately, it was a semester studying in the UK that put him on his path to studying his Master of Professional Accounting at the
Clarice Chan, LLB 2011

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16 Oct 2023: Law alum Clarice Chan’s hard work and passionate advocacy have led to change at the highest levels of Malaysia’s judiciary. Since completing a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Tasmania in 2011, she has established a distinguished legal
Empowered to improve the lives of others

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22 Nov 2023: Nicole McKillop had a dream of becoming a zoologist. She loved animals and wanted to dedicate her life to studying and protecting them. I grew up around animals. I grew up riding horses, owning rabbits. When I ride a horse my vision impairment is not
Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

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28 Jul 2023: Bachelor of Music graduate Naarah Barnes is heading to London to study her Master of Arts (Musical Theatre), thanks to a scholarship specifically for First Nations scholars. Gija woman Naarah graduated from the University of Tasmania in 2019 with a
Food sustainability the focus for AgriCULTURED conversation

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1 Aug 2023: Helping communities understand and nurture resilient local food systems will be the focus for Professor Alana Mann at this week’s AgriCULTURED event in the state’s North. The University’s Professor of Media and Communication, who specialises in
Alumnus to represent Australia at international music festival

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21 Jul 2023: Alumni composer Angus Davison has been selected to represent Australia at a prestigious international contemporary music showcase. Music graduate Angus’ piece Nigel will be presented at the International Society for Contemporary Music’s World New
No stranger to exploration

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24 Oct 2023: Debby Ng left her home in Singapore to pursue her dream of studying conservation and environmental science in Tasmania, Australia. She chose the University of Tasmania because it offered her the opportunity to work on real-world projects that made a
Law alumna Dr Alice Edwards on ridding the world of torture and other …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-alumna-dr-alice-edwards-on-ridding-the-world-of-torture-and-other-human-rights-violations

13 Dec 2023: In July 2022, Dr Alice Edwards was appointed the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Based in Italy, she is the first woman to hold this position, which is considered the
Learn how to live with fire

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11 Dec 2023: A free, online short course that explores the unpredictability of bushfires and how we live with them is teaching the community how to adapt in a changing climate. Dr Penelope Jones, who developed the short course, said this was a great opportunity
Music students’ hands-on class with Berlin Philharmonic master

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31 Aug 2023: Music students have taken a masterclass with internationally renowned horn player Stefan Dohr from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Five horn players studying at the University joined the special class with Mr Dohr, who was in the state to perform
A tender examination of life’s precariousness

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13 Dec 2023: When artist Jo Chew (BFA Hons 2018) returned to live in Tasmania with her daughter, she was confronted with a different housing market from the one she left. “We lived with my parents for a year, unable to find a rental we could afford. It was easy
Tasmania’s future as a high-tech gateway to space is bright

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13 Dec 2023: For more than 30 years, alumnus Professor Simon Ellingsen has marvelled at the wonders of nature beyond Earth. Now, Ellingsen is the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania, and he is the academic leader for the
A collective vision

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13 Sep 2023: The University of Tasmania cares for more than 100,000 items of artistic, cultural, and scientific significance, and a new web portal is the first step in making this amazing collection visible to the world. Our Arts and Cultural Collections include
On the edge: warming waters destabilising ‘cold’ ice shelf

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12 Oct 2023: Researchers have found large-scale anomalies in wind and sea ice are causing the waters below an East Antarctic ice shelf to warm, which could affect future sea level rise across the world. Dr Matthis Auger is a co-author of the new study published
Urgent call for Southern Ocean science in a changing world

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/urgent-call-for-southern-ocean-science-in-a-changing-world

18 Aug 2023: Today hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean science in the emerging climate crisis. This week 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting in the Antarctic gateway city of Hobart
Creative Writing program at home in City of Literature

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13 Nov 2023: Hobart’s emergence as a literary hotspot has long been sustained by the talents of students, staff and alumni from the University. Now it is set to benefit more, with the newly named UNESCO City of Literature to be supported by the College of Arts,
Law School heads to Samoan parliament

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25 Aug 2023: Parliamentary staff in Samoa have tapped into the expertise of one of the University’s most respected political scientists, but the learning has gone both ways. Sixteen officers are undertaking a Graduate Certificate in Parliamentary Law and
Art student’s secret to award-winning work

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4 Nov 2023: Patricia Coombe has a secret to capturing the misty images in her award-winning work: a triple pinhole camera. The Bachelor of Fine Arts student made her own version of the camera, which has three tiny pinholes, to create images of buildings that
Ossa Music Prize winner begins statewide tour

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25 Aug 2023: Ossa Music Prize-winning pianist Sarah Chick will undertake a seven-concert statewide tour from Wednesday, highlighting the work of women composers. The third-year Bachelor of Music student will take her presentation, Portraits: Women Composing