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  2. Thumbnail for University wins $3.4 million for precision climate tracking project

    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
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    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
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    Law students’ national president focusing on regions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/law-students-national-president-focusing-on-regions
    22 May 2024: Lucy Milne (BSc-LLB 2023) has taken the reins of the Australian Law Students’ Association as its national president. With the ALSA Annual Conference heading to Hobart in July, we asked Lucy what motivated her to study Law and what she’s focusing
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    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
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    Welcoming The Conversation

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/welcoming-the-conversation
    28 May 2024: Alumna and Deputy Editor Politics and Society at The Conversation Erin Cooper-Douglas will be based on-campus as part of a new collaboration with the University of Tasmania. The University has partnered with the leading publisher of research-based
  7. Thumbnail for From teacher to Law graduate and University Medallist

    From teacher to Law graduate and University Medallist

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/from-teacher-to-law-graduate-and-university-medallist
    29 Feb 2024: Penny Stevenson found satisfaction in a teaching career for more than two decades, but still there was an itch to scratch. She’d wondered sometimes about other paths and, when the opportunity arose to study Introduction to Law as a one-off unit,
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    We're a certified carbon neutral uni

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1213-were-a-certified-carbon-neutral-uni
    7 Mar 2022: Carbon neutral means taking action to reduce and remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as an organisation puts into it. The University was certified as a carbon neutral organisation in 2017 (for its 2016 greenhouse gas inventory) by the
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    University joins UArctic network to expand polar research…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/university-joins-uarctic-network-to-expand-polar-research-collaboration
    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
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    Joanne Flinn, BEc, LLB 1990

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/joanne-flinn
    9 Oct 2023: After completing degrees in economics and law, Joanne launched her career consulting for Accenture in Sydney followed by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) internationally. Joanne is a published author, speaker and strategist who specialises in integrating
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    The Psychology of the Brain

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/the-psychology-of-the-brain
    27 Jun 2022: The brain is a complex organ that contains billions of nerve cells that scientists are actively studying to help gain a better understanding of behaviour, brain functions and mental processes. There is still much to learn about how the brain works
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    Fine Art student’s climate study takes National Photography Prize

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fine-art-students-climate-study-takes-national-photography-prize
    27 Mar 2024: Fine Art PhD candidate Ellen Dahl has been awarded the prestigious $30,000 National Photography Prize 2024. Ms Dahl was awarded the prize for Four Days Before Winter, a selection from her PhD project completed in the School of Creative Arts and Media
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    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
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    New Alumni Committee announced

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-alumni-committee-announced
    9 May 2024: We are delighted to announce the new University of Tasmania Alumni Committee. The committee’s role is to advise the University on engagement with the alumni community, which now totals over 160,000 graduates around the world. Among its activities,
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    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
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    Spotlight on Dr Rachel Baird, Senior Lecturer in Law

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/spotlight-on-dr-rachel-baird,-senior-lecturer-in-law
    22 May 2024: Rachel Baird is an expert in international and Australian environmental law, and sustainability in the corporate sector. Rachel started her career as a military lawyer in the Australian Defence Force before working in private practice in environment
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    Tasmanian fisheries forensics technology set to improve global catch…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/tasmanian-fisheries-forensics-technology-set-to-improve-global-catch-management
    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
  18. Thumbnail for New psychology clinic opens in Launceston

    New psychology clinic opens in Launceston

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/new-psychology-clinic-opens-in-launceston
    27 Jul 2022: The clinic, located at the University’s Newnham Campus, will offer appointments from July, helping to respond to the demand for psychological services being experienced across the state. The clinic was officially opened recently with industry
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    Psychology Clinic expansion makes way for new referrals

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/psychology-clinic-expansion-makes-way-for-new-referrals
    9 Jun 2022: The University’s Psychology Clinic is currently taking new referrals with a new Launceston-based clinic to open in July. The University of Tasmania is actively training and graduating more clinical and professional psychologists to help with the
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    Spotlight on Dr Tamara Wood, Senior Lecturer in Law

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/spotlight-on-dr-tamara-wood,-senior-lecturer-in-law
    23 Feb 2024: What inspires you about teaching and interacting with students in Law?Law students are society’s future change makers. Many of our students come into their Law degree with a vision for a better world and, all going well, they leave it with a set
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    Launceston’s Inveresk library tops the nation with design award

