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Stay frosty: Antarctic science for kids, reviewed by kids

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Stay-frosty-Antarctic-science-for-kids,-reviewed-by-kids

12 Aug 2024: To mark National Science Week, Hobart scientists have presented a special collection of articles about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to Libraries Tasmania. What makes this collection different is that the 23 articles written by scientists were
Year 12 filmmaker shines in undergraduate subject at UTAS

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Year-12-filmmaker-shines-in-undergraduate-subject-at-UTAS

5 Aug 2024: A Year 12 student from The Friends’ School with three cinematography awards already under his belt has won a fourth at the University of Tasmania’s Film, Fire and Food night at the Hedberg. Sam Jones is one of 44 high schoolers from across the
A unique Outdoor and Environmental Education experience in Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/a-unique-outdoor-and-environmental-education-experience-in-tasmania

30 Jul 2024: Tasmania’s unique landscape will be the classroom when the University offers a new range of courses for outdoor and environmental educators and guides from 2025. Three offerings will be introduced, including the nation’s only four-year combined
Robbie Arnott’s Limberlost wins prestigious $25,000 history writing…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/robbie-arnotts-limberlost-wins-prestigious-$25,000-history-writing-award

5 Aug 2024: University of Tasmania alumnus and inaugural Hedberg Writer-in-Residence Robbie Arnott has been awarded one of Australia’s most significant history-writing prizes for his much-loved novel Limberlost. Mr Arnott’s third novel, written during his
Boosting red meat productivity

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/boosting-red-meat-productivity

13 Aug 2024: Like many north-west Tasmanian farmers, Andrew and David Pilkington, face waterlogging challenges that impact pasture production and profitability. They’re participating in a trial by the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) to address this
University of Tasmania a world leader in impact rankings

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/university-of-tasmania-a-world-leader-in-impact-rankings

12 Jun 2024: The rankings assess universities for their impact on society and the environment against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Rankings are based on universities’ research, teaching, stewardship and outreach. The University has been
Natural Hazards Atlas kicks off with call for community participation

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/natural-hazards-atlas-kicks-off-with-call-for-community-participation

2 Aug 2024: A new initiative aimed at enhancing Tasmania's disaster preparedness, the Natural Hazards Atlas for Tasmania project, launched 1 August, 2024. This significant undertaking, spearheaded by the University of Tasmania’s Climate Futures research group
Alumna inspired by North-West Tasmanian home takes $100,000 art prize

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/alumna-inspired-by-north-west-tasmanian-home-takes-$100,000-art-prize

6 Aug 2024: Alumna Zoe Grey has been awarded the $100,000 Hadley’s Art Prize for a work inspired by her North-West Tasmanian home. Ms Grey’s work The Shape of Rock was selected from 35 finalists for the 2024 prize, which is awarded for the most outstanding
Jazz group SymmeTrio awarded Ossa Music Prize

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29 Jul 2024: Jazz outfit SymmeTrio has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting their collaborative compositions. Bachelor of Music students Louis Monaghan (piano), Jode Brewster (saxophone) and Joshua Ford-King (trumpet)
New arrival: baby Maugean skate hatches from captive-laid egg in…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-arrival-baby-maugean-skate-hatches-from-captive-laid-egg-in-world-first-for-the-endangered-species

13 Aug 2024: For the first time ever, a baby Maugean skate has hatched from an egg laid in captivity – and scientists are looking forward to more arrivals soon. It’s an exciting time for marine ecologists at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine
The sky’s the limit: AMC student wins NASA-backed scholarship

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-skys-the-limit-amc-student-wins-nasa-backed-scholarship

8 Aug 2024: Australian Maritime College (AMC) student Lucy Barr has been awarded a prestigious National Indigenous Space Academy (NISA) scholarship for 2024. The scholarship recognises her exceptional academic accomplishments and sets her on a path to
Science Week 2024 kicks off with a month of curiosity and discovery

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/science-week-2024-kicks-off-with-a-month-of-curiosity-and-discovery

12 Aug 2024: National Science Week 2024 has officially begun with many of the University of Tasmania’s scientists and researchers helping to showcase the state’s vibrant scientific community and innovative spirit in a statewide schedule of events. From 6 –
Transforming the River’s Edge at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/transforming-the-rivers-edge-at-inveresk

12 Dec 2022: The new $45. 5m River’s Edge building is continuing to take shape at the Inveresk campus precinct. The building will be home to Humanities, Social Sciences, Law and Education. It will offer student counselling, accessibility and learning support,
Building world-class fisheries and aquaculture facilities for…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/building-world-class-fisheries-and-aquaculture-facilities-for-students,-staff-and-community

6 Aug 2024: Work is underway to transform the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) at Taroona into a world-class fisheries and aquaculture research and teaching precinct. The University of Tasmania is upgrading the site to increase the institute’s
Philip Smith Centre ready to welcome back the community

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/philip-smith-centre-ready-to-welcome-back-the-community

