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 May 2012
Wednesday 02
16:00 - SEMINAR - CWR Presents: : An integrated system for high quality water recovery and wastewater treatment Website | More Information
An integrated system for water recovery from most known water resources has been developed.

It is innovative, standard, more economical and simpler than the current operating systems in use for wastewater treatment coupled with water recovery and it uses presently available technologies.

The system is the culmination of more than 25 years of practical and research work in the water & wastewater treatment and hydrometallurgy, with the desire of making the water and wastewater treatments more effective and streamlined.

It suggests a departure from today’s approach to wastewater treatment, by advocating for a shift of the prime purpose of the water treatment from pollutant removal to water recovery, giving a new interpretation to the existing technologies and consolidating existing established engineering advancements and expertise.

PS* This seminar is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

****All Welcome****

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. More Information
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 remembered as an activist for human rights and liberties, a famous journalist, an editor of literary magazines, trade unionist, and a film song writer. He was a close friend and confidant of Begum Sarfraz Iqbal whose book Daman-e-Yusuf celebrates the friendship. Pakistan Government declared 2011 a Centennial for Faiz Ahmed Faiz for the contribution his poetry and ideas have made to progressive thinking in Pakistan. Bazm-e-Sarfraz 2012, held annually to commemorate the contribution and services to Urdu literature by Begum Sarfraz Iqbal (1939-2003) is dedicated to exploring Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s ideas. Moneeza Hashmi, Faiz’s daughter, a TV Producer/Director and the soul behind Faiz Foundation Trust set up for the promotion of Faiz progressive and humanistic ideas will give the keynote address.
Thursday 03
9:00 - EVENT - Careers, Education and Employment Expo : Come and see UWA at the Careers Expo Website | More Information
Come and check out our stand at the Careers, Education and Employment Expo and discover how UWA can help you achieve your study and career goals.

Wondering what's out there after school? Ready to take your job further but not sure where to start? Want to make a new beginning and need some direction? The Careers Expo is for you!

DATES: Thursday 3 - Sunday 6 May 2012

TIMES: Thursday 9:00am - 3:00pm Friday 9:00am - 3:00pm Saturday 10:00am - 4:00pm Sunday 10:00am - 4:00pm

VENUE: Perth Convention Exhibition Centre

Admission is free for everyone, everyday.

13:10 - PERFORMANCE - Lunchtime Concert: Belinda Callaway (flute) : Belinda Callaway and Adam Pinto present a selection of works for flute and piano, including Prokofiev's Flute Sonata in D major, Op. 94. Website | More Information

18:00 - PERFORMANCE - Evensong : Choral Evensong with the UWA Winthrop Singers Website | More Information
The UWA Winthrop Singers perform a choral Evensong on Thursdays at 6pm during semester. These currently take place at St Thomas More College chapel.

This week features Canticles composed by an alumnus of UWA.

Responses: Smith

Psalm 145

Old Testament Reading: Genesis 47:1-6

New Testament Reading: Hebrews 4:12-16

Canticles: Caitlin Woods

Anthem: Stanford, "Beati quorum via"

Hymn: "My song is love unknown"
Friday 04
9:00 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: A Negative Future: The Interaction Between Mechanisms of Virulence and Resistance in Clinically Significant Nosocomial Gram Negatives : PhD proposals More Information
Mr Jarrad Hall will give a talk on "A Negative Future: The Interaction Between Mechanisms of Virulence and Resistance in Clinically Significant Nosocomial Gram Negatives" in the Microbiology & Immunology Seminar room, Friday, 4th May 2012 at 09:00am. In 2011 a novel, emerging rarely encountered carbapenemase (OXA-181) was detected. There has been limited spread of this resistance determinant outside of the sub-continent to date. However, several outbreaks of the parental OXA-48 carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae have occurred in Europe. Through the use of molecular biology the project will examine W.A.'s risk of importing highly resistant nosocomial Gram negative bacteria and the relationship between virulence and resistance in these organisms.

9:25 - SEMINAR - Microbiology & Immunology Seminar Series: Characterisation of a successful triple immunotherapy for the treatment of Mesothelioma. : PhD proposal More Information
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 the peritoneum, tunica vaginalis and pericardium. One particular obstacle preventing tumour clearance by the immune system is the presence of regulatory T-cells (Tregs). These Tregs are prevalent within murine and human mesotheliomas and their removal results in tumour growth inhibition with the release of anti-tumour effector T cells from immunosuppression. Our work has focused on targeting multiple mechanisms of immune suppression in the AE17 murine model of mesothelioma. Specifically, we targeted the depletion of Tregs, CTLA4 and TGF-beta; using monoclonal antibodies and soluble receptors. We found the triple immunotherapy resulted in tumour clearance in 46% (13/28, from three independent experiments) of the mice treated; with the generation of memory T cells (CD4+CD44+T cells) that prevented tumour re-emergence on rechallenging the cured mice with the original innoculum. Though the triple immunotherapy looks promising with the complete eradication of the established tumours and developing immunological memory; optimization of this approach will likely yield an even better response rate.

10:30 - FUNDRAISER - Pink Ribbon Forum - Fundrasing Event for Breast Cancer Research More Information
Come along and hear special guest speaker Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders-Breast Cancer Surgeon, Family of Survivor-Emily Hanson student from Murdoch University and Peta McClausland from Cancer Council WA talk about Breast Cancer. Winthrop Professor Christobel Saunders will share the latest clinical research developments and more, Emily Hanson will share her inspirng journey of her circumstance and Peta McClausland will provide updated information on available resources and contacts about breast cancer.

Don't miss your chance to win great prizes for the raffle draw. Raffle draw tickets can be purchased prior to the event. Raffle tickets are 1 for $3.00 or 3 for $5.00. Contact Rani Varathan - 6488 2807. Sponsors include Co-Op Bookstore, IGA, Myer and more!!