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/launcestons-inveresk-library-tops-the-nation-with-design-award
    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
  22. Thumbnail for Nurturing home-grown medical research

    Nurturing home-grown medical research

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/nurturing-home-grown-medical-research
    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
  23. Thumbnail for University ranked number one in the world on climate action

    University ranked number one in the world on climate action

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/university-ranked-number-one-in-the-world-on-climate-action
    4 May 2022: The University of Tasmania is the top ranked university in the world for climate action according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. Vice-Chancellor Professor Rufus Black said the University was proud of the result, which highlighted the
  24. Thumbnail for Saving Tassie’s iconic species

    Saving Tassie’s iconic species

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/saving-tassies-iconic-species
    24 May 2024: Tasmanian devils and emerging researchers benefit from long-term donor passion For pharmacist Roger Tall, encountering Tasmanian devils was a regular part of growing up in Orford on the East Coast of Tasmania. “We frequently sighted devils up and
  25. Thumbnail for We've been awarded the region's most sustainable university

    We've been awarded the region's most sustainable university

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1251-weve-been-awarded-the-regions-most-sustainable-university
    27 Apr 2022: Image: Engineering students working on a solar array at our Sandy Bay campus. The University’s strong commitment to sustainability was recognised in 2021 when it was awarded the Sustainability Institution of the Year in the Australia New Zealand
  26. Thumbnail for A rising tide lifts all boats

    A rising tide lifts all boats

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/a-rising-tide-lifts-all-boats
    24 May 2024: Findlay Wright is exactly the kind of student Dr Ian and Jill Wilson hoped to assist when they provided a $1 million endowment toward scholarships at the University of Tasmania. Moving from North-West Tasmania to Hobart to study Findlay was doing
  27. Thumbnail for Optimism the key to multi-trillion-dollar boost in sustainable investment

    Optimism the key to multi-trillion-dollar boost in sustainable…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/optimism-the-key-to-multi-trillion-dollar-boost-in-sustainable-investment
    26 Feb 2024: New research from the University of Tasmania and partner Universities has revealed that taking an optimistic approach to promoting investments could create a USD 3. 6 trillion boost in sustainable and responsible initiatives. Researchers presented
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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
  29. Thumbnail for Partnering with industry to enhance the future of sustainable business

    Partnering with industry to enhance the future of sustainable business

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/partnering-with-industry-to-enhance-the-future-of-sustainable-business
    16 Feb 2024: The University of Tasmania has partnered with Sumday, an innovative Tasmanian-based carbon accounting platform, to enhance its sustainability-focused courses and increase the state's access to sustainable business education. The Executive Dean of the
  30. Thumbnail for New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

    New perspectives, and friendships, as students return from UniGO

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/new-perspectives,-and-friendships,-as-students-return-from-unigo
    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
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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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. Thumbnail for Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    Human rights laws recommended for Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/human-rights-laws-recommended-for-tasmania
    30 Apr 2024: Tasmania should enact laws that better protect human rights, a new research paper from the Tasmania Law Reform Institute (TLRI) has recommended. A Charter of Human Rights or a Human Rights Act should be adopted and an independent Human Rights
  35. Thumbnail for Building inroads to investment for entrepreneurs in Tasmania

    Building inroads to investment for entrepreneurs in Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/building-inroads-to-investment-for-entrepreneurs-in-tasmania
    11 Apr 2024: Bringing Tasmanian innovation to the world is at the heart of UTAS InVent (Innovation Ventures), the research commercialisation arm of the University of Tasmania. A key initiative of the team is  a panel event series to facilitate connections and
  36. Thumbnail for World-leading medical researcher takes on personal cancer challenge

    World-leading medical researcher takes on personal cancer challenge

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/world-leading-medical-researcher-takes-on-personal-cancer-challenge
    11 Oct 2023: World-leading melanoma researcher Professor Richard Scolyer AO, who received the 2021 University of Tasmania Distinguished Alumni Award, is turning his research focus to brain tumours in the hope of curing his own tumour, diagnosed this
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    Alumnus reveals warming tundra's carbon emissions