30 Jul 2024: A heritage building on Hobart’s Domain will help address teacher shortages, train nurses, and support people to improve their English language skills when it reopens to the community as early as October this year. The University of Tasmania has
Age matters: new age-ID tool set to revolutionise threatened seabird…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/age-matters-new-age-id-tool-set-to-revolutionise-threatened-seabird-conservation

9 Aug 2024: Scientists have developed a rapid and accurate way to estimate the age of a seabird, which could revolutionise the way threatened seabird populations are assessed – and boost conservation efforts. “Some seabirds can live for over 70 years, but
Antarctic science and art meet for Tasmanian premiere of…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/antarctic-science-and-art-meet-for-tasmanian-premiere-of-groundbreaking-opera

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
Young Tassie Scientists embark on statewide science adventure

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/young-tassie-scientists-embark-on-statewide-science-adventure

5 Aug 2024: The 2024 cohort of Young Tassie Scientists (YTS) have set off on a journey to entertain schools and public audiences with a variety of seafaring, space-aged, and even stinky science presentations. The award-winning science outreach program has run
Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/pianist-sarah-chick-awarded-ossa-music-prize

14 Jul 2023: Pianist Sarah Chick has been awarded the prestigious 2023 Ossa Music Prize with a program highlighting the work of lesser-known women composers. Third-year Bachelor of Music student Sarah receives a prize valued at $10,000, which includes $2500 for
Calling all beer brewing enthusiasts

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/calling-all-beer-brewing-enthusiasts

25 Jul 2024: Do you fancy yourself as a beer brewer? Are you ready to put your beverage to the scientific test?The Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is holding a beer brewing competition for home brewers as well as current and former University of
Literacy roundtables encourage Tasmanian solutions

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/literacy-roundtables-encourage-tasmanian-solutions

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
Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/applications-open-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence

3 Feb 2023: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its third year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
University wins $3.4 million for precision climate tracking project

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/university-wins-$3.4-million-for-precision-climate-tracking-project

28 May 2024: A world-leading oceanographer at the University of Tasmania has been awarded an Australian Research Council Australian Laureate Fellowship to develop precision tracking of changes in the Earth’s climate system as it responds to emission
3 reasons students choose not to learn a language in high school

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1250-3-reasons-students-choose-not-to-learn-a-language-in-high-school

26 Apr 2022: Fewer students are choosing language electives at school but, contrary to popular perception, it isn’t purely a lack of interest causing the decline. My recent study suggests students want to study a language, but can’t. Language electives
Overcoming barriers in an online learning community

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/overcoming-barriers-in-an-online-learning-community

24 Apr 2024: Boosting online learning’s potential to overcome barriers to university study will be the focus of new research in the School of Education. Strategies to better engage students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, will be explored in
Beautiful auroras, expensive consequences

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/beautiful-auroras,-expensive-consequences

1 Aug 2024: In May this year, the world marvelled at stunning auroras lighting up the night sky. But while social media feeds filled with images of green, pink, and purple skies, scientists were on high alert, protecting the technology that allows us to share
Expressions of interest for city move consultation set to open

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/expressions-of-interest-for-city-move-consultation-set-to-open

14 Jul 2022: The next stage of consultation about the University of Tasmania’s city move begins this month with a call for expressions of interest to join an 80-person community panel, which will help shape the future of our southern campuses. Expressions of
King Island shipwreck the focus for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/king-island-shipwreck-the-focus-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence

9 Jun 2023: Crafting a new novel about a King Island shipwreck survivor will be the focus when award-winning author Michelle Cahill arrives as The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence later this year. Cahill has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a
Ag tech developments to help farmers improve soil health

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ag-tech-development-to-help-farmers-improve-soil-health

30 Jul 2024: What do a quoll, a bilby and a bandicoot have to do with on-farm soil health?No, we’re not referring to the cute Australian marsupials. These are the names of the next-generation soil sensors that have been developed by researchers in the
Researchers step closer to developing at-home test to detect dementia

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/researchers-step-closer-to-developing-at-home-test-to-detect-dementia

26 Jul 2024: Tasmanian scientists are a step closer to developing a computer test that can detect dementia, decades before any memory symptoms emerge, new research has found. In 2020, researchers from the University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and
Find unexpected opportunities

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/find-unexpected-opportunities

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
Into the future: this year's Westpac Scholars announced

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/into-the-future-this-years-westpac-scholars-announced

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
Going deeper for healthy offshore reefs in Storm Bay

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/going-deeper-for-healthy-offshore-reefs-in-storm-bay

25 Jul 2024: Scientists have used high-tech underwater robots to take a closer look at the deep offshore reefs on the east coast of Bruny Island in Tasmania – and have revealed the seabed biodiversity there for the first time. In a new study, researchers at the
Former Commissioner for Children and Young People joins University to …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/former-commissioner-for-children-and-young-people-joins-university-to-lead-peter-underwood-centre

