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  2. Thumbnail for Students battle it out in the 2024 Science and Engineering Challenge

    Students battle it out in the 2024 Science and Engineering Challenge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/students-battle-it-out-in-the-2024-science-and-engineering-challenge
    16 May 2024: Students battle it out in the 2024 Science and Engineering Challenge The annual Science and Engineering challenge kicked off Wednesday, 15 May with 1303 Tasmanian students from 47 high schools participating throughout Tasmania. Throughout the
  3. Thumbnail for Alumni recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

    Alumni recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/alumni-recognised-in-kings-birthday-honours
    13 Jun 2024: Eleven University of Tasmania alumni have been awarded King’s Birthday Honours this year. We congratulate the following 2024 recipients on their achievements:Professor Asha Bowen OAM BA ’98 for service to medicine in the field of clinical
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    Extreme bushfires increasing in number and intensity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/extreme-bushfires-increasing-in-number-and-intensity
    25 Jun 2024: Extreme bushfires have more than doubled in frequency and intensity over the past two decades, according to a global study from the University of Tasmania. Published in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, the research reveals that six of the
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    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,
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    Shortlist announced for one of Australia’s premier history book awards

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/shortlist-announced-for-one-of-australias-premier-history-book-awards
    4 Jun 2024: The selection committee has announced the shortlist for the 2024 Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History:Robbie Arnott, Limberlost (Text)Set in a vividly captured bygone Tasmania, the third novel by the award-winning author of Flames
  7. Thumbnail for Community garden grows a sense of pride and belonging

    Community garden grows a sense of pride and belonging

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/community-garden-grows-a-sense-of-pride-and-belonging
    20 Jun 2024: A small garden in the heart of Inveresk campus is helping connect students, staff and the community with food growing, learning and each other. Set amongst a series of flourishing raised beds within the Community Garden on-site is a patch cared for
  8. Thumbnail for Community library inspires love for learning

    Community library inspires love for learning

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/community-library-inspires-love-for-learning
    20 May 2024: The University of Tasmania’s Cradle Coast campus has become a Street Library Australia destination thanks to an initiative led by local staff. During weekdays, a small collection of free books to inspire all ages can be found directly outside the
  9. Thumbnail for Calvin Christian School wins 2024 Science and Engineering Challenge grand finals

    Calvin Christian School wins 2024 Science and Engineering Challenge…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/calvin-christian-school-wins-2024-science-and-engineering-challenge-grand-finals
    30 May 2024: After conquering their regional heats, 8 teams of Year 9 and 10 students battled it out for top honours in the state grand finals of the annual Science and Engineering Challenge held in Launceston, Monday 27 May. Calvin Christian School took out the
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    Double degrees hit the right note

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1272-double-degrees-hit-the-right-note
    14 Jun 2022: Emily Swanson and Simon Ramirez are both enrolled in double degrees. The nature of work is changing, with today’s university students likely to have multiple careers over their lifetime. So it makes sense that many students are enrolling in two
  11. Thumbnail for Ceramic artist Kirsten Coelho receives McAuley Fellowship

    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
  12. Thumbnail for Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

    Visual artists invited to apply for McAuley Fellowship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/visual-artists-invited-to-apply-for-mcauley-fellowship
    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
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    Alumni honoured

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/alumni-honoured
    15 Feb 2024: We continue to be inspired by the ground-breaking contributions to medicine of alumnus Professor Richard Scolyer AO (BMedSc ‘87, MBBS ‘90) who has been awarded Joint Australian of the Year in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for work in melanoma
  14. Thumbnail for Student sustainability champion receives Green Gown Award

    Student sustainability champion receives Green Gown Award

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/student-sustainability-champion-receives-green-gown-award
    4 Dec 2023: Through her education and research into slavery and exploitation, Trisha has positively influenced sustainability policy and procurement behaviour resulting in a highly commended nomination by the 2023 Green Gown Awards Australasia for her
  15. Thumbnail for Speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon to be 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence

    Speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon to be 2024 Hedberg…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/speculative-fiction-author-eugen-bacon-to-be-2024-hedberg-writer-in-residence
    23 May 2024: Award-winning African Australian speculative fiction author Eugen Bacon will be the 2024 Hedberg Writer-in-Residence. Eugen has been awarded the $30,000 residency, which consists of a three-month stint in Hobart writing, working with students and
  16. Thumbnail for It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless Learning

    It's OK to be bored: engaging children with art through Limitless …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Its-ok-to-be-bored
    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
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    Space calling: University of Tasmania receives communication from key …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/space-calling-university-of-tasmania-receives-communication-from-key-mission
    30 May 2024: The University of Tasmania is celebrating a significant milestone in Australia’s space exploration efforts after successfully receiving communication from the Australian-made Space Industry Responsive Intelligent Thermal (SpIRIT)
  18. Thumbnail for Hive mind at work in new learning destination