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/alumnus-reveals-warming-tundras-carbon-emissions
    9 May 2024: The importance of Arctic or alpine treeless expanses – the tundra – in terms of carbon emissions made international news last month. One of the international scientists involved in the 25-years-in-the-making study is Mark Hovenden, Professor of
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    Building a sustainable future in timber

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1230-building-a-sustainable-future-in-timber
    31 Mar 2022: The word “sustainability” is appearing more and more frequently in architecture briefs these days, as clients become increasingly aware of the importance of environmentally sensitive sustainable design. This push for more sustainable and
  39. Thumbnail for Psychology expansion in the North aims to meet future workforce needs

    Psychology expansion in the North aims to meet future workforce needs

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/psychology-expansion-in-the-north-aims-to-meet-future-workforce-needs
    24 Feb 2022: The University of Tasmania is increasing access and opportunity to study psychology by expanding its post graduate course offerings in the State’s North. “We want to see more Tasmanians become psychologists and help meet the growing needs in our
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    Fulbright scholars awarded for US study

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/fulbright-scholars-awarded-for-us-study
    14 Feb 2024: Three academics and alumni from the University of Tasmania have been recognised with prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. In areas across climate change communication, artificial intelligence in medicine and contemporary voice, the researchers will be
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    Accounting for the future

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/accounting-for-the-future
    13 Dec 2023: As businesses around the world respond to the challenges and opportunities of climate change, people in the emerging field of carbon and climate accounting, like Himadri Mayadunne (MBA(I) 2021), are leading the way in sustainable business. “To me,
  42. 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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    A voice for change

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/943-a-voice-for-change
    23 Sep 2019: Naarah Barnes is more than just a music student – she’s also a teacher and mentor, award-winning singer, and professional theatre performer. For Naarah, going to university wasn’t just about her achieving great things for herself, it was also
  44. 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
  45. Thumbnail for The first Jill and Ian Wilson Scholarship student begins

    The first Jill and Ian Wilson Scholarship student begins

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/the-first-jill-and-ian-wilson-scholarship-student-begins
    15 Feb 2024: Moving from North-West Tasmania to Hobart to study, Findlay was doing three jobs to pay for rent, bills and general living expenses, impacting on her ability to study and on her wellbeing. “I remember being in arrears with rent which was so
  46. Thumbnail for Perfect blend of theory and practice launched Georgie's career in marketing

    Perfect blend of theory and practice launched Georgie's career in …

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/perfect-blend-of-theory-and-practice-launched-georgies-career-in-marketing
    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
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    University helps unlock a new industry for Tasmania

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/university-helps-unlock-a-new-industry-for-tasmania
    11 Aug 2023: The burgeoning industrial hemp industry in Tasmania is set to take a giant leap forward thanks to the University of Tasmania’s efforts to ensure its building projects are at the cutting edge of sustainability. Hempcrete, a carbon-negative
  48. Thumbnail for In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of Australia’s bushfire emissions

    In a dangerously warming world, we must confront the grim reality of…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/in-a-dangerously-warming-world,-we-must-confront-the-grim-reality-of-australias-bushfire-emissions
    8 Mar 2024: Robert Hortle, Research Fellow, Tasmanian Policy Exchange, University of Tasmania and Lachlan Johnson, Research Fellow, University of TasmaniaIn the four years since the Black Summer bushfires, Australia has become more focused on how best to
  49. Thumbnail for Starting the conversation at the College of Business and Economics

    Starting the conversation at the College of Business and Economics

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/starting-the-conversation-at-the-college-of-business-and-economics
    22 Sep 2023: For many people, starting a conversation with someone new can be intimidating and awkward and will often push them out of their comfort zone. Add topics like career or networking to the equation and it can be game over. However, networking is an
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    A beacon of sustainability

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2022/1238-a-beacon-of-sustainability
    13 Apr 2022: Beth Rad did not set out to study sustainable living. Nor did she plan to live on a remote Tasmanian island for six months. But these opportunities found her, and she’s glad they did. Originally from Sydney, Beth and her partner quit their jobs a
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    Fighting the good fight

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/936-fighting-the-good-fight
    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

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