20 Jun 2024: Ms Leanne McLean has been appointed as the next Director of the Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment at the University of Tasmania. Ms McLean is currently Tasmania’s Commissioner for Children and Young People and has been instrumental
Three University of Tasmania researchers awarded over $3.4 million in …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/three-university-of-tasmania-researchers-awarded-over-$3.4-million-in-arc-future-fellowships

2 Aug 2024: University of Tasmania academics from a diversity of disciplines have been named Future Fellows by the Australian Research Council (ARC). The three researchers secured more than $3. 4 million in funding for projects covering submarine volcanoes,
Award-winning alumna puts art at centre of education

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/award-winning-alumna-puts-art-at-centre-of-education

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
Boost to creativity with Island Magazine partnership

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/boost-to-creativity-with-island-magazine-partnership

21 Jun 2024: The University of Tasmania and Island Magazine have teamed up in a new partnership that aims to boost opportunities for students and local creatives. The two organisations have come together to collaborate on student workshops and internships,
Applications open for Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/applications-open-for-hedberg-writer-in-residence

6 Mar 2024: Applications are open for a unique $30,000 writing residency based at the University of Tasmania. The Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, now in its fourth year, allows an established Australian author to live and work in Tasmania for three
Wildlife scientist David Hamilton selected for ABC Top 5 media…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/wildlife-scientist-david-hamilton-selected-for-abc-top-5-media-residency

5 Jul 2024: Dr David Hamilton has been recognised as one of Australia’s top emerging academic communicators after being named as one of ABC’s Top 5 researchers for 2024 in the Science category. Each year, the residency puts out a call to Australia's higher
Ceramic artist Kirsten Coelho receives McAuley Fellowship

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/ceramic-artist-kirsten-coelho-receives-mcauley-fellowship

3 Jun 2024: Acclaimed ceramicist Kirsten Coelho will turn locally-dug clays into new works exploring Tasmanian history when she takes up a $10,000 creative fellowship later this year. The South Australian artist, whose work is held in some of the country’s
Forestry Building wins international architectural award

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/forestry-building-wins-international-architectural-award

29 Jul 2024: The University of Tasmania’s restoration and redevelopment of the Forestry Building in Hobart has been named as one of the most forward-looking architectural projects in the world. Currently undergoing adaptive reuse to become an inner-city
From Tasmania’s West Coast to Federal Court Judge

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/from-tasmanias-west-coast-to-federal-court-judge

22 May 2024: The Hon. Justice Penelope Neskovcin (BEc-LLB Hons 1992) was appointed to the Federal Court of Australia on 8 February 2024. She graduated with a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Tasmania in 1993. Prior to her
University of Tasmania sailors compete in world championships

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/university-of-tasmania-sailors-compete-in-world-championships

13 Jun 2024: Congratulations to the Australian sailing team who competed in the World University Championships in Italy from 6–10 June. The five athletes in the national team were all from the University of Tasmania. After coming 3rd on Day 1, and dealing
Guardian dogs safeguard livelihoods and biodiversity

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/guardian-dogs-safeguard-livelihoods-and-biodiversity

28 Feb 2024: A landmark study has revealed how Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) are changing predator behaviour and supporting conservation efforts in the process. Led by a team of experts from the University of Tasmania, Zoos Victoria, and the University of
Introducing The Hedberg Sounds

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/introducing-the-hedberg-sounds

22 Mar 2024: A new series of critically acclaimed performances gets underway at The Hedberg this month, showcasing Hobart’s home of intimate and unique music experiences. The Hedberg Sounds program will present five diverse performances from local and national
Five University of Tasmania students to compete in sailing world…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/five-university-of-tasmania-students-to-compete-in-sailing-world-championships

27 May 2024: Five University of Tasmania student-athletes will compete as the Australian team in the upcoming sailing world championships to be held in Italy in June. The International University Sport Federation’s (FISU) World University Championship Sailing
Supporting our best new journalists

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/supporting-our-best-new-journalists

9 Jul 2024: Clancy Balen has been awarded Best New Journalist at the 2024 Tasmanian Media Awards. Mr Balen, who has been working as a journalist for two-and-a-half years, was one of the many winners on the night working for the ABC. “I’m a relatively new
Conversations set out to explore Creative Antarctica

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/conversations-set-out-to-explore-creative-antarctica

11 Apr 2024: Australia’s most creative minds on Antarctica are coming together for a free series of conversations over three days at The Hedberg. Growlers, Bergy Bits and Behemoths, a series of four talks and an immersive art installation, will bring together
How the gift of art is supporting travelling scholarships

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/how-the-gift-of-art-is-supporting-travelling-scholarships

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 scholarship for next generation of teachers

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-scholarship-for-next-generation-of-teachers

1 Nov 2023: The University has partnered with the Tasmanian Government to help ensure the state has the quality teachers it needs with a new scholarship valued at up to $31,000. The Teach Tasmania Scholarship will be made available to eligible Bachelor of