    Hive mind at work in new learning destination

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/Hive-mind-at-work-in-Ulverstone
    2 May 2024: Over the past few months, the Underwood Centre's Limitless Learning team has facilitated ten intergenerational workshops with local students and families at Hive Tasmania. This has led to the creation of educational resources by kids, for kids, that
  19. Thumbnail for Catalyst for curiosity

    Catalyst for curiosity

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1271-catalyst-for-curiosity
    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
  20. Thumbnail for Forum helping to abate livestock emissions

    Forum helping to abate livestock emissions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/forum-helping-to-abate-livestock-emissions
    29 Apr 2024: TIA Future Forum: Ensuring a sustainable future for Australia's ruminant livestock productionThe Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) is hosting a virtual Future Forum on 14 May to discuss opportunities identified by Australian scientists to
  21. Thumbnail for Lids4Kids to find a new Tasmanian home at The Makers

    Lids4Kids to find a new Tasmanian home at The Makers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/lids4kids-to-find-a-new-tasmanian-home-at-the-makers
    7 May 2024: After a three-year hiatus, the Lids4Kids recycling initiative is returning to the state with the help of the University of Tasmania’s Tech Solutions Hub. Founded in 2019 by Canberra-based full-time Dad Tim Miller, the grass-roots project has since
  22. Thumbnail for Conversations set out to explore Creative Antarctica

    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
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    Designing for Mona Foma

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1069-designing-for-mona-foma
    15 Oct 2020: Emily Hunt grew up in Launceston and has always appreciated the town’s rich architectural history. This includes the University’s Architecture & Design building, which is housed in a converted 1950’s locomotive workshop. Studying the Master of
  24. Thumbnail for Research to investigate impact of humidity on wine quality

    Research to investigate impact of humidity on wine quality

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/research-to-investigate-impact-of-humidity-on-wine-quality
    21 May 2024: A Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) research project investigating the impact humidity has on wine quality has received funding from a trust that supports sustainable agriculture. In Tasmania, climate data is used for assessing the suitability
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    Securing the future of the Tassie devil looks brighter

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/securing-the-future-of-the-tassie-devil-looks-brighter
    9 May 2024: In good news for the Tasmanian devil, $320,000 of philanthropic funds from Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal donors has been awarded this year in support of research to secure the endangered species. The donations have been allocated to research across
  26. Thumbnail for No nerves for Cosgrove High student thanks to Children's University

    No nerves for Cosgrove High student thanks to Children's…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/No-nerves-for-Cosgrove-High-student-thanks-to-Childrens-University
    9 Jan 2024: In a recent interview with Lucy Breaden on ABC Radio Hobart, Year 7 student Aiden provided firsthand insights into the transformative role of the Peter Underwood Centre’s Children's University Tasmania program in navigating the shift from primary
  27. Thumbnail for Leaders helping to change the face of politics

    Leaders helping to change the face of politics

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/leaders-helping-to-change-the-face-of-politics
    23 Feb 2024: Leaders from across the political spectrum have thrown their support behind an award-winning national program to get more women into politics, to be offered this year through the University of Tasmania. Past premiers Lara Giddings AO and Will Hodgman,
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    Telescopic visionary

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/telescopic-visionary
    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,
  29. Thumbnail for The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits of distance learning

    The Underwood Centre's first PhD graduate highlights the benefits …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/The-Underwood-Centres-first-PhD-graduate
    27 Mar 2024: In a milestone moment for the Peter Underwood Centre at the University of Tasmania, Debra Urquhart became the first PhD graduate supervised through the Centre on 20 March 2024. The ceremony marked the culmination of years of dedicated research about
  30. Thumbnail for Pianist Sarah Chick awarded Ossa Music Prize

    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
  31. Thumbnail for Students receive $133,000 to make a positive impact on the Tasmanian agricultural industry

    Students receive $133,000 to make a positive impact on the Tasmanian…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/students-receive-$133,000-to-make-a-positive-impact-on-the-tasmanian-agricultural-industry
    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
  32. Thumbnail for Into the future: this year's Westpac Scholars announced

    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
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    45,000 hours of extra-curricular learning and counting

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/45,000-hours-of-extra-curricular-learning-and-counting
    15 Jan 2024: Children’s University Tasmania has had its biggest year yet. Last November 742 young people graduated across nine ceremonies in Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Devonport. Over 1,300 active Children’s University Tasmania members at 52 schools
  34. Thumbnail for Designing for Mona Foma, an academic perspective

    Designing for Mona Foma, an academic perspective

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1070-designing-for-mona-foma-an-academic-perspective
    15 Oct 2020: “Mona Foma BLOMA is all about people talking to each other, the democratisation of culture. The lineage goes back to the Mona Foma SOMA project (2018) where students produced a mobile sound recording and performance stage, to engage with
  35. Thumbnail for How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    How did COVID-19 affect student learning?

