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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,
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
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
‘Marie Antoinette’ awarded prestigious Paris arts residency

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/marie-antoinette-awarded-prestigious-paris-arts-residency

9 May 2024: Ever dreamed of an artistic residency in Paris? For University of Tasmania alumna, writer and artist Helen Hopcroft, the dream will become a reality later this year, when she will spend a month writing in an apartment in the heart of the Marais
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
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
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
Groundbreaking medical research from Tasmania to the world

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/groundbreaking-medical-research-from-tasmania-to-the-world

11 Apr 2024: Professor Tim Walsh, a world-leader in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), says Tasmania helped to shape his career and world view. Professor Walsh was the University of Tasmania’s Distinguished Alumni Award winner for 2023 and
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
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
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,
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
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,
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
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
Reflections on life-long learning, career, community and the…

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2024/reflections-on-life-long-learning,-career,-community-and-the-environment

15 Feb 2024: When John Osborne OAM was doing his honours in chemistry he received some advice from his supervisor Dr Geoffrey Cheesman that would stick with him for life. “The venue for much of my honours work was the outdoors back lane of the department, where
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
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
Reflections on University life in the 1960s

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/max-whitten-am,-phd-1966

16 Jan 2024: Reducing dependence on pesticides and looking after bees and other insect pollinators is close to alumnus Max Whitten AM's heart. He completed his PhD in the Zoology Department at the University of Tasmania in 1966 and went on to work in the
On screen, on air and on stage, Emily lives to perform

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/on-screen-on-air-and-on-stage-emily-lives-to-perform

14 Dec 2023: From working as a weather presenter on a Tasmanian news bulletin, to her current career as a breakfast radio personality on the Gold Coast, Emily Jade O’Keefe has always followed her dream. “I am living the exact life I wanted! Not everyone can
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
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,
Residency boosts literary success

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/residency-boosts-literary-success

13 Dec 2023: One of the books of the year emerged from the inaugural Hedberg Writer-in-Residence program, but author Robbie Arnott gained so much more from the experience. Arnott used the precious time to write his third novel, Limberlost, which this year was
Behavioural insights for a better Tasmania

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/behavioural-insights-for-a-better-tasmania

13 Dec 2023: This year, the University of Tasmania celebrated the launch of the State’s first behavioural insights research lab. The Tasmanian Behavioural Lab is a state-of-the-art facility that conducts research and teaching, and provides businesses,
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
The Outback: taking on one of the world's biggest classrooms

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/the-outback-taking-on-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-classrooms

13 Dec 2023: After four years teaching at an Alice Springs primary school, Kylie Jones took a job as a governess on a Northern Territory cattle station and a new life presented itself. In her second year, she took the students in her care to visit another cattle
Innovation all the whey

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/innovation-all-the-whey

13 Dec 2023: They say you should never mix family and business, but alumnus Ryan Hartshorn (BCom 2007) likes to do things differently. After all, the Tasmanian entrepreneur has made his mark turning sheep whey into a world-class tipple. Hartshorn’s success story
How a backyard project inspired a career that is protecting our reefs

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/how-a-backyard-project-inspired-a-career-that-is-protecting-our-reefs

13 Dec 2023: Associate Professor Scott Ling's (BSc Hons 2000, PhD 2009) fascination with science began as a backyard project when he was a boy growing up in Tasmania. With his cocker spaniel by his side, he became aware of a brown trout in the stream that ran
Coming home to Country

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/coming-home-to-country

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
From TB to COVID-19 and back again

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/from-tb-to-covid-19-and-back-again

13 Dec 2023: Dr Clare Smith’s face is beaming. She’s standing in front of a small silver plaque fastened to a white brick wall. Underneath the name of her department, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, are two words that signal the start of a new chapter in
Law alumna Dr Alice Edwards on ridding the world of torture and other …

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/law-alumna-dr-alice-edwards-on-ridding-the-world-of-torture-and-other-human-rights-violations

13 Dec 2023: In July 2022, Dr Alice Edwards was appointed the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Based in Italy, she is the first woman to hold this position, which is considered the
A tender examination of life’s precariousness

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-tender-examination-of-lifes-precariousness

13 Dec 2023: When artist Jo Chew (BFA Hons 2018) returned to live in Tasmania with her daughter, she was confronted with a different housing market from the one she left. “We lived with my parents for a year, unable to find a rental we could afford. It was easy
A shared goal to reduce the impact of multiple sclerosis

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/a-shared-goal-to-reduce-the-impact-of-multiple-sclerosis

13 Dec 2023: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a devastating disease of the central nervous system. Both environmental and genetic risk factors contribute to its development as the most common chronic neurological disease affecting young adults. There are more than
Tasmania’s future as a high-tech gateway to space is bright

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/tasmanias-future-as-a-high-tech-gateway-to-space

13 Dec 2023: For more than 30 years, alumnus Professor Simon Ellingsen has marvelled at the wonders of nature beyond Earth. Now, Ellingsen is the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania, and he is the academic leader for the
Medicine under pressure

