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May 2012
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Tuesday 01 |
The Co-op Bookshop May Sale ends Thursday May 31st All Sale stock half marked price this week only. Wide selection of fiction and non-fiction, academic remainders and children's books. The University Co-operative Bookshop Limited
Guild Village, UWA, Nedlands Campus
11:45 - EXPO - UWA Student Exchange Fair : A showcase of the Student Exchange Program's partner universities
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Did you know that UWA students can go on exchange to USA, Netherlands, Denmark, Singapore, Chile, Norway, China, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Sweden, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Hong Kong and Spain?
The annual Student Exchange Fair has (...)
13:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Ms Victoria Schofied a Renowned Journalist Lecture on Resolving the deadlock over Kashmir : highlights the need to resolve the debate on the future of Kashmir. What is the nature of the Kashmir issue? How can it be resolved? What role do external actors play in the resolution? Victoria Schofield will address these and other related issues.
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Victoria Schofield is an internationally recognized scholar of the Kashmir issue. Her publications include Kashmir in the Crossfire (1996) Kashmir in Conflict (2000 and 2002) and Afghan Frontier: Feuding and Fighting in Central Asia.
The Kashmir issue has bedevilled relations between India and (...)
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Wednesday 02 |
11:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: The Merino-Welsh Conjecture
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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar
Steven Noble (Brunel University, UK)
will speak on
The Merino-Welsh Conjecture
at 11am Wednesday 2nd of May in MLR2
Abstract: The Merino-Welsh conjecture states that for any loopless, bridgeless graph G, the (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Soil&Water Seminar, May2: : "Application of next-generation DNA sequencing to the analysis of long and short PCR products "
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The Soil&Water seminar at 12pm on Weds, May 2nd, will be given by Richard Allcock, with an introduction by Tony O'Donnell, Dean of Science. All welcome!
TITLE: "Application of next-generation DNA sequencing to the analysis of long and short PCR products"
Richard (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Muscle Mechanics and Energetics in Locomotion: From Basic Research to Human Health : School of Anatomy, Physiology & Human Biology Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Dr Rubenson will discuss his work aimed at understanding the relationships between in vivo muscle function, locomotor mechanics and it associated metabolic energy cost. Dr Rubenson will discuss projects adopting experimental and modeling approaches in both humans and animal systems (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - �Analysis of human endoderm development using lineage specific reporter hESCs�
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Ed Stanley completed his PhD under the supervision of Ashley Dunn at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research in Melbourne, where he worked on hematopoietic growth factors and gene targeting in embryonic stem cells. Following his PhD, Ed undertook post-doctoral studies in developmental biology at (...)
18:00 - SYMPOSIUM - Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012 Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Progressive Thinkers in Pakistan : This year, the Centre for Muslim States and Societies at UWA is celebrating Faiz Ahmed Faiz's centennial year by organizing a symposium on his poetry. This symposium is unique because anyone can participate in a poetry recital/singing competition based on Faiz poetry. Faiz's daughter Moneeza Hashmi will be the judge.
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The Symposium organised by the Centre for Muslim States and Societies, commemorates the contribution and services made by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal(1939-2003) to Urdu literature.
Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984) was one of the leading poets of Pakistan. Listed four times for the Nobel Prize, he is also (...)
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Thursday 03 |
15:00 - SEMINAR - Archaeology Seminar: Dr Nick Taylor : “A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”: Middle Stone Age technology in Africa
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Dr Nick Taylor
Eureka Arcaheological Research and Consulting, UWA
“A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” Middle Stone Age technology, use-wear and the evolution of Homo sapiens in Equatorial Africa
The archaeological record of central Africa bears witness to a (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Coastal Ocean Observations in Western Australia: From Peddies to Dense Shelf Water Cascades : SESE and Oceans Institute Seminar
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West Australian Integrated Marine Observation System (WAIMOS) is a node of the Integrated Marine Observation System (IMOS) where the main areas of interest are (1) the continental shelf and slope regions offshore Fremantle extending northwards to Jurien Bay; and, (2) the north-west shelf. In this (...)
17:30 - EVENT - The Global Poverty Project Presents 1.4 Billion Reasons : Inspirational event featuring 2012 Rhodes Scholar
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1.4 Billion Reasons is a ground breaking and inspiring live multimedia presentation that sets out a roadmap for the end of extreme poverty. Developed in collaboration with experts including Hans Rosling (Gapminder Foundation), Jeffrey Sachs (Senior Advisor on Development to the UN) and Sakiko (...)
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Friday 04 |
9:25 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Characterisation of a successful triple immunotherapy for the treatment of Mesothelioma. : PhD proposal
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Ms Shruti Krishnan will give a talk on "Characterisation of a successful triple immunotherapy for the treatment of Mesothelioma" in the Microbiology & Immunology Seminar room, Friday, 4th May 2012 at 09:25am.
Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a cancer of the pleura and less commonly of (...)
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Monday 07 |
Title: Experiencing New Courses
Dates: Monday 7th May – Friday 18th May 2012
Teaching and Learning Month is all about discovering, discussing, pursuing, celebrating and valuing excellence in teaching and learning. From showcasing innovative approaches and methods to focusing on the (...)
13:00 - STUDENT EVENT - 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Excellent Teaching at UWA: student sound bites : Screening daily 1.00-2.00pm
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"Student Sound Bites" will be shown daily from Monday 7 May - Friday 18 May between 1:00 - 2:00pm on public screens around the University. Come and hear what students have to say about teaching at UWA.
15:00 - VISITING SPEAKER - 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Hunters & Gatherers: Strategies for Curriculum Mapping and Data Collection for Assurance of Learning (An ALTC Funded Project)
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The "Hunters & Gatherers: Strategies for Curriculum Mapping and Data Collection for Assurance of Learning" project concentrates on two elements of the assurance of learning: Mapping learning objectives that relate to graduate attributes across suitable units of study in the program (wh (...)
A public lecture by Ruth Seifert, Professor of Sociology, University of Applied Sciences, Regensburg, Germany.
Rape and sexual torture of women in times of war and crisis is not a new phenomenon. However it was only recently, following reports of mass rapes perpetrated during the (...)
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Tuesday 08 |
10:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Guest speaker Martin Dougiamis : A Flexible LMS developed on educational principles
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UWA's new Learning Management System (LMS) uses the Moodle Software. Martin Dougiamas is the creater of Moodle in its humble beginings as a PhD project designed to put educational principles of social constructionism into a learning management system. Now Moodle is a rapidly expanding, world-wide (...)
UWA's new Learning Management System (LMS) uses the Moodle Software. Martin Dougiamas is the creater of Moodle in its humble beginings as a PhD project designed to put educational principles of social constructionism into a learning management system. Now Moodle is a rapidly expanding, world-wide (...)
17:00 - PERFORMANCE - Distinguished International Guest Lecture Series : Dr Una Mcllvenna
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Dr Una Mcllvenna of the ARC Centre of Excellence for History of Emotions will explore emotional responses to public execution in the early modern period, looking specifically at the use of song and verse in broadside and pamphlet accounts of crime and execution across Europe.
A public lecture by Professor Serhiy Kvit, President, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA), Ukraine.
In 2005 the Orange Revolution in Ukraine made international headlines, with the streets of Kyiv teeming with people protesting the result of a presidential election that (...)
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