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-did-covid-19-affect-student-learning
    26 Sep 2023: Most of us remember where we were at different points in the timeline of COVID-19 lockdowns. One such moment was Monday 30 March 2020, when Tasmanian schools were closed without anyone knowing when they might re-open. Even if you weren’t attending
  36. Thumbnail for Walk Free internship inspiring Zoe

    Walk Free internship inspiring Zoe

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/walk-free-internship-inspiring-zoe
    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,
  37. Thumbnail for 100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school should have a Uni Hub

    100% of young people surveyed believe that every secondary school…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/100-of-young-people-surveyed-believe-that-every-secondary-school-should-have-a-uni-hub
    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
  38. Thumbnail for Award-winning alumna puts art at centre of education

    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
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    Co-designing with kids

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/co-designing-with-kids
    5 Mar 2024: In community centres, galleries and museums in the North and North-West of Tasmania, the Limitless Learning program brings together staff from participating institutions and young people from local schools to jointly construct activities for future
  40. Thumbnail for Studying in Tasmania’s agricultural heartland

    Studying in Tasmania’s agricultural heartland

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1247-studying-in-tasmanias-agricultural-heartland
    14 Apr 2022: Image: Agricultural Science students on a field trip to Hops Products Australia (HPA), Bushy Park. Earlier this year, 29-year-old James Adams started the University of Tasmania’s Agricultural Science with Honours degree in his hometown of
  41. Thumbnail for The science of the ideal salad dressing

    The science of the ideal salad dressing

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-science-of-the-ideal-salad-dressing
    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
  42. Thumbnail for Deeper purpose: Cameron pursues a career in submarine design at the Australian Maritime College

    Deeper purpose: Cameron pursues a career in submarine design at the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/deeper-purpose-cameron-pursues-a-career-in-submarine-design-at-the-australian-maritime-college
    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
  43. Thumbnail for Celebrating the old and new of Hytten Hall

    Celebrating the old and new of Hytten Hall

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/celebrating-the-old-and-new-of-hytten-hall
    15 Mar 2024: Hytten Hall college was formally re-established at Melville Street in central Hobart at a ceremony on 8 March, with college alumni and new residents meeting to share stories and make connections. The original Hytten Hall was a University college
  44. Thumbnail for Mapping interstellar magnetic fields

    Mapping interstellar magnetic fields

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/994-mapping-interstellar-magnetic-fields
    27 Apr 2020:
  45. Thumbnail for Celebrating 60 years of agricultural science

    Celebrating 60 years of agricultural science

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/celebrating-60-years-of-agricultural-science
    13 Dec 2023: A strong spirit of camaraderie between staff and students and a passion for agriculture are common themes in accounts from Ag Science alumni (aka “aggies”) across the past sixty years. During this time, our research and teaching staff have
  46. Thumbnail for The degree that teaches you a global perspective on the big issues

    The degree that teaches you a global perspective on the big issues

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1090-the-degree-that-teaches-you-a-global-perspective-on-the-big-issues
    10 Nov 2020: Sometimes it takes a long time to figure out what you’re passionate about. For Gemma Rushton, it took ten years. Finally, a passion for the environment saw her move to Tasmania. “Ten years being out of school, back in the education system is a
  47. Thumbnail for Transformation of The Makers complete

    Transformation of The Makers complete

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/transformation-of-the-makers-complete
    20 Dec 2023: A new chapter has begun in Burnie for an iconic building transformed by the University of Tasmania into a technology and innovation hub to serve the North-West region. The $4+ million interior refurbishment of The Makers – located at West Park in
  48. Thumbnail for Tasmanian devil declines impact quolls

    Tasmanian devil declines impact quolls

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanian-devil-declines-impact-quolls
    18 Jan 2024: A steep drop in the population of the endangered Tasmanian devil is creating knock-on effects to the evolutionary genetics of the spotted-tailed quoll, according to a new Nature Ecology & Evolution study. A global research team including experts from
  49. Thumbnail for Eliah’s journey into the gaming industry

    Eliah’s journey into the gaming industry

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/eliahs-journey-into-the-gaming-industry
    24 Nov 2023: Eliah Woolley is an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Honours student who has previously completed a Bachelor of ICT and a Bachelor of Visual Communications at the University of Tasmania. Eliah shared with us their passion for gaming
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    Community and campus precinct continues to flourish on the Coast

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/community-and-campus-precinct-continues-to-flourish-on-the-coast
    19 Dec 2023: Visitors to the seaside City of Burnie now have more opportunities to take in the coastal setting thanks to outdoor transformation projects being led by the University of Tasmania. Work has been underway throughout 2023 to enhance areas surrounding
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    Lighting the way to equity in education

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/lighting-the-way-to-equity-in-education
    13 Dec 2023: More than three decades ago, alumnus Dr Nicholas Hope AM signed his first credit for the World Bank. It was an education project, rather than an addition to infrastructure, and embodied a priority that became a cornerstone of Hope’s career. He

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