Only $5.00 for entry all proceeds are donated to National Breast Cancer Foundation.

15:00 - EVENT - Pitch/time diversity effects on music perception and production. More Information
Experiments test hypothesis of Dimensional Salience
Saturday 05
19:30 - EVENT - Vogue Entertainment presents "Movies n Musicals" : This is a spectacular production of song and dance numbers from your favourite movies and musicals Website | More Information
Featuring a cast of over 100 talented students from Vogue Performers. This is a spectacular production of song and dance numbers from your favourite movies and musicals including Wicked, Cats and Dreamgirls. Starring Rhoda Lopez.
Monday 07
13:00 - STUDENT EVENT - 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Excellent Teaching at UWA: student sound bites : Screening daily 1.00-2.00pm Website | More Information
"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.

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - The Female Body as Political Body: Rape, War and the Nation Website | More Information
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 conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and in Rwanda, that the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon of war has been widely discussed.

It has largely been assumed that there is a continuum between civilian and wartime rapes, but research has shown that war rapes can be considered to be part of a cultural script that comprises a variety of messages.

In the course of this debate, gender-specific violence has been primarily discussed as a human rights issue, culminating in UN resolution 1325 in 2000, the first formal and legal document from the Security Council dealing with violence against women in the context of armed conflict. This issue has been addressed many times since with the most recent UN resolution 1960 in 2010.

Despite the strong efforts to problematize, scandalize and persecute these atrocities, reports of the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war keep emerging. Most recently, scattered news has emerged from Libya indicating that sexual violence is being used as a tool of war, prompting International Court Special Prosecutor Ocampo to launch investigations into these accounts.

This lecture will examine why sexual violence appears to be such a pervasive and effective weapon of war, what cultural symbolisms are drawn on in its enactment, and what theoretical approaches may be useful in furthering understanding of this phenomenon.

Cost: Free, no RSVP required.
Tuesday 08
10:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - 2012 Teaching & Learning Month Event - Guest speaker Martin Dougiamis : A Flexible LMS developed on educational principles Website | More Information
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, open-source software with a community-based focus on development and learning. Martin will speak to us about the phenomenon of Moodle, and develop the UWA community understanding of the principles on which it is based, current development and future directions.

10:30 - LECTURE - Guest lecture - Martin Dougiamas, Moodle Creator : T&L Month event Website | More Information
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, open-source software with a community-based focus on development and learning. Martin will speak to us about the phenomenon of Moodle, and develop the UWA community understanding of the principles on which it is based, current development and future directions.

17:00 - PERFORMANCE - Distinguished International Guest Lecture Series : Dr Una Mcllvenna Website | More Information
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.

18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - The Stalin Famine in Ukraine (1932-1933) Website | More Information
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 seemed far from democratic. The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33, known as the Holodomor, or Stalin Famine, was a man-made famine, that some historians have estimated cost the lives of seven million people. Unknown to many in the West, the headquarters and spiritual nerve-centre for this protest movement was the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (NaUKMA). This lecture will discuss the role of this institution in the context of the famine.


19:30 - VISITING SPEAKER - Friends of the Library Speaker : Why Gallipoli More Information
Each year we are reminded of Gallipoli and the ANZAC tradition. But have you ever wondered why we were there fighting the Turks? Come along and hear the intriguing, sad and little known story.
Wednesday 09
16:10 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Public Lecture by Professor James Chin on The Upcoming Elections in Malaysia : The upcoming general elections in Malaysia, expected to be held in the next few months, will see the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) trying to regain its two-thirds majority. What are the chances of the BN regaining this majority, and what role will Prime Minister Najib play in this process? More Information
Professor James Chin will address these questions in his lecture. Prof. James Chin is Head, School of Arts & Social Sciences, at the Monash University, Malaysia Campus. His current research interests include minority rights, elections, ethnic politics, democratization and political and economic development of non-Western states, and good governance issues.

18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Engineering and Social Justice Website | More Information
A public lecture by Donna Riley, Associate Professor of Engineering Picker Engineering Program, Smith College.

Professional ethics for engineers as traditionally conceived focuses narrowly on the decisions and actions of individual professional engineers, leaving little room for meaningful public participation. A social justice framework is helpful for opening up the conversation to the public and to the ethics of organisational or societal level questions about engineering and technology. Questions such as who benefits and who bears the cost of technology in society come to the fore, and create a reflexive moment for engineers to critique and re-imagine our own practices.

As an example of this critique and new directions that might be created through the social justice lens, we will consider the case of the Grand Challenges of Engineering put forth by the United States’ National Academy of Engineering. By examining the process of how these global priorities for the profession were identified, how they were justified, and the proposed processes for meeting the challenges, we might envision a new set of processes for determining more socially just ends for engineering, as well as more just means for achieving those ends.

Reframing the issue of participation in engineering as issue of public ethics in a social justice frame similarly leads to a critique of current discourse around underrepresentation of women and minorities and points to direct conversation and action to dismantle exclusionary systems of power and privilege in the profession of engineering.

This lecture is a part of the Institute of Advanced Studies 2012 lecture series ‘Global Transformation and Public Ethics’. This series of free public lectures aims to stimulate considered debate about urgent issues in public ethics and policy as well as reflecting on ways we can improve public discourse about such issues. For more information, visit: http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/lectures/ethics
Thursday 10
13:10 - EVENT - Lunchtime Concert : Violin Cello Duo: Sophie and Jasmin Parkinson Stewart Website | More Information
Sisters Jasmin and Sophie Parkinson-Stewart, winners of the People's Choice Awards in last year's Vose competition, perform a selection of duos for violin and cello.

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