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/medicine-under-pressure

13 Dec 2023: Dr David Smart (BMedSci 1981, MBBS Hons1 1984, MD 2005) understands pressure. He is a world leader in diving and hyperbaric medicine, alongside his career in emergency medicine, having practiced, researched and taught across these fields. When he
River's Edge opens at Inveresk

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/rivers-edge-opens-at-inveresk

13 Dec 2023: River’s Edge has opened in Inveresk, transforming the experience of studying and working at the University in Launceston. Members of the public, too, are invited to use the quintessentially Launceston building which, through outstanding
Women in Agriculture | Dr Tamieka Pearce

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/women-in-agriculture-dr-tamieka-pearce

4 Dec 2023: One of the notable and welcome changes over the past 60 years has been the steady increase in the number of women electing to study and work in agricultural science. Graduation photographs from the early years of Agricultural Science at the
Mastering Accounting took Lewis from Malaysia to Tasmania via Coventry

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/mastering-accounting-took-lewis-from-malaysia-to-tasmania-via-coventry

29 Nov 2023: As a child growing up in Malaysia, Lewis Ooi always knew he wanted to experience life in a western country. And, ultimately, it was a semester studying in the UK that put him on his path to studying his Master of Professional Accounting at the
John Cumming | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1997

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/john-cumming-alumni-ambassador-1997

28 Nov 2023: John Cumming graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science degree with first class honours in 1997 and a PhD in environmental soil chemistry in 2005. After eight years of study, John still looks back on his time at the University and fondly
Martin Steinbauer | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1989

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/martin-steinbauer-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-1989

28 Nov 2023: Associate Professor Martin Steinbauer is the Assistant Director for Response Operations at the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. He’s also an Agricultural Science graduate of the University of Tasmania
Peter Lane | Agricultural Science Alumni 1974

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/peter-lane-agriculture-science-alumni-1974

28 Nov 2023: Peter Lane graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Agriculture Science in 1974 and a PhD in 1982. Peter grew up in a small Tasmanian rural town where farming was the main business activity, so agricultural science was an obvious
Peter Headlam |Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1968

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/peter-headlam-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-1968

28 Nov 2023: Pete Headlam graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and used it to carry on the legacy of his family's six generations of sheep farming. “I am unsure that my success and enjoyment of farming resulted entirely from my years at
Konrad Chung | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1993

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/konrad-chang-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-1993

28 Nov 2023: Konrad Chung graduated in 1993 and started his career in agriculture as a field officer in Devonport, Tasmania. Konrad fondly remembers his time studying agricultural science, making new friends, and establishing new networks. “No matter what year
Lilia Jenkins | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 2022

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/lilia-jenkins-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-2022

28 Nov 2023: Lilia Jenkins graduated in 2022 with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours and was awarded both the Driscoll’s Scholarship in Agricultural Science and the Fruit Growers Tasmania Honours Scholarship while studying. Lilia said the degree
Oliver Roberts | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 2015

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/oliver-roberts-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-2015

28 Nov 2023: Oliver Roberts studied a Bachelor of Agriculture (2015) and a Master of Business Administration (2018) and graduated with more than 10 years of farm management experience under his belt having worked on his family’s dairy farm on the north-west
Catherine Ford | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1994

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/catherine-ford-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-1994

28 Nov 2023: Catherine Ford graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science in 1994 with an intent to work in landcare or whole farm planning. Catherine remembers the ‘early days’ of the faculty collaborating with industry as a very exciting time. “While
Robert Arvier | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 2012

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/robert-arvier-alumni-ambassador-2012

28 Nov 2023: Robert Arvier graduated with a Bachelor of Agricultural Science with Honours in 2012, during which time he went on exchange to Colorado State University to study agronomy and crop science. He then went on to complete his Master's degree in
Donna Lucas | Agricultural Science Alumni 2007

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/donna-lucas-agriculture-science-alumni-2007

28 Nov 2023: Donna Lucas studied a Bachelor of Applied Science, graduating with honours in 2007 as a mature aged student. Donna’s early career started on a different path at age 15 within an accounting firm, where she studied through night school to become an
Amanda Woollams | Agricultural Science Alumni Ambassador 1991

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/amanda-woollams-agriculture-science-alumni-ambassador-1991

28 Nov 2023: Graduating in 1991 with a degree in Agricultural Science majoring in Horticulture Management, Amanda Woollams looks back on her time at the University of Tasmania fondly. She remembers her cohort as “small but committed and enthusiastic” and
Becoming a nurse via events management and the Navy

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/becoming-a-nurse-via-events-management-and-the-navy

28 Nov 2023: Hobart nurse Lucy Gardam is passionate about her career and the vital importance it holds in the community, which is one of the reasons she is constantly striving to improve her clinical knowledge and skills. Currently studying her third postgraduate