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How the gift of art is supporting travelling scholarships

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10 Jul 2024: Marie Edwards, a graduate of the Tasmanian School of Art, holds a unique place in the Tasmanian art scene. During her ascent in the 1970s she was one of the few women artists in the State working seriously in the area of abstraction. She is ranked
New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

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23 Feb 2024: Dolphin spotting might not be the usual way an Arts/Law student spends their days but, for Lily Hansson, it was a highlight of her recent UniGO sustainability experience in Malaysia. And, she discovered, it’s done a little differently off the
Catalyst for curiosity

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14 Jun 2022: Spending much of her childhood on a rural property at Flowerpot in Southern Tasmania, Emmaline Lonergan grew up with a deep appreciation for nature, particularly the marine environment of the nearby D’Entrecasteaux Channel. She says this idyllic
Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

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4 Apr 2024: A unique collaboration between the arts and sciences at the University of Tasmania will be realised with the Tasmanian premiere of the groundbreaking opera ANTARCTICA this month. ANTARCTICA in concert will represent the culmination of work begun
Tourism researcher to chair key industry body

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20 Oct 2023: Tourism researcher Anne Hardy has become the first academic, and first woman, to chair influential industry body Destination Southern Tasmania. Associate Professor Hardy, who has been a board member of the organisation for six years, will lead heavy
Nurturing home-grown medical research

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24 May 2024: Sustained support crucial to medical researchAlan Rees watched as his father, the pre-eminent landscape painter the late Lloyd Frederic Rees AC CMG, lost his vision to macular degeneration. Years later the artist’s only son developed a form of the
Fighting the good fight

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6 Oct 2019: As CEO of Colony 47, – a charity organisation that helps out over 20,000 Tasmanian children every year – Danny Sutton’s role is based around helping those who need it most. It’s a place where you can make a difference. “We work with people
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
Pharmacy alumnus helping to deliver State's COVID-19 vaccine

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25 Jan 2022: University of Tasmania pharmacy alumnus Jackson Crawn is making history. As a specialist pharmacist in infectious disease with the Tasmanian Health Service, Jackson is part of a team of highly skilled pharmacy technicians and pharmacists who are
Antarctic researcher wins prestigious Fellowship to study in the US

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10 Feb 2023: A University of Tasmania Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) graduate has won a prestigious Quad Fellowship to investigate the historic impacts of climate change on glacial melting in Antarctica. Mika Bighin has arrived in the United
The science of the ideal salad dressing

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10 Jan 2024: HannaTor/Shutterstock Author: Nathan Kilah, University of Tasmania Summer means salads. And salads are even more delicious with a good dressing. Most salad dressings are temporarily stable mixtures of oil and water known as emulsions. But how do
University Foundation Committee

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24 May 2024: The University Foundation Committee (UFC) is a committee of the Council of the University of Tasmania. It was established to ensure that the University’s philanthropic practices and policies are consistent with its mission and goals and that
Flexibility is the key to master's success

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19 Aug 2019: Lyn Tram has just one regret about her time studying with Tasmania’s university, the University of Tasmania – she hasn’t yet had the chance to visit the beautiful island state her uni is based in. Lyn studied her Master of Clinical Pharmacy
New age of Antarctic exploration

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8 May 2023: People often look at me oddly when I mention that my research focuses on Antarctica. It’s not what they expect from a humanities academic. That’s understandable. Antarctica is the only continent where humans have never lived permanently. But the
Business focus thrives on the North-West

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24 May 2024: For Vincent McDonagh, receiving the 2023 Business Northwest Bursary has not only eased financial pressures, it has provided valuable connections with the business community. “I went to the Business Northwest meeting and spoke, and ever since then
Kelly’s sustainability focus

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30 Sep 2022: Kelly Pinner describes herself as a freelancer, working in a range of smaller, diverse jobs simultaneously, and she loves the stimulation and variety of her lifestyle. “I collect little jobs: work in a pub at night, caretaker for properties during
Literacy roundtables encourage Tasmanian solutions

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24 May 2024: A report by the Australian Education Union estimates 50 per cent of Tasmania’s population has inadequate reading skills for their daily life. Seeing the need for solutions, a two-day symposium – the Cuthill Family Foundation Early Years Literacy
Lasting legacy for food microbiologist

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23 Jan 2024: A prize to encourage students into food microbiology or food safety research has been established in honour of the late Professor Tom McMeekin AO who passed away in 2021. The prize was established by a generous donation made by Professor John Bowman,
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
Leading international researchers put local food centre-stage

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25 Jan 2024: Resilience, Resistance and Regeneration was the title of the Australasian Agri-Food Research Network Conference, hosted for the first time in Hobart in December 2023 by the University of Tasmania at The Hedberg. The meeting was well-timed given