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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
University joins UArctic network to expand polar research…

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26 Sep 2023: The University of Tasmania is the first Southern Hemisphere university to join UArctic, a network of more than 200 institutions concerned with research and education on the Arctic region. The network fosters collaboration and provides access to
New collaboration aims to improve the lives of people living with…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-collaboration-aims-to-improve-the-lives-of-people-living-with-parkinsons-disease

21 Feb 2024: A new collaboration between Tasmanian researchers, clinicians and community groups is aiming to improve the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease. The Tasmania Parkinson’s Project includes the development of a registry of people with
University's MOOCs among best of all time

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2 Nov 2022: The University of Tasmania’s MOOCs continue to garner international recognition. Three of the University’s Massive Open Online Courses have been listed in Class Central’s highest rated online courses and MOOCs of all time. Class Central
How do you connect with nature?

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16 Nov 2023: A national initiative to collect stories about how each of us connects with nature has kicked off in Hobart, as researchers seek to understand how we can encourage more positive relationships with the environment around the country. The project is
Literary Fellowship provides opportunity to become role model

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21 Dec 2022: Jen Evans is hoping her recent literary success helps to path the way for her to become a role model for Queer and Aboriginal writers. Dr Evans, who is currently Aboriginal Research Fellow at the College of Health and Medicine, recently received the
Risk environments put to the test in new MND research

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/risk-environments-put-to-the-test-in-new-mnd-research

28 Nov 2022: A team of Tasmanian researchers will lead a new study into how interactions between an individual’s genetics and the environment in which they live contribute to motor neurone disease (MND). Associate Professor Tony Cook, from the University of
Scholarship helping Naarah to master her theatrical arts in London

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/scholarship-helping-naarah-to-master-her-theatrical-arts-in-london

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
New DREAM project to help improve respite care for people living with …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-dream-project-to-help-improve-respite-care-for-people-living-with-dementia

14 Aug 2023: A Tasmanian-led national training program designed to improve respite care for people living with dementia has received $8 million in federal funding. The University of Tasmania’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre was awarded the
Dementia research projects receive local funding

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24 Aug 2022: Seven new dementia research projects, from how comedy can help promote brain health to establishing a dementia risk profile in Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Tasmania, has received local funding. Over $20,000 was raised during the Wicking
Bicentennial art protest looks back to the future

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10 Mar 2023: A landmark art series that protested Australia’s bicentennial celebrations will be shown for the first time in its entirety since 1988 alongside new works at the University of Tasmania. Right Here Right Now – Australia 1988 featured 32
Brain's 'garbage disposal units' could impact on…

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30 Aug 2023: New research looking at whether the brain’s “garbage disposal units” - microglia - play an active role in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has received a funding boost. Research into Alzheimer’s disease has focused on amyloid beta
Literacy symposium to encourage Tasmanian solutions

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28 Aug 2023: Researchers, policy-makers and community representatives will come together on a mission to improve the state’s literacy levels at the University of Tasmania this week. Early years literacy will be the focus of the two-day Cuthill Family Foundation
Wicking Dementia Centre develops training to help upskill…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/wicking-dementia-centre-develops-training-to-help-upskill-australias-aged-care-workforce

14 Mar 2023: The Australian Government has provided $2. 5 million to Tasmanian educators to develop two online learning packages for aged care workers to support them to deliver quality care in contemporary aged care settings. The University of Tasmania’s
Pioneering educator receives top award

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24 Oct 2023: Alumna and Associate Professor Clair Andersen has become the first Aboriginal person to receive a prestigious award from the Australian Council for Educational Leaders. Associate Professor Andersen has been awarded the ACEL’s Tasmanian Eminent
United Nations partnership encourages Tasmanian community to cross…

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15 May 2023: Encouraging Tasmanians to bridge local divisions about vital environmental and heritage issues will be at the heart of a new partnership with a United Nations agency. Making good decisions, with less damaging conflict, about the state’s natural,
One man’s journey from boyhood to university

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13 Jul 2022: Palawa man Brendan Murray isn’t one to make a big deal about his journey from boyhood to where he is now – an Aboriginal student engagement officer at the University of Tasmania. He tells his story in a matter-of-fact way. It’s an honest
New human movement Centre opens in Hobart

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24 Nov 2023: A new centre which allows scientists and clinicians to track precise human movements as part of vital work into Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders has opened in Hobart. The only one of its kind in Tasmania, the new HIMAC
New research to help prepare for natural disasters

