What's On at UWA

Developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan have come to occupy central place in determining the future directions of global stability. The discussion of a shift from counter-terrorism to counterinsurgency, the need for an exit strategy and the future scenarios in the region have attracted attention (...)

Professor Herzog is regarded among the international leaders in muscle mechanics and biomechanics. He is the director of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Calgary, where he is Dean of Reserach in the Faculty of Kinesiology, and holds a Canada Research Chair in Molecular and (...)

The President and Committee of the Western Australian branch of the Australian College of Educators invite Fellows, Members and guests to celebrate on the occasion of the 2010 Walter Neal Oration and Awards Evening.

This evening is a chance for the College to acknowledge outstanding (...)

Oron Catts is Director of SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, School of Anatomy and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia. He is also a Visiting Professor of Design Interaction, Royal College of Arts, London. Oron Catts is an artist, researcher and curator whose (...)

The Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) is proud to announce that Professor Robert Califf will take to the podium in Perth on August 10 for the 2010 Wesfarmers’ Harry Perkins Oration.

Professor Califf’s address, Linking Molecular Medicine and the Community (...)

Salinisation is one of those forms of degradation of Australia’s natural environment where the adverse effects have been overstated, and the bulk of the suggested strategies for improving sustainability have either been over-optimistic, misguided, or just plain wrong. Although most of the (...)

On the Wednesday of Environment Week, the UWA Guild Environment Department is hosting an interactive forum on our response to climate change at a national and international level.

The forum will be held from 1-2pm on Wednesday the 11th of August, at Engineering Lecture Theatre 1.

We invite staff or students who are interested in exploring Christian faith to come to an introductory conversation. As well as providing an opportunity to ask questions, a process for adult faith exploration and formation will be outlined, for those who may wish to seek baptism and/or confirmation (...)

We live in a large spiral galaxy known as the Milky Way. Living inside a galaxy in some ways helps us to understand it and in other ways makes it more difficult. We have learned a lot about what our Galaxy looks like, and we have a rudimentary idea of how it was assembled from the gas and dark (...)

Dr Peter Vardy will present 'The Abrahamic Religions: exploring common ground' on Friday 13 August, 5pm in the Fox Lecture Theatre, followed by Iftar (breaking of the fast).

The need to build understanding between different religious traditions is increasingly being felt in today's (...)

The opening day of Out of the Darkness coincides with UWA Open Day. Various activities around campus will occur throughout the day, including information sessions, demonstrations, workshops, faculty events and guided tours. The Gallery will present two free public tours that day; the first at 11.00a (...)

This film festival, brought to you by UWA Library, is screening in the Science Library foyer throughout National Science Week.

Screening times: Sunday (15th August): 11am and 2pm Weekdays (16th -20th August): 1pm

Each day will feature short films on a different scientific (...)

The cooperation between The University of Western Australia's Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts and the ISI Denpasar has been on-going for about four years now.

This relationship has included academic and cultural exchanges such as exhibitions, collaborations, student (...)

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Join us on August 17, 2010 from 6pm for the official opening of the Truly Bagus exhibition, digitally reproduced works from faculty at the ISI Denpasar.

The exhibition will be on display at the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts from August 16 to September 3, 2010, and (...)

2010 SHANN MEMORIAL LECTURE - Glenn Stevens has been Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia since September 2006.

Governor Stevens is Chairman of the Reserve Bank Board. He is also Chairman of the Payments System Board, Council of Financial Regulators and Financial Markets Foundation (...)

In conjunction with the Truly Bagus exhibition, on display at the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts (Nedland Campus) between August 16 and September 3, 2010, event organisers are holding a FREE seminar and workshop day on August 18.

The seminar will include presentations (...)

An IAS public lecture by David Ritter, Commentator, Academic and Campaigner.

The question of how big Australia should become is once again in the news. Twenty million? Thirty million? Fifty million? More?

What are the implications for our cities, suburbs, social cohesion and (...)

During copulation, males transfer an ejaculate to the female that typically consists of sperm and seminal fluid. Seminal fluid is increasingly recognised as a main driver of male reproductive success in the fields of sexual selection and reproductive biology.

Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery’s Curator Sally Quin has selected artworks for the latest exhibition (Out of the Darkness: Prints and Drawings from The University of Western Australia art collection) through a process of viewing all the works on paper in the collection. While researching she came (...)