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12 Jul 2023: Research spanning natural hazards, their impacts on human health and ways to mitigate disaster risks are among the University of Tasmania projects to be funded by the Australian government’s new Disaster Ready Fund. With a goal to improve
Aboriginal designs bring connection to Country at Inveresk

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21 Jul 2021: The first building to open at Inveresk as part of the University’s redevelopment will be brought to life with the work of North-West Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell. Designs featuring grass-toned local wetlands, the blue-grey hues
Improving the lives of children and Aboriginal people living with…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/improving-the-lives-of-children-and-aboriginal-people-living-with-dementia-focus-of-two-new-national-research-projects

30 Mar 2023: Two Tasmanian-led national research projects have received Federal funding to improve treatment and care of children with dementia, and Aboriginal people with dementia. Associate Professors Lyn Goldberg and Tony Cook from the University’s
New round of prestigious Indigenous scholarships announced

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14 Dec 2020: Four inspiring Tasmanian Aboriginal scholars have been awarded prestigious Indigenous Higher Degree by Research Scholarships from the University of Tasmania. University of Tasmania Pro Vice-Chancellor (Aboriginal Leadership) Professor Greg Lehman
Dementia care should be core business for aged care services

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1149-dementia-care-should-be-core-business-for-aged-care-services

1 Jul 2021: In March 2021 the final report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was tabled in Australian parliament. This inquiry commenced in 2018 and has included over 10,000 submissions made by Australians impacted by aged
New study examines schools’ support for First Nations youth

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11 Sep 2023: School support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth fostering their cultural identity will be the subject of a new study by two Indigenous social scientists. Worimi man Jacob Prehn and Palawa colleague Mike Guerzoni will research the
Tasmanian Aboriginal oral traditions among the oldest recorded…

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14 Aug 2023: New research published in the Journal of Archaeological Science indicates Palawa (Tasmanian Aboriginal) stories recall geological and astronomical events that occurred 12,000 years ago, placing them among the oldest recorded oral traditions in the
Coming home to Country

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13 Dec 2023: I am honoured and profoundly privileged to have been appointed the University of Tasmania’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic). I was born in Devonport on the North-West Coast of Lutruwita/Tasmania. My mother is Palawa and my father comes from a
New research aims to understand why women more likely to develop…

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20 Feb 2023: Tasmanian researchers are one step closer to understanding why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, with their research recently published in the international journal Neurology. Professor Jane Alty and Aidan Bindoff from the
Most Tasmanians over 50 didn't experience serious lockdown effects

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23 Jun 2021: Most Tasmanians aged over 50 experienced no serious effects on dementia risk factors, such as depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, during the COVID-19 lockdown a Tasmanian study has found. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the
From little things come big opportunities says University graduate

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16 Dec 2022: For Rosebery woman Ivory McConachy those little steps have given her a pathway to fulfilling her dream of working in the Aged Care Industry. During the past year she has been studying for her Diploma of Ageing Studies and Services through the
Time for truth-telling in lutruwita

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22 Nov 2022: A Palawa woman has called upon Tasmania to come together and establish a framework for the advancement of treaty in the state. Speaking at the annual Japanangka Errol West Memorial Lecture at the University of Tasmania, Professor Maggie Walter said
Research confirms benefits of reduced sedative use in aged-care

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1055-research-confirms-benefits-of-reduced-sedative-use-in-aged-care

8 Sep 2020: New research has put to the test long-held beliefs that reducing the use of sedative medications in aged care facilities would worsen symptoms. Clinica data was collected from 28 of the 150 facilities involved in RedUSe (Reducing Use of Sedatives) -
New law scholarship honours Rosie Smith, Aboriginal leader

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11 Mar 2022: A new university scholarship, named after one of the first Aboriginal people to be admitted to practice Law in Tasmania, will be offered to encourage more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to enrol in a Law Degree. The Rosie Smith Law
Short film shines a light on dementia experiences

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22 Jun 2021: An animated short film designed to highlight the social isolation often experienced by people living with dementia has been launched. The three-and-a-half-minute film, Rosa and Max, is produced by award-winning Tasmanian animator Amara Gantz in
Empowering Indigenous girls to pursue higher education

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/empowering-indigenous-girls-to-pursue-higher-education

30 Mar 2023: Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg used International Woman’s Day to share details of her vision for improving educational and social outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls. Sadie – a Wiradjuri scholar and the University of
Researchers to test potential of drug in fight against MND

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/922-researchers-to-test-potential-of-drug-in-fight-against-mnd

15 Sep 2019: There could be new hope in the fight against motor neurone disease (MND). The potential of a drug to assist in protecting nerve cells from degeneration which occurs in motor neuron disease, will begin pre-clinical testing after Tasmanian researchers
Caring for a special relationship

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2 Jul 2021: The personal stories of people who become carers for their life-long companions, and how they respond and experience the shift, have been captured in a new University of Tasmania project. The Sharing is Caring project compiled stories of family
Care for Country

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8 May 2023: When the oceans rose some 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, Palawa peoples became isolated on their own island, separated from the great northern landmass. Their ability to survive and thrive in this isolated environment speaks to
Cutting edge research uses ‘mini-brains’ to unlock answers

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28 May 2020: Lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ will be used to improve our understanding of dementia and traumatic brain injury, as part of the latest research by scientists from the University of Tasmania's Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. There
Answer to brain health in the palm of our hands

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1141-answer-to-brain-health-in-the-palm-of-our-hands

9 Jun 2021: University of Tasmania researchers have developed and are trialing a completely new type of computer screening test using an individual’s hands, which aims to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. “We know through previous
University apologises to Tasmanian Aboriginal people

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4 Dec 2019: The University of Tasmania today (Wednesday 4 December 2019) made a historic apology for its role in wrongdoings towards Tasmanian Aboriginal people. More than 600 people gathered at the original home of the University – Domain House – while the
Drawing inspiration from Country and culture

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15 Aug 2022: The creations of Tasmanian Aboriginal artist Caleb Nichols-Mansell can now be found at Inveresk Library after he was commissioned to design feature carpets for the building’s interior. A proud and deep connection to Country and culture is the
Our new campus is growing at Inveresk

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13 Dec 2022: If you were to visit the University in Launceston as a returning member of the alumni community, you would see some exciting changes. Crossing the river from the city using the new pedestrian and cycle footbridge, you’d notice students playing
Placing Indigenous knowledge and culture at the heart of the…

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13 Jan 2023: The core philosophy of Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg’s approach to Indigenous engagement at university is simple: nothing about us without us. Joining the University in 2023 as Academic Director, Aboriginal Engagement, Sadie, a Wiradjuri
International consortium honours work across Indigenous education

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9 Mar 2023: Associate Professor Clair Andersen, who has spent a lifetime promoting education opportunities for Australia’s First Nations people, has been recognised for those efforts on an international stage. She has been inducted to the World Indigenous
Naarah and the arts

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13 Dec 2022: When Alumni magazine interviewed Naarah (pronounced: Nay-ar-ah) Barnes (BMus 2019), she was back in Western Australia’s Kimberley, seeing the house she bought on the very same day she was offered a supporting lead role in the Amazon Prime series
Cultural and community spirit alive at Inveresk

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10 Aug 2023: Tales of the past, present, and future have been shared at the opening celebration of the University’s new River’s Edge building at Inveresk which brought together more than 200 people on Friday, 28 July. While wet weather hampered plans for
First-of-its kind program to support First Nations students

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30 Apr 2021: What began as a conversation has evolved into a real-world pilot initiative to help close the Indigenous education and employment gap. The University of Tasmania, in partnership with CPA Australia (Tasmanian Division), proudly launched The First
Further study boosts Danielle’s career in dementia care

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1148-further-study-boosts-danielles-career-in-dementia-care

1 Jul 2021: For Danielle Dyce, caring for the elderly has been a constant in her life. At first it was helping out after school at the nursing home her parents owned. From there she took on a variety of caring roles and also worked as a legal clerk, before
New garden provides sense of belonging and cultural connection

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-garden-provides-sense-of-belonging-and-cultural-connection

9 Nov 2023: Outside the north-eastern entrance of the University of Tasmania’s newest campus building at Inveresk is a flourishing landscape embedded with traditional knowledges. The Riawunna Garden at River’s Edge features native plantings, a performance
Alumni set to travel the world on Churchill Fellowships

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/alumni-set-to-travel-the-world-on-churchill-fellowships

11 Oct 2023: Ten University of Tasmania alumni have received 2023 Churchill Fellowships. The fellowships offer Australia’s best and brightest minds the opportunity to travel the world from four to eight weeks to learn more about a topic or issue that they are